A National Park Service ranger conducts a walking tour in Shark Valley, part of the Everglades National Park, on April 17, 2025. Everglades National Park and all other national parks are now being run by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Governmental Efficiency.

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team has set its sights on the National Gallery of Art, as the billionaire’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency looks beyond gutting federal agencies to targeting pillars of the US’s cultural life.

On the other hand, DOGE has been very good at reducing the number of people who work for the government — as many as 216,000 federal employees and contractors are already out, w