The Department of Government Efficiency, a post-election promise brought to life by President Trump via executive order looks different than its original proposal to broadly cut federal spending.
The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.
Some employees who were in the U.S. Digital Service already when it became part of the DOGE fear the interviews are an assessment of their loyalty.
Billionaire Elon Musk has secured a White House email and office space to lead the Department of Government Efficiency. President Trump signed an order renaming the US Digital Service as the US DOGE Service.
The Office of Personnel Management tells agency and department heads they must close all DEIA offices by the end of Wednesday and put government workers in those offices on paid leave.
The United States Digital Service is hereby publicly renamed as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and shall be established in the Executive Office of the President.
But reformers have faced big obstacles. One is a government culture of risk aversion, says Brett Goldstein of Vanderbilt University, who previously oversaw the Defense Digital Service at the Pentagon. Another is that federal structures are fragmented and plagued by outdated tech.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday that "new media" personnel will be welcomed to apply for press passes at the White House.
Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll tells Fox News Digital how the bureau's investigatory and tactical resources have been deployed to fight migrant crime.
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
President Trump issued an EO, “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology.” The same day, the SEC published
The White House is considering challenging the constitutionality of a 50-year-old law limiting the president’s control over federal spending, easing the firing of civil servants, curbing pay and reining in independent agencies,