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DOGE quietly shuts down way ahead of schedule just days after Elon Musk reunited with Trump at White House

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which once stormed federal agencies with sweeping cuts and headline-grabbing stunts, has now effectively ceased to exist. ...

The fading away of DOGE is in sharp contrast to the government-wide effort over months to draw attention to it, with Trump, his advisers and cabinet secretaries posting about it on social media.

Musk, who led DOGE initially, regularly touted its work on his X platform and at one point brandished a chainsaw to advertise his efforts to cut government jobs. ...

Trump administration officials have not openly said that DOGE no longer exists, even after Musk's public feud with Trump in May. Musk has since left Washington.

Trump and his team have nevertheless signaled its demise in public since this summer, even though the president signed an executive order earlier in his term decreeing that DOGE would last through July 2026.

What happened? Was DOGE too effective, causing a lot of political problems?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash the government's size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings.

"That doesn't exist," Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about DOGE's status.