November 24, 2025\u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s high-profile “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), once touted as a symbol of his administration\u2019s push to shrink the federal government, has effectively been disbanded with eight months remaining in his term. Critics argue the initiative achieved little to no verifiable cost savings\u200b despite its bold promises.
Earlier this month, when asked about DOGE\u2019s current status, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Cooper told Reuters: “It no longer exists.”
Cooper added that DOGE is no longer a centralized entity\u2014marking the first official acknowledgment from the Trump administration of its dissolution.
Established in January 2025, DOGE initially took aggressive actions\u200b in Washington, including rapid downsizing of federal agencies, budget cuts, and redirecting agency priorities\u200b to align with Trump\u2019s agenda. However, Cooper and internal documents reviewed by Reuters indicate that many of DOGE\u2019s functions have since been absorbed by the OPM, which oversees federal human resources.
At least two former core DOGE staffers\u200b have since joined the “National Design Studio”, a new agency created by Trump via executive order in August 2025. The studio, led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, was tasked with redesigning government websites for better aesthetics\u2014a far cry from DOGE\u2019s original mission.
Gebbia was previously part of Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE team, while another ex-DOGE member, Edward “Bold Edward” Christian, had encouraged his X (formerly Twitter) followers to apply for roles at the new studio.
DOGE\u2019s quiet demise stands in stark contrast to its highly publicized launch, where Trump, his advisers, and cabinet members heavily promoted it on social media. Musk, who initially spearheaded DOGE, frequently used his X platform to tout its work\u2014even brandishing a chainsaw\u200b as a symbolic gesture of his commitment to “cutting bureaucratic waste.”\u200b
In February 2025, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, Musk dramatically held a chainsaw overhead, declaring: “This is the chainsaw we\u2019re using to cut bureaucracy.”
Despite DOGE\u2019s claims of saving hundreds of billions of dollars, independent financial experts were unable to verify the figure\u200b because the department never released detailed financial records\u200b of its operations.
White House spokeswoman Liz Houston\u200b told Reuters in an email: “President Trump remains firmly committed to his mission of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government\u2014and he continues to pursue that goal aggressively.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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