UPDATE: DOGE hits back against 'fake news' it's been 'dissolved', announces new cuts to government waste

Update: On Monday evening, the Department of Government Efficience (DOGE) said that Reuters' report was "fake news," and that more news on waste and fraud cuts were incoming. "As usual, this is fake news from Reuters. President Trump was given a mandate by the American people to modernize the federal government and reduce waste, fraud and abuse. Just last week, DOGE terminated 78 wasteful contracts and saved taxpayers $335M. We’ll be back in a few days with our regularly scheduled Friday update."

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as a centralized entity, has dissolved months ahead of the July 4, 2026, deadline set forth by President Donald Trump. Despite this, individual DOGE teams at federal agencies are continuing to work to root out mismanagement.

White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told Fox News, "President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government, and he continues to actively deliver on that commitment."

Reuters reported on Monday morning that DOGE, previously led by Elon Musk, has disbanded. The report cited Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, who told the outlet earlier in November, "That doesn’t exist," and that it’s no longer a "centralized entity."

Kupor criticized the report, writing on social media, "Good editing by Reuters - spliced my full comments across paragraphs 2/3 to create a grabbing headline. The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under USDS. But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first-class citizen; etc. DOGE catalyzed these changes; the agencies along with USOPM and WHOMB will institutionalize them!"

The White House told Fox News that individual teams that were set up at federal agencies are still operational, while DOGE’s central office has been closed. It is unclear when the office officially shuttered and what sparked it.

The day one executive order from Trump renamed the United States Digital Service to DOGE, and that "The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization shall terminate on July 4, 2026." The order also required that agency heads "establish within their respective Agencies a DOGE Team of at least four employees, which may include Special Government Employees, hired or assigned within thirty days of the date of this Order."

DOGE posted a contracts update to social media on Sunday, revealing that "Over the last 9 days, agencies terminated and descoped 78 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $1.9B and savings of $335M, including an $616k HHS IT services contract for 'social media monitoring platform subscription', an $191k USAGM broadcasting contract for 'broadcast operations and maintenance in Ethiopia, Africa', and a $4.3M IRS IT services contract for “Inflation Reduction Act transformation project management support.'"