Musk, US government

Elon Musk is officially an employee of the US government — but he's not getting a paycheck
The White House confirmed to BI on Monday that Musk was a "special government employee" and was not receiving a paycheck.
Musk and Trump try to move fast and break some things in the federal government
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are applying Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” ethos to the US government.
Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
Elon Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump ’s blessing, sidelining career officials, gaining access to sensitive databases and dismantling a leading source of humanitarian assistance.
Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States,
Elon Musk is shredding America’s government like he did Twitter
Even as Mr Musk was speaking, workers at USAID ’s headquarters in Washington were being told not to come in the next day. Some 600 of the agency’s staff seem to have been locked out of their emails. That followed a weekend in which the agency’s website went offline;
Elon Musk Is Permanently Deleting Government Agencies
What it’s been like inside USAID, an agency that Donald Trump and the world’s richest man decided to eliminate
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by ...
How Elon Musk & Peter Thiel-aligned inexperienced tech bros took over the federal government
The United States federal government has been infiltrated by a group of young, unvetted technology engineers handpicked by ...
Trump Riles Washington as He Tries to Overthrow the Existing Order
The new president has left virtually no corner of the nation’s capital untouched in a wide-ranging effort to tear down the ...
What Donald Trump has done to remake the federal government so far
From buyout offers to federal workers to ending diversity programs, a look at what Trump has done to remake the US government since Jan. 20.
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Musk-led DOGE has access to the U.S. Treasury’s payment system. What will they do with it?
Wendy Edelberg of Brookings says "political malpractice" might be a bigger risk to economic stability than the government's ...
‘You’re Fired’: President Trump’s Swift Overhaul Of The Federal Workforce
Since taking office again in January 2025, President Donald Trump swiftly embarked on a significant restructuring of the ...
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CNA explains: How the Catholic Church partners with the U.S. government to serve migrants
In recent years, the USCCB has received more than $100 million annually from the federal government to support migration and ...
A look back at the United States' checkered immigration history
In America's recent past, there have been other historic raids on immigrant communities to counter political and social ...
The United States is suddenly in big trouble
Donald Trump’s second term in office is already generating controversy on topics as diverse as birthright citizenship and ...