Elon Musk, DOGE

Trump waves off criticism from Elon Musk on AI announcement
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed criticism from close ally Elon Musk about a $500 billion artificial intelligence project that Trump announced with great fanfare at the White House earlier this week.
Elon Musk’s DOGE setting its sights on the penny
The Department of Government Efficiency hinted it may be looking to eliminate the penny. Elon Musk's initiative says production of the coin is costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Inside the Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy DOGE Divorce
The former Republican primary foe departs DOGE after his goal of trimming regulations was overtaken by Musk’s priority of cutting expenditures.
DOGE officially announced. How the Elon Musk-led department will work
DOGE builds on the United States Digital Service, now rebranded as the U.S. DOGE Service. According to Trump's executive order, the newly rebranded department will cut red tape and streamline government IT systems. Per the EO, DOGE has roughly 18 months (July 4, 2026) to achieve the administration's goal.
Federal IT experts take wait-and-see approach with Elon Musk’s DOGE
The newly rebranded U.S. Digital Service is charged with governmentwide software modernization, but experts are uncertain about its leadership and direction.
Elon Musk could become a 'special government employee' as a co-lead of DOGE. Here's what that means.
As a "special government employee," Musk would be subject to less stringent conflict of interest standards than regular federal workers.
Disagreements with Elon Musk prompted Ramaswamy’s ‘DOGE’ exit
President Donald Trump’s order establishing the “Department of Government Efficiency” aims to give billionaire Elon Musk’s team sweeping access to operations at federal agencies, revamping its structure after competing visions left one of its leaders seeking an exit.
Trump's DOGE executive order says Musk's efforts will focus on IT
Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create Elon Musk's DOGE, with a mandate to improve federal IT systems.
Elon Musk is causing trouble in Europe. What’s in it for him?
I would prefer to stay out of politics,” Elon Musk told his followers in 2021, on the platform then known as Twitter. Plenty ...
‘He is world’s leading free speech hypocrite’: Elon Musk’s battle with Wikipedia is part of his war on truth
Elon Musk is angry at Wikipedia for reporting on his alleged ‘Nazi salute’. But his attacks are part of a long and troubling ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE could pinch the US penny in government efficiency bid
The official X account for DOGE, the reform department headed by billionaire Elon Musk, shared facts about penny production ...
Elon Musk And President Trump’s Challenge – National Debt And Spending
Too much government debt is harmful to an economy and its citizens. Will Trump and Musk be able to restore fiscal sanity in Washington?
Elon Musk and Sam Altman take to social media to fight over Stargate
Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the infrastructure project to build data centers for ...
Trump likes the idea of Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok but thinks the US government should get half of the social media app in the bargain
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and ...
Did Elon Musk give a ‘Nazi’ salute and does it play into the hands of neo-fascist groups?
Historians disagree over the significance of Musk’s gesture, which is reminiscent of the greeting used by 20th century ...
New details on Musk's DOGE agency raise questions about its scope, transparency
As Elon Musk prepares to launch the new Department of Government Efficiency, government watchdog groups are concerned about its purported scope and level of transparency.