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White House Scrutinizes DOGE as Musk Loyalists Push Back

Administration officials reversed major workforce cuts to clarify Elon Musk’s residual influence

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Steve Davis, Operations Head of the Boring Company, answers questions after the 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition at the SpaceX headquarters in Los Angeles on July 21, 2019. - 21 teams from around the world competed in the event which sees their pods race on the 1.25 kilometer Hyperloop test track. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
Musk had bruising around his eye during his final Oval Office appearance, which he said was a result of "horsing around" with his son.
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Overview

  • White House officials have tightened oversight of the Department of Government Efficiency and reversed several of its high-profile cuts, including an 83,000-job reduction at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • DOGE staffers have been privately quizzed on their loyalty to President Trump or Elon Musk as factional battles intensify within the agency.
  • Steve Davis, Musk’s former lieutenant at DOGE, continues to communicate regularly with agency officials and informally direct operations despite leaving government in May.
  • More than 100 employees at DOGE have ties to Musk’s businesses, with at least 38 coming directly from his companies, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
  • Musk publicly severed ties over Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” accusing it of adding $5 trillion to the debt, and has since launched a new political party.