Elon Musk’s X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting
The billionaire has used the social media site to boast of victories, lash out at enemies and conduct polls for the initiative he calls the Department of Government Efficiency.
How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functions
Elon Musk and his allies are harnessing tech units and other agencies that handle daily federal operations to amass sweeping control of the executive branch.
They lived through Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Now, they have advice for federal government employees
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency associates barrel through the federal government, former Twitter (now X) employees have seen this all before.
Elon Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarms
Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing
Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States,
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
Here’s What Happened After Elon Musk Cut 80% Of X’s Employees—As He Eyes Reshaping Federal Workforce
Musk is taking “the same Twitter playbook now with the federal government,” according to the lawyer representing thousands of ...
Fact Check: Elon Musk X post comparing MAGA to Nazi Germany is fake
A screenshot of an X post purportedly quoting Elon Musk saying, in part, “MAGA is the future, and will, in fact, succeed in ...
Ben Stiller Debunks Elon Musk-Amplified Tweet Claiming Actor Took USAID Money For Ukraine Trip
"These are lies" wrote Ben Stiller about a video posted on X and amplified by Musk alleging USAID spent $4M to send the actor ...
Liz Cheney Takes a Swipe at Elon Musk's U.S. Citizenship
Cheney took a dig at Musk while defending her history at the USAID saying in part that "Our nation stood for freedom." ...
Wall Street banks sell $5.5B of X loans as investors bet big on Elon Musk: report
Banks unloaded $5.5 billion of debt holdings in X that they have been stuck with since 2022, when Musk acquired the site ...
Elon Musk Says His Efficiency Team Will Tackle F.A.A. Technology
His announcement comes after an outage last week to the primary system that provides pilots safety alerts in real time.
'Out of order!' House GOP panel shoots down Democrats' call to subpoena Elon Musk over DOGE
The heated exchange early in a House Oversight hearing about "Rightsizing Government' leads to Democrat protests that Musk is ...
Vote to Subpoena Elon Musk Over DOGE’s Government Takeover Narrowly Fails
The final vote tally was 19-20, causing the motion to fail, and Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California was notably absent ...
Elon Musk targets Lutheran groups' federal funding. Here's how the money is used in Columbus
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio was one of several nonprofit organizations that was called out on X by Elon Musk and ...
Elon Musk 'deleted' IRS Direct File: Should taxpayers worry about their tax returns?
Elon Musk posted that the IRS Direct File group had been "deleted," prompting confusion about the free tax prep service's ...