The department wouldn't be a department at all, but an outside group that can likely only make suggestions — unless Trump tries to axe current laws.

The proposed government agency, which is not yet established, would “dismantle Government Bureaucracy” among other things, according to Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead his administration's new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to end "government waste" and "slash excess regulations.

The 'Outnumbered' panel weighs in on the Department of Government Efficiency's effort to slash wasteful government spending under the leadership of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head to Capitol Hill next week to meet with Republicans on their plan to slash regulations and other parts of the federal government.