Elon Musk, who helped launch DOGE, announced this week that he's leaving Washington. While it will continue to rein in the nation's $36 trillion debt, its strategy is clear: cut spending, eliminate waste,

But three months later, as the billionaire entrepreneur is set to step down from his role as the most visible face behind the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he leaves behind a complicated legacy that includes thousands of layoffs,

The mercurial billionaire fell short of his promise to cut government spending by $2 trillion, clashed with senior administration officials and left the capital without speaking to the president.

Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to slash the scale of the federal bureaucracy.

There’s a new top DOGE in town. With tech mogul Elon Musk officially wrapping up his time at the cost-cutting initiative he pioneered, President Trump and his Cabinet officials are stepping up to fill the void in the Department of Government Efficiency, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed.

Elon Musk has left his role as a Special Government Employee for the Trump administration. According to Fox News, the

Elon Musk said his stint in Washington taught him that “the federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized.”

Outlays since Trump took office are up 8.7% for all the usual reasons: Social Security, Medicare and other insurance programs.

Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink the size of US government that saw thousands of federal jobs axed. In a post on his social media platform X, the world's richest man thanked Trump for the opportunity to help run the Department of Government Efficiency, known as Doge.

A federal judge ruled the department’s DOGE team could access sensitive financial information on millions of Americans, but must be vetted and trained first.

While Trump will do everything to bring back the tariffs and implement the DOGE cuts, it's possible these setbacks won’t be political losses for him at all.