The chief executive of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says Elon Musk's DOGE left the nonprofit's Washington, D.C., headquarters in disarray.

"Vermin were not a problem” at the the U.S. Institute of Peace before Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency took over the building.

President Donald Trump 's administration suffered a legal blow on Friday when an appeals court refused to halt an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of California that blocked sweeping federal employment cuts overseen by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Elon Musk's departure from the Department of Government Efficiency draws praise from Republicans and criticism from Democrats, highlighting political divides.

The singer and humanitarian schooled the podcaster on the real world impact of his billionaire friend's DOGE cuts, while Musk fires back on social media.

DOGE, led by Elon Musk was established in Trump’s second stint as the president with the aim of ending the “tyranny of bureaucracy’ and reducing the US national debt that stands at $36 trillion.

About four months after resigning from the federal agency Trump rebranded as the U.S. DOGE Service, this NJ resident won local office by 49 votes.