The Department of Government Efficiency's central hub has come to an end, according to Trump administration officials. (Saul Loeb/Getty Images)
The administration official clarified on X that DOGE's policies are "alive and well," adding that the outlet "spliced my full comments across paragraphs 2/3 to create a grabbing headline."
"The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under @USDS. But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first class citizen; etc. DOGE catalyzed these changes; the agencies along with @USOPM and @WHOMB will institutionalize them!" he posted.
The White House explained to Fox News Digital that individual teams established at federal agencies are still in full operation, while DOGE's central office has shuttered.
Fox News Digital did not immediately receive comment on when the office officially shuttered and what sparked the closure months ahead of schedule.
Trump established DOGE under a January executive order that renamed the United States Digital Service — which was founded in 2014 by former President Barack Obama as a technology office within the Executive Office of the President — to the United States DOGE Service.
Trump's executive order stated DOGE would continue until July 4, 2026. The executive order included charging agency chiefs with creating their own DOGE teams to find and eliminate overspending or fraud — teams that are still in operation.
ELON MUSK’S OFFICIAL ROLE AT TRUMP’S DOGE ENDS, BUT HIS POLITICAL IMPACT LINGERS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS
Former White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk was the public leader of DOGE before he stepped down from his government role amid a spat with President Donald Trump over the "big beautiful bill." (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
The creation of DOGE was celebrated on the campaign trail as a cornerstone policy for Trump as he looked to slim down the size of the federal government, streamline it and cut potential overspending, fraud and corruption.
Musk played a key role in campaigning for the Trump ticket in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, where he frequently lamented how the federal government was tied up in red tape that handcuffed the private sector from advancing, pointing to his companies SpaceX and Tesla as prime examples of the government hamstringing the tech sector with regulations.
"SpaceX had to do this study to see if Starship would hit a shark," Musk said from the campaign trail of how the government became involved in a SpaceX, studying whether a Starship rocket would hit a whale or shark upon landing. "And I'm like... it's a big ocean. There are a lot of sharks. It’s not impossible, but it’s very unlikely. So we said, 'Fine, we’ll do the analysis. Can you give us the shark data?'"
He said at the time that the National Marine Fisheries Service ordered SpaceX to carry out the study.
TRUMP'S DOGE EFFICIENCY AGENCY SAYS IT SLASHES $25B IN FEDERAL SPENDING AS REHIRING BEGINS
Trump announced just days after his decisive election win in November 2024 that Musk would lead DOGE alongside former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — who departed the team at the start of the Trump administration and launched a run for Ohio governor in the 2026 race.
The president celebrated the office would likely serve as the '‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time," as it eyed driving "large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before."
Democrats and federal employees have railed against DOGE since its inception. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump repeatedly celebrated the office during high-profile events after his inauguration, including during his joint address to Congress in March where he rattled off how DOGE investigations uncovered government funding for bizarre initiatives, such as free housing and cars for illegal immigrants that cost $22 billion, "male circumcision in Mozambique," and "$20 million for the Arab "Sesame Street" in the Middle East."
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"Forty-five million dollars for diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships in Burma," Trump said as he provided examples of federal waste March 4 after thanking Musk and DOGE for its work. "Forty million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. Nobody knows what that is. Eight million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of. Sixty million dollars for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in Central America. Sixty million. Eight million for making mice transgender."
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