A new advisory body created by US President Donald Trump and led by the world's richest man has been tasked with cutting US government jobs and other spending. Elon Musk is leading this effort to drastically reduce the federal workforce and weed out what he sees as taxpayers' money being wasted. But his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has encountered legal obstacles, allegations of conflicts of interest, and fears that it will wreak serious damage. Polling suggests cutting government spending has widespread support. Many of Doge's staff appear to be young people with tech backgrounds.