The Department of Government Efficiency plans to continue its work in cutting government spending, with or without Elon Musk at the helm, as more than 100 staffers are expected to remain on the job.

The Tesla/SpaceX/X owner, who became the face of DOGE after President Donald Trump took office, is expected in the upcoming weeks to pull back on his role with the government, while returning his focus to Tesla as its fortunes have fallen and protests have grown over his moves to cut government costs.

But despite his high public profile, most of the cuts made by DOGE were done by the staffers, mostly attorneys and computer programmers, who have spread out across government offices while cutting money and jobs, reports The Wall Street Journal Thursday.

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