Musk says DOGE is in almost every federal agency and plans to double staff [View all]
Source: NBC News
March 10, 2025, 6:01 PM EDT
Trump adviser and tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to double the size of his staff in the Department of Government Efficiency, which he noted is already working inside nearly every federal agency. Musk's comments about DOGE came in an interview on Fox Business as his budget-cutting team has faced growing pushback not only from the courts and congressional Democrats but also from members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet.
Musk said that DOGE has about 100 staff members and that he planned to increase it to about 200. "We're trying to act broadly across all departments, so it's not just one department at a time," he told Larry Kudlow, a Fox Business host who worked in the first Trump administration. Kudlow asked whether DOGE was in all federal departments. Musk responded, "Pretty much, yeah."
Musk's team initially focused its cuts on a few government offices, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, but it has since expanded widely. That has prompted lawsuits from state attorneys general and other plaintiffs arguing that Musk and DOGE have exceeded their authority under the law and the Constitution.
Musk spoke about DOGE's direction Monday despite not having the title of DOGE administrator. The White House has said another administration employee, Amy Gleason, is DOGE's acting administrator, though it has also said Musk is overseeing the office. Trump has said Musk is in charge.
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