Just over 40% of respondents to an RGJ online poll say they expect direct payments or income tax savings; 33% expect $1,000 or more.

DOGE is preparing even more mass layoffs in the federal government. Some Republican lawmakers are receiving backlash from their constituents over the Trump administration’s cuts. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) joins Ana Cabrera to share her reaction to the changes.

Ga., on Republicans' effort to avoid a government shutdown and the Trump administration's plan to fire anyone involved in the Biden administration's botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

An executive order handed down Wednesday by President Donald Trump directs all agencies to have a representative of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — a kind of political commissar to monitor efforts overseen by the billionaire to cut the size and scope of government.

Proposed constitutional amendment also would eliminate the elected position of lieutenant governor, which currently is vacant

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and other lawmakers called the agency’s assurances against privacy violations “woefully inadequate.”

Fox News @ Night' talks to people in the nation's capital about DOGE.

DOGE members and new political appointees have sought access to data and IT systems across the government—at the Treasury Department, IRS, Department of Health and Human Services, and more. Government technologists have speculated that DOGE’s next step will be to centralize those data and feed them into AI systems,

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is pressing forward with its government cuts as it faces multiple legal challenges. The IRS, which holds private data on millions of Americans’ tax returns,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt dodges a reporter’s question on who the DOGE administrator is, and instead said Elon Musk is overseeing the efforts.

Readers share their takes on DOGE's controversial request for accomplishment lists, with many seeing potential benefits despite concerns over tactics.