In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In turn, Musk and his team have spent the first few weeks of Trump’s second term waging a largely unchecked war on the federal bureaucracy — an onslaught that was finally challenged Thursday when a dozen states announced they would sue to block DOGE's access to government payment systems containing Americans' personal data.

Officials from Elon Musk's DOGE have been active at USAID, Veterans Affairs, Treasury and elsewhere, but little is publicly known about their work.

DOGE has gained access to government employees' sensitive information via the Office of Personnel Management, payment systems at the Treasury Department and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare this week.

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a number of orders which included establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE. This program, led by Musk, has caused a stir by going through government programs to validate funding.

The billionaire and his cronies continue to move fast and break things. Here are their boldest attacks thus far.

Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern that access to the system could allow DOGE, which disburses nearly 90% of all federal payments, to restrict disbursement of federal funds.

Of the many changes President Donald Trump has introduced since returning to the Oval Office, few have brought as much intrigue as the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE was conceived by Trump and his billionaire benefactor,

Trump administration moves to shut down USAID In the shorthand of the tech industry, Elon Musk has hacked into the government. The billionaire tech magnate has never been elected to office or been confirmed by the Senate for a high-level government job,

F​rom accessing computers to halting spending and firing workers, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are testing the legal limits of executive branch power.