Musk’s team installed a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal on top of the White House, allowing them to bypass data-tracking security measures.

Under Trump and Musk, DOGE has become a largely male entity. Of the 109 staff members ProPublica has identified, 90 are men and 19 are women, making the group 83% male. That’s a far higher percentage of men than work in the executive branch as a whole, where 54% of staffers are male, according to 2024 data from the Office of Personnel Management.

On Capitol Hill, it’s common for lawmakers to approve funding measures, but it’s far more unusual to see members un-approve funding measures.

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, installed a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal at the White House in March – despite warnings from security officials that doing so could open the administration to potential data leak and espionage risks.

The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex this year,

The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.

The White House is standing by its work on the Department of Government Efficiency in the aftermath of President Trump’s public feud with Elon Musk. White House spokesman Harrison Fields said Trump’s “success through DOGE is undisputed,

Experts are concerned Musk’s Starlink setup at the White House could be a big security risk. Since it skips the usual safeguards, it’s harder to track data and detect potential breaches.