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A new lawsuit seeks to force the Treasury Department to stop granting access to its computer systems as Elon Musk and members ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E) just crashed into the US Treasury like a runaway Tesla. David A.

Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Monday and called out President Trump ...

Conservatives in the House GOP's right flank are cheering President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's crackdown on USAID.

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has already succeeded in at least one important respect. Before Donald Trump took office, DOGE’s then designated leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy ...

The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to US security, lawmakers say ...

The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff ...

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and unelected adviser to President Donald Trump, is asserting control over much of the federal bureaucracy and sensitive government computer systems despite lacking ...

Bill Gates says he's on board with Elon Musk's cost-cutting plans for DOGE as long as the U.S. government doesn't lose sight ...

The White House is playing games with Elon Musk's official role in the administration, and a national security expert said "people should be freaking out" that his allies have access to their private ...