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Elon Musk’s Government Email Address Is Now Public Information
The government email address of powerful unelected bureaucrat Elon Musk is now publicly available.
How Elon Musk executed his takeover of the federal bureaucracy
Elon Musk dropped in about an hour late to a dinner party at the Silicon Valley mansion of technology investor Chamath Palihapitiya.
How Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has dominated Trump's agenda
Billionaire Elon Musk is at the center of cutting federal spending for Donald Trump, but the president urged him to use a scalpel rather than hatchet.
Elon Musk's Starlink has a growing footprint in the federal government
The use of Starlink has been adopted by at least one additional federal agency since President Donald Trump began his second term, and it’s being considered by more.
Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk
President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You’re in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk. According to two administration officials, Trump told top members of his administration that Musk was empowered to make recommendations to the departments but not to issue unilateral decisions on staffing and policy.
How Elon Musk Took Over the US Government
Elon Musk’s “DOGE” follows a playbook familiar to the world’s richest person: it’s the one he used at Twitter. But the stakes now are infinitely higher, and will have lasting consequences for America.
Trump Moves to Restrain Elon Musk
President Trump’s decision to reel in some of Elon Musk’s indiscriminate approach to slashing the federal work force reflects a growing unease among Republicans.
Wall Street is turning its back on Elon Musk
Liberals and government employees aren’t the only people angry with Elon Musk. Tesla’s plunging share price means many investors are angry, too.
The top power players at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Musk is making huge and sudden changes to the federal government. But he's not doing this alone—here are his key lieutenants.
Elon Musk warns that gov’t employees still working from home will be put on leave this week
“Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning,” Musk, 53, ...
US govts cutting jobs used to be scared of voters; Trump, Musk and DOGE have changed that
DOGE, headed by unelected billionaire Elon Musk, has initiated sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. Lawmakers elected by ...
DOGE wants to charge one federal agency millions of dollars for its work to make government more efficient
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency wants to charge at least one federal agency millions of dollars for its ...
Elon Musk's DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...
Elon Musk and the Useless Spending-Cut Theater of DOGE
The columnist David French speaks with a fellow fiscal conservative about what the Department of Government Efficiency should ...
As Trump pushes limits of power, courts and lawmakers increase pushback
As the Trump administration enters its eighth week, the president and Musk have begun to encounter increased pushback in the ...
As Musk polices his own conflicts, some agencies hear sirens going off
The billionaire’s private interests intersect with wide areas of government work — and federal workers worry about his public ...
Trump’s government cuts spark alarm as Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ initiative bypasses Congress
The billionaire’s cost-cutting drive faces legal and political challenges as lawmakers push back against a corporate-style ...