After months of controversy, Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s failed passion project to cut costs across the federal government is officially dead, ahead of schedule.

Earlier this month, Office of Personnel Management director Scott Kupor told Reuters that the Department of Government Efficiency “doesn’t exist.”

Even though there are eight more months left on its mandate, DOGE is no longer a “centralized entity,” according to Kupor. Instead, the Office of Personnel Management, an existing independent agency that has been overseeing the federal workforce for decades, will be taking over most of DOGE’s functions.

According to the report, at least two DOGErs are now a part of the National Design Studio, a new body launched by Trump through an executive order in August with the aim of “ brea

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