Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company."

CNN’s Erin Burnett speaks to Katie Drummond, the global editorial director at WIRED, about the backgrounds of some of the young men working for Elon Musk to cut government agencies. WIRED reports that the men they identified are young and have little to no government experience.

Elon Musk called USAID a criminal organization that should “die.” Proponents say it’s a key arm of U.S. influence that, if destroyed, “cannot be easily rebuilt.”

But Trump has shown no inclination to adhere to the separation of powers that gives a lead role to Congress. Instead, in his first two weeks back in the White House, he made clear he is determined to run the government based on executive decrees, not by proposing and passing conservative laws in Congress.

What it’s been like inside USAID, an agency that Donald Trump and the world’s richest man decided to eliminate

President Trump made Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, a 'special government employee' at the White House. Here's what that means.

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

Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House official.