To date, DOGE claims that it has saved the government about $180 billion by slashing the federal workforce, ending contracts, selling assets and cutting grant programs.

Even before the blow-up between the billionaire entrepreneur and President Donald Trump, the cost-cutting group’s influence was waning.

Elon Musk’s role in DOGE has influenced renewed access to Social Security data, following a Supreme Court ruling that raises major privacy concerns and legal challenges.