Democrats Wrestle With DOGE and Musk

WASHINGTON—During the first two months of the second Trump administration, few issues have united Democrats like opposition to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a time-limited organization directed by executive order to “to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity” across scores of agencies.
That unified anti-DOGE message came through from both the New Democrat Coalition and the more left-leaning Congressional Progressive Caucus. The groups held separate press conferences at a retreat for House Democrats on March 13.
The New Democrats’ chair, Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), described Musk as an “unelected billionaire and shadow president,” celebrating a federal judge’s order to the administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it fired….