U.S. President Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of an advisory group aimed at carrying out dramatic cuts to the U.S. government, attracting immediate lawsuits challenging its operations.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of an advisory group aimed at carrying out dramatic cuts to the U.S. government, attracting immediate lawsuits challenging its operations.
The group -- dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency, or "DOGE" -- is being co-run by Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO Elon Musk and failed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and has grandiose goals of eliminating entire federal agencies and cutting three quarters of federal government jobs.
"To restore competence and effectiveness to our federal government, my administration will establish the brand new Department of Government Efficiency," Trump said in his inaugural speech Monday.
Despite the name, the committee is not a department and has little official power to carry out any reorganization, let alone the head-spinning cuts proposed by Musk and Ramaswamy.
Public interest law firm National Security Counselors sued within minutes of the announcement, ope... [Short citation of 8% of the original article]
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