JD Vance Defends Elon Musk's DOGE Staffer After Controversial Posts
An Elon Musk-linked DOGE worker, resigned after reports tied him to a social media account promoting racist and eugenic views. This live blog is now closed.
Elon Musk’s DOGE has swept into 14 federal agencies. Here’s what to know.
Internal email lists and other documents and interviews provide the widest view so far of who is working in DOGE — and officials inside other agencies with Musk connections.
US Judge Declines to Block Elon Musk's DOGE From Labor Department Systems
A federal judge on Friday declined to block Elon Musk's government cost-cutting department from accessing the U.S. Department of Labor's systems, an initial setback for the government employee unions resisting his efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy.
DOGE Staffer Tied to Elon Musk Quits Amid Social Media Comments: Live Updates
An Elon Musk-linked DOGE worker, resigned after reports tied him to a social media account promoting racist and eugenic views. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
DOGE staffer who resigned over racist should be reinstated by Elon Musk
Elon Musk reinstated a DOGE staffer who resigned after racist social media posts came to light following support from Vice President JD Vance.
Musk to rehire DOGE staffer with history of racist tweets
The decision came after Vice President JD Vance and then President Donald Trump backed the reinstatement of the staffer, Marko Elez.
Staffer With Elon Musk's DOGE Amplified White Supremacists Online
Gavin Kliger lists his job on LinkedIn as "Special Advisor to the Director" at the Office of Personnel Management, which has been spearheading Musk's efforts to shrink the federal workforce. His USAID email address was copied on a message reviewed by Reuters that was sent to staffers at the international aid agency on Monday.
Elon Musk's next DOGE targets? Pentagon and Education Department, Trump says
Elon Musk “will be looking at education pretty quickly and he will be looking at military too," Trump said at a news conference Friday.
Full Replay: President Trump Joint Briefing With Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba
President Trump is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday, the second visit from a ...
The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is turning into a long legal war
A drawn-out legal fight looms for Elon Musk and Sam Altman as they face an increasingly long courtroom battle over the future ...
Trump Says DOGE Does Not Even Need Its Access to Sensitive Info
Trump on Friday said that Elon Musk's department doesn't actually need the unprecedented access it has been granted to ...
Elon Musk says he doesn’t want to buy TikTok’s US business after all
I usually build companies from scratch,', said the tech billionaire, who bought Twitter and renamed it X Elon Musk said he's not interested in buying TikTok, the popular social video app the US has ...
Can Elon Musk harness the power of AI to fix the government’s immigration issues?
There are real opportunities to make revolutionary progress with AI right now. And they don’t require spending hundreds of ...
Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country’s land expropriation law
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze ...
Elon Musk's xAI looks to buy land from City of Memphis for wastewater treatment plant
Memphis City Council will weigh in on a possible land purchase agreement with xAI for a new wastewater treatment facility in ...
U.S. Rep. Stansbury (D-N.M.) introduces ‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury says she's introducing a bill to hold Elon Musk liable for any damage he inflicts on the United ...
Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s ...