The conservative tapped by the White House to help see to fruition President Donald Trump’s quest to slash foreign aid and public broadcasting funds views the moment as something greater than clawing back $9 billion Congress previously approved.

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government.

Senate Republicans forced through a clawback package codifying roughly $9 billion in spending reductions early Thursday, rolling back outlays on foreign aid, NPR and PBS. The House of Representatives now has until Friday to approve the measure and send it to President Trump’s desk.

GOP senators, backed by Trump, are pushing a $9 billion “DOGE package” to slash foreign aid and public broadcasting, sparking heated debate.

Republicans are set to succeed in their decades-long quest to end federal funding for public broadcasting after the Senate passed a $9 billion package of cuts derived from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency effort.

DOGE employees are also working with the Trump administration on potentially drastic cuts to the Department of Education, NPR has reported. Stephen Fowler, Bobby Allyn and Shannon Bond contributed ...

DOGE recently gained high-level access to a database that controls government payments and loans to farmers and ranchers across the U.S.