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Larry Edelman | Trendlines - The best thing about DOGE? It's dead. The White House quietly confirmed last week that the Department of Government Efficiency — the cost-cutting initiative headed by Elon Musk and hyped by President Trump — did not survive to its planned July 2026 expiration date.

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