DOGE closes eight months early, but principles remain 'alive and well'

The Department of Government Efficiency has closed eight months before its scheduled termination date set by President Donald Trump, with a U.S. official assuring that government agencies are now working to “institutionalize” DOGE’s core principles.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor recently told Reuters that DOGE, established by Trump at the start of his second term, “doesn’t exist” and isn’t a “centralized entity,” and that OPM has now taken over many of DOGE’s functions.