The journalist Kara Swisher discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.

Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, ...

Recklessness will not get us to a revitalized government, but neither will excessive caution and addiction to procedure.

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Trump tapped Musk, the world’s richest man, to take on inner workings of the world’s oldest democracy, and so far the results ...

Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian libertarian MP Marius Nilsen, who tossed the Tesla ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2025, his inauguration celebrations were marked by controversy over a gesture ...

USAID, which has become the focus of Elon Musk's DOGE efforts in recent days, was led by Obama admin alum Samantha Power from 2021 until Trump took office in January.

Musk makes his first federal political contribution in 2003, the same year he becomes chairman of Tesla. According to Federal ...

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which refers to a cryptocurrency championed by Musk, was set up by Trump in ...

Trump has granted Musk and his DOGE colleagues access to a trove of federal data with little transparency requirements.