DOGE, National Gallery of Art Representatives Meet to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status

Members of the Department of Government Efficiency, the unofficial, Elon Musk–led cost-cutting branch of the Trump administration, visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, last week to talk about the museum’s legal status. According to Bloomberg CityLab, which broke the news, National Gallery director Kaywin Feldman and secretary and general counsel Luis Baquedano spoke with DOGE representatives on April 17.