Three weeks in, the change the Republican administration has brought is a disruption of the federal government.

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The world’s richest man still relies on the president for his authority.

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

Are there problems in Donald Trump and Elon Musk's friendship? The US President has smashed down Tesla CEO's request to bring ...

Elon Musk may be the most divisive man in Washington — and in President Trump’s White House. In one camp stand Trump allies ...

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

Elon Musk and U.S. attorney for D.C. Ed Martin are warning of criminal consequences for people who share the identities of ...

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire whom President Trump has tapped as the head of his new Department of Government Efficiency ...

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

As the first week of Trump’s second term gets underway, the not-quite-real Department of Government Efficiency is both ...