Within the past week, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-affiliated staffers have gained unprecedented access to sensitive US financial systems with data on millions of Americans, claimed to shut down one federal agency without an act of Congress, and invaded numerous government agencies. They’ve been opposed by lawsuits, public protests, and resistance within those agencies â and the situation remains constantly in flux.
As a deadline for workers to accept a so-called âdeferred resignationâ looms on Monday, here’s where the rest of Musk’s government takeover attempt stands.
What has DOGE accessed?
Musk’s pseudo-department has reportedly deployed employees to at least 11 agencies: the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Services Administration, the Department of Labor, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the Small Business Administration, and the Treasury.
Last week, he attempted to trim the federal workforce by offering legally dubious âdef …