Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a White House official told Newsweek on Tuesday. It's not clear when Gleason was named the acting head of DOGE and what the scope of her authority is over Elon Musk, who President Donald Trump initially said was the head of the task force.

A 53-year-old former health worker in Tennessee is now at the center of major constitutional questions and global chaos after White House officials abruptly named her as the agency’s chief