David Helps
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continued to steamroll the administrative state in recent weeks as Social Security became the latest target of billionaire Elon Musk’s rampage. Around the country, field offices of the Social Security Administration have lost as much as 57 percent of their staff, according to a New York Times investigation. The 72 million Americans who rely on Social Security checks now face longer processing times and a website that keeps crashing.
As DOGE widens its reach, even the military seems to be vulnerable to cuts. In March, the Defense Department claimed to be “working hand-in-glove with DOGE” to “trim the fat.” The announcement followed a proposal from February to cut some $250 billion from the Pentagon’s budget over the next five years. But on April 7, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the next defense budget would be a record-setting $1 trillion. “[W]e’re very cost-conscious, but the military is something we have to build,” Trump said at a press event that day.
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