In theory, Elon Musk's $5,000 DOGE checks could provide Americans with a financial boost — if they actually happen. Here's where they stand now.

Lefty media worked themselves into a lather over Elon Musk’s imminent departure from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — but his tenure was always meant to be temporary. Musk — DOGE’s lodestar and President Trump’s right-hand man — is in fact expected to step back from the administration at the end of next month,