Musk Exits DOGE Leaving Threadbare Agencies and Strained Workers

The full effects of a drastic cost-cutting campaign are coming into focus as its billionaire architect departs from the government

Elon MuskPhotographer: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Brendan Demich and his team of research engineers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Pittsburgh were racing to complete a virtual reality program to help train miners on what to do in an emergency underground.

They feared that soon, time would run out, and Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency would throw them out of work.