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Of the many changes President Donald Trump has introduced since returning to the Oval Office, few have brought as much ...

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

In one excerpt, The Times reports that a Trump official sounded the alarm on Musk’s power and authority. The Trump official, ...

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

Congress is proving little match for the Department of Government Efficiency as wary lawmakers watch it march through the ...

Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite ...

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

After days offline, USAID’s website was finally restored late Tuesday … with a notice announcing that all employees will be ...

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 ...

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