With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team’s approach to transforming government is becoming “institutionalized,” as one official put it.

Elon Musk left Washington D.C. last week making triumphant yet dubious claims he had achieved most of the federal headcount and spending cuts he’d set out to impose. Scarcely back in his role leading Telsa,

James Fishback, the chief architect behind the proposal to send “DOGE checks,” told POLITICO Friday he’s stepping away from the movement after Elon Musk lashed out at President Donald Trump. "The truth is that Elon set expectations that he relayed to the president,