About 40 people were laid off from DOGE/USDS shortly after Trump took power, including one politically active worker named Jonathan Kamens, who believes he was fired for endorsing Kamala Harris for president in 2024 and criticizing Musk’s approach with coworkers.

In an interview with CNBC‘s Leslie Picker on Monday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, labeled the government as “inefficient” and “not very competent,” implying that it “needs a lot of work.” Although he didn’t provide a clear-cut response about his stance on DOGE’s initiatives,

Now that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Tesla CEO and DOGE leader Elon Musk have repaired their relationship after years of litigation, Dimon is wishing Musk well on his new government endeavor. When asked for his thoughts on DOGE and the agency's effort to cut government waste on Monday by CNBC's Leslie Picker,

Associates of Elon Musk have sought unfettered access to government data — for purposes that have no clear ties to their goals to cut spending and regulations.

The American Federation of Teachers and other "plaintiffs have shown that Education and OPM likely violated the Privacy Act by disclosing their personal information to DOGE affiliates without their consent,

Elon Musk's aggressive cost-cutting in the federal government ran into two more legal challenges on Monday: ・A federal judge temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency from gaining access to sensitive employee information held by the Office of Personnel Management and the Education Department,