{"id":2513832,"date":"2025-11-23T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-closes-eight-months-early-but-principles-remain-alive-and-well\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:08:43","slug":"doge-closes-eight-months-early-but-principles-remain-alive-and-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doge-closes-eight-months-early-but-principles-remain-alive-and-well\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE closes eight months early, but principles remain &#8216;alive and well&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoge-closes-eight-months-early-but-principles-remain-alive-and-well%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), established by President Donald Trump at the start of his second term, has officially closed eight months ahead of its scheduled termination date in July 2026. despite the closure, U.S. officials, including Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor, emphasize that DOGE&#8217;s core principles-such as deregulation, eliminating fraud and waste, reshaping the federal workforce, and prioritizing efficiency-remain influential and are being institutionalized across government agencies. OPM has taken over many of DOGE&#8217;s functions, continuing efforts to maximize government savings and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>As its inception, DOGE reportedly generated approximately $214 billion in savings by terminating wasteful contracts and streamlining operations.Its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent actions included canceling 78 contracts valued<\/a> at $1.9 billion, saving $335 million within just over a week. Prominent figures from DOGE, such as Joe Gebbia and Zachary Terrell, have transitioned into key roles within the Trump administration, while Elon Musk, the agency&#8217;s public face, stepped down from his leadership role earlier in 2025 but described DOGE as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-releases-principles-for-net-zero-carbon-emissions-targets-for-finance-firms\/\" title=\"Treasury unveils guidelines for finance firms&#039; net-zero carbon goals.\">long-term endeavor<\/a> to prevent government waste and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>the closure marks a shift from a centralized entity to embedding DOGE&#8217;s efficiency-focused reforms within existing government bodies, ensuring the continuation of its mission to improve federal operations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOGE closes eight months early, but principles remain &lsquo;alive and well&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2410675\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Department-of-Government-Efficiency\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> has closed eight months before its scheduled termination date set by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, with a U.S. official assuring that government agencies are now working to &ldquo;institutionalize&rdquo; DOGE&rsquo;s core principles.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor recently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23\/\">told<\/a> <em>Reuters<\/em> that DOGE, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/establishing-and-implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency\/\">established<\/a> by Trump at the start of his second term, &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t exist&rdquo; and isn&rsquo;t a &ldquo;centralized entity,&rdquo; and that OPM has now taken over many of DOGE&rsquo;s functions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3896430\/bessent-trump-scrapping-filibuster-its-time\/\">Bessent sides with Trump on scrapping Senate filibuster: &#8216;It&#8217;s time&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3896400\/portion-of-catholic-students-kidnapped-in-nigeria-escape\/\">Portion of Catholic students kidnapped in Nigeria escape as country grapples with anti-Christian violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3896386\/rand-paul-laments-mtg-resignation\/\">Rand Paul laments MTG resignation: &#8216;Sad to see her voice go away&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In response to the report, Kupor said <em>Reuters<\/em> &ldquo;spliced my full comments &hellip; to create a grabbing headline,&rdquo; but did not deny the agency&rsquo;s closure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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!&rdquo; Kupor posted on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good editing by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@reuters<\/a> &ndash; spliced my full comments across paragraphs 2\/3 to create a grabbing headline &#128578; The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USDS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USDS<\/a>. But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse;&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Kupor (@skupor) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skupor\/status\/1992676347194523912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kupor included a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/news\/secrets-of-opm\/everyone-has-a-plan-until-you-step-into-the-ring\/\">press relea<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/news\/secrets-of-opm\/everyone-has-a-plan-until-you-step-into-the-ring\/\">s<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/news\/secrets-of-opm\/everyone-has-a-plan-until-you-step-into-the-ring\/\">e<\/a> with his statement, which detailed an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-better-prepared-to-staff-up-new-presidential-administration-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... is better prepared to staff up new presidential administration - Washington Examiner\">important step&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the pursuit of &ldquo;maximum&rdquo; government efficiency. It said Trump issued an executive order directing executive agency heads to submit annual headcount plans to both OPM and the Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n<p>In response to an inquiry about the <em>Reuters<\/em> report, OPM directed the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> to Kupor&rsquo;s statement.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE was originally scheduled to conclude its business on July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States. As of Sunday, the agency states it has garnered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/doge.gov\/savings\">an estimated $214 billion in savings<\/a> through its work.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE&rsquo;s most recent post on X was on Sunday morning, which said agencies terminated 78 &ldquo;wasteful&rdquo; contracts with a value of $1.9 billion and savings of $335 million in a little over a week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Contracts Update! <\/p>\n<p>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 &ldquo;social media monitoring platform subscription&rdquo;, an $191k USAGM broadcasting&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83ldxUZ1NY\">pic.twitter.com\/83ldxUZ1NY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DOGE\/status\/1992615954065330507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The news of the agency&rsquo;s closure comes as multiple DOGE employees have already taken on new roles in the Trump administration. Joe Gebbia, for instance, now heads the National Design Studio, which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/08\/improving-our-nation-through-better-design\/\">Trump established in August<\/a> to improve the design of government websites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3884213\/elon-musk-trillion-dollar-tesla-package\/\"><strong>POST-DOGE, ELON MUSK COULD BECOME THE TRILLION-DOLLAR MAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Zachary Terrell, who was part of the DOGE team given access to government health systems, is now working as chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>Businessman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/3892607\/musk-saudi-data-center-trump-ai\/\">Elon Musk<\/a>, who was the face of DOGE, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3415099\/doge-loses-punch-elon-musk-steps-back\/\">stepped down from his leadership role at the agency in May<\/a>, but said it would be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3398836\/elon-musk-doge-long-term-enterprise-step-away\/\">&ldquo;a long-term enterprise&rdquo;<\/a> to prevent future waste and fraud. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3433203\/one-big-beautiful-breakup-elon-musk-donald-trump\/\">Musk also feuded with the president<\/a> in June, which severed their relationship. Since then, the two have been on friendlier terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOGE ends early, but its core principles continue on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2513833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25117834783700.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[12577,23466,67566,67565,55679],"class_list":["post-2513832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-doge","tag-early-closure","tag-market-close","tag-principles-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25117834783700.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513836,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513832\/revisions\/2513836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}