In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In turn, Musk and his team have spent the first few weeks of Trump’s second term waging a largely unchecked war on the federal bureaucracy — an onslaught that was finally

President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has become perhaps the most visible representation of his push to cut down on federal spending deemed wasteful or inefficient.