Elon Musk wears a DOGE hat in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/File

Trump administration officials acknowledged that the Department of Government Efficiency no longer operates as a “centralized” organization but insisted that the “principles” of the administration’s signature cost-slashing initiative remain alive and well.

The administration pushed back after Reuters reported on Sunday that DOGE had “disbanded” with eight months left to go on the timeline set by the executive order Trump signed in January. The order created DOGE by restructuring the US Digital Service, a preexisting federal agency that was renamed US DOGE Service, and placing it under the authority of the executive branch.

“The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadershi

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