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

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

Senior members of House oversight committees have asked President Trump to explain why Elon Musk and members of the ...

President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency is announcing potential cuts to several programs which could have ...

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

Democrats are fighting to energize their party's growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk ...

President Donald Trump is expected to follow through on campaign promises to abolish the U.S. Department of Education by ...

The organization led by the world's richest man is forcing dismissals of high-ranking officials from the Treasury, Education, ...

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

Thousands of USAID employees already have been laid off and programs worldwide shut down after the president imposed a ...

Elon Musk is singling out federal grants to be eliminated as he continues to audit and control federal spending using a ...