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President Trump made Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, a 'special government employee' at the White ...

Three weeks in, the change the Republican administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government.

When Elon Musk debuted the Department of Government Efficiency recently at the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson enthusiastically predicted the coming Trump administration would bring ''a lot of ...

Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government ...

As the first week of Trump’s second term gets underway, the not-quite-real Department of Government Efficiency is both ...

Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump's blessing ...

Protesters gathered at the Treasury Department to oppose Elon Musk's involvement in federal government restructuring under ...

Elon Musk has been named as a "special government employee" while overseeing DOGE, according to the White House.

President Donald Trump rejected Elon Musk's request to hire Turkish-born Silicon Valley leader Baris Akis for the Department ...

President Donald Trump's policies and Elon Musk's association with his administration are causing trouble for the tech CEO's ...