Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on June 30, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The OMB director essentially acknowledged DOGE’s phase-out and told House lawmakers he could provide an “assessment” of the Elon Musk group’s work if needed.
Demonstrators gather outside of the offices of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on March 13, 2025 to protest against mass layoffs and budget cuts at the agency, initiated by the Trump administration and DOGE. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Some sub-offices were left completely empty, the Office of the Inspector General found using Microsoft Teams, since the agency refused to supply staffing data.
Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano arrives at a House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Frank Bisignano responded to a whistleblower complaint about a DOGE-DHS plan to move living individuals to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement strategy.
Regional Innovation Clusters enjoyed bipartisan support for 15 years. Then Elon Musk’s group canceled awards and left backers of the tech startup initiative searching for answers.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., before the start of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Letters from Sens. Warren and Blumenthal follow a whistleblower complaint detailing an attempt to move 2.7 million people to the Death Master File as an immigration enforcement…
Eliminating regulations were presented as “the default case” for HUD legal and policy employees based on the AI tool’s recommendations, documents show.