The Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team allegedly ignored advice from White House communications advisers when DOGE staff installed Starlink at the White House earlier this year.

Despite the exodus, White House officials said the administration remains dedicated to rooting out waste and abuse.

The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex this year,

The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.

The so-called rescissions package seeks to claw back $9.4 billion lawmakers had authorized the executive branch to spend, and it would require only GOP votes to pass.

The conservative House Freedom Caucus is demanding a swift vote on the impending White House spending cuts package targeting USAID, NPR and PBS.

The request would support an estimated 150 full time employees, 80% of whom would be paid out of agency reimbursements, rather than DOGE-specific funds.