James Fishback, the proponent of DOGE Dividend checks, has publicly criticized Musk over his feud with the president.

At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries that employed them.

Reporter Hannah Natanson covers Trump's reshaping of the federal government for The Washington Post. She says DOGE's mass firings made the government more inefficient.