#government-restructuring

#government-restructuring

After Donald Trump curiously started referring to the Department of Government Efficiency exclusively in the past tense, an official finally confirmed Sunday that DOGE "doesn't exist." Talking to Reuters, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor confirmed that DOGE-a government agency notoriously created by Elon Musk to rapidly and dramatically slash government agencies-was terminated more than eight months early.

The star of that video, which quickly went viral, was Russell Vought, the president's top budget adviser. More than that, Vought is the architect of Trump's broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies, and he's a big reason the second Trump administration has been more effective at accomplishing its goals than the first.

When and if the Democrats return to power, how much of Trump's damage can they undo? Most of the powers that Trump asserts are either preclusive or negating.

The State Department plans to eliminate or consolidate over 300 offices and bureaus, affecting 3,400 employees and aiming to streamline bureaucratic functions.

Facing dramatic federal funding cuts, Santa Clara County leaders aim to reduce taxpayer support for the public hospital system by reorganizing its governing structure.

"Those unions have been a major obstacle in Mr. Trump's effort to slash the size of the federal work force and reshape the government."

The sprawling bureaucracy created a system more beholden to radical political ideology than advancing America's core national interests, Rubio said in a statement.

The Cabinet Office will shrink in size by about a third, with about 1,200 jobs to go and another 900 transferred to other departments, reflecting a governmental push for efficiency.