Elon Musk's plan for the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may be in disarray following a number of changes to the initiative in recent days. Bill McGinley, who was appointed DOGE's legal counsel in December, is planning to return to the private sector, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Lawmakers say Musk's apparent misunderstanding of the way government programs work could threaten his whole agenda.

Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — the cost-slashing body known as DOGE — should train its sights on the World Bank after it was accused of losing track of $24 billion in climate funding.

Elon Musk's DOGE is taking aim at the U.S. penny, pointing out that it costs more to manufacture than it's worth.

The former Republican primary foe departs DOGE after his goal of trimming regulations was overtaken by Musk’s priority of cutting expenditures.

Advocacy groups have targeted Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in lawsuits for allegedly violating transparency rules to advise Trump.

Bill Gates said the federal deficit "needs to be brought down" when asked about DOGE during a recent interview.

Taking their cue from Musk and the Trump administration, Missouri lawmakers also have decided to root out fraud, abuse and waste. To that end, the House and Senate government efficiency committees met jointly Monday to brainstorm ways to cut, modernize and streamline Missouri’s government.

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made an unusual offer to federal employees, as per reports. The department said federal employees who take the government buyout option can take a vacation or “watch movies and chill.

A government grant mix-up sparked controversy over false claims that the Biden administration spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza, which were actually funds for AIDS prevention in Mozambique. The confusion arose from a misspelling and was exacerbated by misinformation from public figures.

A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.