What Exactly Is Elon Musk's Role in the US Government?
Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government agencies.
The Far Right Has a New Hero: Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government has inspired adoration from far-right communities online that used to be reserved for Donald Trump.
Elon Musk Says Naming Specific Government Workers Is Illegal, After Doing Exactly That Himself
Ringing Hollow Elon Musk is really, really mad that journalists at Wired revealed the names of a cohort of extremely young engineers he's gathered at the definitely-not-a-real-government-agency Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to fire federal employees,
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 that his office would “pursue any and all legal action against anyone” who tried to impede DOGE’s work.
Elon Musk is shredding America’s government as 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 crowning himself technoking of the federal government
Back in August, as speculation about a potential Elon Musk cabinet position began swirling, I wrote that the notion was laughable because a) you can’t work on government matters that affect your own personal finances,
Elon Musk Has Pushed Out Trump as Far-Right Darling
Elon Musk has become a favorite of far-right circles in recent weeks, stealing the spotlight from the president that helped get him there. In a review of “message boards, encrypted channels, social media platforms,
Elon Musk Has Broken the Constitutional Order
The second Trump administration is waging the most aggressive war on the American constitutional order since Appomattox. President Donald Trump selected Elon Musk, a South African–born tech oligarch,
Elon Musk must be stopped, now | Letters to the editor
An alarmed Sun Sentinel reader sees Elon Musk as out of control. The people should be screaming to their elected officials, she says.
Elon Musk’s secretive government IT takeover, explained
Musk's growing influence over the government's digital infrastructure raises concerns about privacy and overreach.
Musk wants to run the government like he runs X. That's bad news for Americans.
When Musk bought Twitter, he purged employees and made it a safe space for the far right. His attempted government takeover ...
‘The biggest heist in American history’: DC is just waking up to Elon Musk’s takeover
Nobody elected Musk”; “This is illegal”; “Stop the coup.” It was one of multiple DC protests targeting billionaire Elon ...
Elon Musk gets quiet White House reminders his power isn't unchecked
Trump's aides have signaled behind the scenes that Musk still reports to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
Democrats focus on Elon Musk as they search for a message to fight Trump
The party has struggled with how to respond to President Trump’s aggressive efforts to remake the federal bureaucracy and ...
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 ...
Senate Republicans insist Elon Musk isn't in charge after whirlwind actions
Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led ...
Corporate America makes deals with Musk’s businesses, FT says
America’s largest companies are making deals with Elon Musk’s businesses or touting links with him as he solidifies his power in Donald Trump’s ...