Elon Musk Not DOGE Employee, Has No Decision-Making Authority: White House

Elon Musk can only advise Trump and communicate the president’s directives, a White House official said. Elon Musk is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and does not have the authority to make decisions, the White House said in new court filings on Feb. 17. Both DOGE and a subunit of

DOGE Says Cost-Cutting Efforts Have Saved an Estimated $55 Billion So Far

Contract cancellations alone accounted for about 20 percent of the overall savings, DOGE stated. The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, said its cost-cutting efforts across several federal agencies have saved an estimated $55 billion as of Feb. 17. The savings came from a combination of fraud deletion, contract