India, Feb. 7 -- Elon Musk has been applying Silicon valley's "move fast and break things" approach to the US government, despite it being just around half a month since he has been heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The following is a timeline of what has been happening with the government's new cost-cutting wing run by the world's richest person, according to a Business Insider report.

January 20: Trump signs an executive order giving birth to DOGE officially. Though the initial order suggested it would lead a "software modernization initiative," it became clear later that its influence would be over many federal agencies.

Lawsuits against DOGE also immediately came in that time. Then Vivek Ramaswamy, its planned...