President Donald Trump’s public statements contradict the legal positions of his White House, which previously said billionaire Elon Musk isn’t technically running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that's tasked with identifying wide-ranging cuts across the government.

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A White House official declared that Mr. Musk was not the administrator of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. So who is?