Musk Exits DOGE Leaving Threadbare Agencies and Strained Workers

Brendan Demich and his team of research engineers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Pittsburgh were racing to complete a virtual reality program to help train miners on what to do in an emergency underground.

They feared that soon, time would run out, and Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency would throw them out of work.

“You’re calling on an incredible day,” Demich said while speaking with a reporter on the phone on May 2. The night before, his group had finished a stable version of their simulator, which could teach thousands of workers ...