Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House on March 9, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
Eighteen months ago, a lifetime in Washington, President Donald Trump launched the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—the most ambitious and committed initiative in modern history to rein in rampant government waste, fraud, and abuse.
Kenneth Robert Buck is a lawyer and politician who represented Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican. He is the author of “Capitol of Freedom,” “Drain the Swamp,” and recently “Crushed: Big Tech's War on Free Speech.”