DOGE Winds Down Eight Months Before Mandate

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Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has effectively been folded into the Office of Personnel Management, ending its standalone role months early. Claims of massive federal savings were never independently verified, and the DOGE-linked hiring freeze has been lifted. Former staff have dispersed into key government positions as the administration continues pushing regulatory cuts.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:02U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government efficiency has effectively ended

00:05eight months before its mandate, according to CNBC. Office of Personnel Management Director

00:10Scott Coupor said Doge doesn't exist as a centralized entity, and OPM has absorbed many

00:15of its functions. Doge launched in January to shrink federal agencies and redirect their work

00:20to Trump's priorities, but its claims of cutting tens of billions in spending were never publicly

00:25verified. Government-wide hiring freeze tied to Doge is also over, where Doge staff and

00:29move into key administration roles, including Joe Gebbia's design studio, which has launched

00:34new federal websites, and others who now will see positions at HHS, the Office of Naval Research,

00:40and the State Department. The administration is continuing its push to cut regulation.

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