LOOKING BACK ON MUSK AND DOGE. Elon Musk officially said goodbye to DOGE and government service in an Oval Office session with President Donald Trump and reporters on Friday afternoon. But after one of the most talked-about initiatives in executive branch history, there wasn’t that much to talk about.

Even though Musk’s limited-by-law 130 days as a special government employee have come to an end, both he and the president vowed that he would not fully leave the DOGE effort. “Many of the DOGE people are staying behind, so they’re not leaving,” Trump said. “And Elon’s really not leaving. He’s going to be back and forth, I think.”