Susie Wiles

Timeline

1. 2024-11-11Trump names his 2024 campaign manager White House chief of staffAppointment announced2024 campaign manager and White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
2. 2025-01-20Wiles serves as White House chief of staff in Trump's second administrationWhite House chief of staff as of July 1, 2026chief of staff in Trump's second administration · documented · 2 sources
3. 2025-02-18The White House denied Musk legally led DOGE while Trump publicly credited him with doing soMusk was described as a senior presidential adviser, not the DOGE administratorTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
4. 2025-02-25The White House named Amy Gleason DOGE administrator after more than a month of secrecyGleason held the formal administrator title; Musk's separate team drove major cutsTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
5. 2025-02-25Twenty-one U.S. Digital Service technologists resigned rather than implement DOGETwenty-one civil-service technologists resigned togetherTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source

   21 peopleDigital Service technologists resigning together

6. 2025-03-10A district court ordered expedited processing of a DOGE records requestPreliminary injunction required expedited processing and preservation while DOGE's FOIA status remained in litigationTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source

   1,000 pages per monthCourt-ordered DOGE FOIA processing rate

7. 2025-05-19Justice's Public Integrity Section lost most of its trial attorneysThe section operated with a sharply reduced trial-attorney rosterTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
8. 2025-06-06The Supreme Court required narrower discovery into DOGE's FOIA statusSupreme Court vacated the appellate order and remanded for narrower discovery; DOGE's FOIA status remained unresolvedTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
9. 2025-07-31Senate minority staff estimated $21.67 billion in DOGE-created costs$21.67 billion minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
   1. public cost$21.67 billion in DOGE-created costs$21.67 billion

      Estimated public spending source

      Federal agencies

      Estimated funds recipient

      Administrative and personnel costs

      Loss or cost borne by

      Federal taxpayers, program users, and affected workers

10. 2025-07-31Senate minority staff estimated $69.6 million for USAGM administrative leave$69.63 million minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
    1. payment$69.6 million for USAGM administrative leave$69.63 million

       Estimated source

       U.S. Agency for Global Media

       Estimated recipient

       Employees on administrative leave

       Financially affected

       Public-media audiences, agency operations, and taxpayers

11. 2025-11-23OPM said centralized DOGE no longer existed months before its charter endedOPM described DOGE as no longer centralized; embedded personnel continued agency workTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
12. 2026-01-29House staff traced about $81 million approved for DOGE through January 2026Democratic committee staff estimated $81 million in fiscal 2025–2026 apportionments and reimbursementsTrump White House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
    1. public costDOGE appropriations and reimbursements approvedapproximately $81 million

       Estimated public spending source

       Federal appropriations and executive agencies

       Estimated funds recipient

       U.S. DOGE Service

       Loss or cost borne by

       Federal taxpayers and transferring agencies