But is it legal? Musk’s DOGE is stripping agencies before judges can rule.
As head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk and his team have spent the first three weeks of President Donald Trump’s new administration turning Washington upside down.
DOGE’s goal is to radically slash the federal government: Mr. Musk says he believes he can find $2 trillion in savings by ferreting out waste, shutting down agencies, selling off real estate, and laying off a huge chunk of the government workforce.
But is it legal for this brand-new entity, within the executive office of the President, to do all that on its own at a headlong pace?…
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