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DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

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U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has been disbanded with eight months remaining in its mandate, and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor has told Reuters that the cost-cutting body now "doesn't exist".

Breakdown
  • DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, has been disbanded with eight months left in its mandate. 11s
  • Scott Cooper, Office of Personal Management Director, confirmed DOGE is no longer a centralized entity and its functions are now handled by the Human Resources Office. 19s
  • The government-wide hiring freeze associated with DOGE has ended. 31s
  • DOGE claimed to have cut tens of billions in expenditures, but these claims could not be independently verified. 48s
  • Despite an executive order for DOGE to last through July 2026, Trump and his team have publicly referred to it in the past tense since the summer. 1m 28s
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