How Elon Musk set off two weeks of chaos across Washington
Elon Musk and his allies have spent the last two weeks barreling full speed into multiple government agencies, causing confusion and chaos and raising questions about whether an unelected businessman can wield this kind of authority,
Three ways Elon Musk is 'silently taking over' the US
Musk has been granted power by the president to reduce the size of the federal government - but is he silently taking over?
Trump and Elon Musk are upending USAID. Here's what to know about its work.
The State Department said President Trump appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting director of USAID amid an overhaul of the humanitarian aid agency.
Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that he and President Donald Trump were in the process of shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development, escalating their war on the federal bureaucracy and defying the constitutional power of Congress to determine how money is spent.
Elon Musk is staging a takeover of the federal budget
In the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have reportedly gained access to core parts of the American government’s payment systems,
Elon Musk said Donald Trump agreed USAID needs to be ‘shut down’
Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was frozen and dozens of its employees were put on leave.
Trump: Elon Musk ‘won't do anything without our approval’
At a signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Feb. 3, President Trump said that Elon Musk "won't do anything" without his administration's approval.
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 dunks on Sen. Chuck Schumer, declaring 'Hysterical reactions' demonstrate DOGE's importance
Responding to comments from Sen. Chuck Schumer, Elon Musk suggested "Hysterical reactions" prove the importance of the ...
Treasury Dept. gives Elon Musk's team access to federal payment system: Sources
If Elon Musk or his DOGE team were to attempt to block federal payments, it would likely face legal challenges given the ...
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Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information ...
Elon Musk Is President
But this morning, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released a letter he wrote to Musk declaring ...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE wants to terminate US education department next after USAID
President Donald Trump’s plan to axe the US Department of Education is officially in motion as of today. His right-hand man ...
Elon Musk did not say Italians should stay in Italy
During a December 2023 trip to Italy, Musk told people to "make more Italians" as a way of maintaining cultural identity amid ...
Elon Musk could go too far with Congress and hurt Trump's agenda, says Raymond James' Ed Mills
Ed Mills, Washington policy analyst at Raymond James, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Elon Musk's influence in Washington, ...
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Democrats have leverage against Musk. They’re girding to use it.
Democrats were seething Monday at Elon Musk’s efforts to gut agencies. The threat of a government shutdown in March is giving ...