More than 2,000 pages of court documents present a new window into the government’s process for terminating research grants to Harvard — and show that the Department of Government Efficiency helped facilitate the operation.

White House budget chief Russell Vought sought to minimize the public perception he is closely involved with the Department of Government Efficiency on Thursday, insisting he didn’t replace Elon Musk as de facto head of the agency.

The Senate earlier Thursday cleared the measure 51-48 and it now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature. In addition to cutting $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funds, the bill ends a swath of foreign aid projects and closes the U.S. Institute of Peace.

The White House has called the sweeping tax and spending package dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill a win for workers, families and America’s future, but some state lawmakers say the cuts will hurt Illinois’ most vulnerable residents and have ripple effects on other areas of the economy.

The procedural vote came after Republicans agreed to restore money for treatments in Africa.

The White House said that DOGE’s mission is moving forward because of Trump. “Many Presidents have promised, but none other than President Trump has delivered to actually make government more efficient and root out waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington, and that mission is moving full steam ahead,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.

At least eight key members of the Department of Government Efficiency have resigned in the past six months. A senior White House official suggested these departures align with the nature of their temporary government roles known as special government employees,