Elon Musk said his stint in Washington taught him that “the federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I realized.”

The states’ lawsuit could proceed against Mr Musk and Doge because it made a plausible claim that Mr Musk’s cost-cutting activities were “unauthorised by any law,” according to Ms Chutkan’s ruling in Washington, D.C., federal court.

During a recent Tesla earnings call, Musk said he planned to step back from his government work and refocus on his businesses.

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Wired reviewed materials showing that affiliates of Elon Musk's DOGE working in the Office of Personnel Management "tested and used Meta’s Llama 2 model to review and classify responses from federal workers to the infamous 'Fork in the Road' email that was sent across the government in late January."

In lieu of a weekly activity report, Pentagon employees will be required to submit one idea to help eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse each week.

Some federal agencies have gotten rid of the weekly "5 things" emails — once a DOGE staple.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted Republicans in Congress for failing to implement any of the recommendations made by Elon Musk's DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). He said this failure to even put a dent in government deficit spending shows the need for a Constitutional amendment to mandate a balanced budget and term limits for members of Congress.