Washington, May 30 -- The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will keep functioning even without Elon Musk at the helm and can be led by Vivek Ramaswamy, the department's initial co-chair, Timothy Kneeland, a professor of history, politics, and law at Nazareth University in the New York State, told Sputnik.

On Wednesday, Musk announced that his tenure as a special government employee is concluding and expressed gratitude to US President Donald Trump for "the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending" within the government. Early on Friday, the president said that he and Musk will hold a press conference in the Oval Office marking the billionaire's "last , but not really" day in the administration. It is expected to begin at 13:30 E...