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Even as Mr Musk was speaking, workers at USAID ’s headquarters in Washington were being told not to come in the next day.

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.

Speaking to hundreds of protesters at a noon rally at the Capitol in Olympia, Wa. Zane Gustafson, author of the book “Polemic ...

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Earlier this week, it was revealed that President Donald Trump has given multibillionaire Elon Musk, head of the ...

It’s hard to think of anything less sexy and less made-for-TV than an attorney charging into a courthouse to seek a temporary ...

Staff of Musk-led DOGE is now embedded at agencies across the government, including the General Services Administration, the ...

Elon Musk’s comments added to the questions surrounding its future. By Theodore Schleifer and Mike Ives Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called ...

US President Donald Trump has made it clear on Tuesday that Elon Musk, who has been handed the enormous task of slashing government spending, reports directly to him.

The premier of Canada’s most populous province specifically blamed Elon Musk and the Trump administration for the U.S.