The White House says Elon Musk is a "special government employee." Here's what that means.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Tesla CEO Musk is categorized as a special government employee.
What is Elon Musk allowed to do? With his employment status, the answer is quite a bit.
As a government employee, Musk will be bound by a federal law making it a crime to knowingly participate in government matters where he has a financial interest.
Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies
People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel
What does DOGE stand for? What to know about Elon Musk-led government agency under Trump
President Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), appointing Elon Musk as its leader. DOGE aims to improve government efficiency and reduce waste by modernizing technology and software.
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Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump
They’ve set their sights on holding Elon Musk to account. Armed with new polling showing Musk’s popularity in the toilet, key Democratic leaders are going after the top adviser to President Donald Trump who is dismantling the federal government.
Is Elon Musk a U.S. citizen? Richest man in the world is now special government employee
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House Democrats Push Security Probe of Elon Musk's Team
In a letter on Thursday, the lawmakers urged deputy inspectors general at several federal agencies to investigate potential national security breaches involving Musk's team. Those agencies include the U.
Elon Musk’s presidency is just getting started
The billionaire is taking over the federal government and remaking it in Twitter’s image. On today’s episode of Decoder, ...
Trump grants Musk access to every American’s data to spearhead social spending cuts
The world’s richest man has been named by President Donald Trump to slash federal spending on social benefits for poor and working people.
Democratic lawmakers slam Elon Musk's access to Treasury Department: 'We are at war'
Democratic lawmakers are speaking out against Elon Musk having access to the Treasury Department over fears of ...
Musk Plan for Retooling Government Takes Shape, but Big Questions Loom
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The United States Digital Service is now DOGE — here’s what it was responsible for.
Trump’s executive order creating DOGE says USDS is now the US DOGE Service, so we’ll see if Elon Musk approaches the government’s tech teams the same way he did Twitter. It’s a lot riskier ...
Trump's DOGE executive order says Musk's efforts will focus on IT
Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create Elon Musk's DOGE, with a mandate to improve federal IT systems.
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Elon Musk’s Efficiency Agency Turns Out to Be Just Another Scam
Musk has promised to trim $2 trillion from the federal budget under the helm of the agency, a sum that constitutes more than ...
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Tech billionaires take center stage at Trump inauguration
Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai, and businessman Elon Musk ... though its fate in the United States remains unclear while ...
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Tech Billionaires Get Prominent Places at Trump Inauguration
The church service, typically a little-noticed part of Inauguration Day, quickly became a “who’s who” parade of some of the United States ... billionaires such as Elon Musk in Trump ...
'Billionaires versus billionaires': OpenAI feud between Elon Musk, Sam Altman faces federal judge
A federal judge weighed in Tuesday on a long-brewing legal feud between billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI, ...