NASA Next on DOGE Chopping Block as Admin Claims No Conflicts of Interest

NASA is the next government agency to receive a tap on the shoulder from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The team will investigate NASA's payments and contracts, although no clear statement has been made on what DOGE staffers will be looking for. This news comes amidst confirmation that “hundreds” of NASA employees have taken the buyout option from the new Trump administration, though it’s not clear what effect that will have on the agency’s function.

Alongside a flurry of major changes to the way the US government operates, and legal challenges to those alterations, the Elon Musk-headed DOGE has been attempting to wrestle control of government finances in a manner that is alarming legal experts. Regardless of pushback, however, it has been successful in stripping tens of thousands of workers from the Federal books, with some 65,000 government employees so far said ...