Overview

• Elon Musk ended his direct employment with the White House last week after delivering only modest budget savings as head of the Department of Government Efficiency
• A federal court in May declared DOGE’s forced takeover of the United States Institute of Peace unlawful and restored control to USIP
• USIP staff returning to their headquarters discovered pest infestations, graffiti, water leaks, damaged infrastructure and missing institute signage
• A cleaning crew found discarded marijuana believed to have been left by DOGE employees during their brief occupation of the USIP offices
• Boston University models project that DOGE’s dismantling of USAID could result in hundreds of thousands of global deaths as federal probes examine agency overhauls and conflicts of interest