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The world’s richest man still relies on the president for his authority.

President Trump made Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, a 'special government employee' at the White ...

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Tesla CEO Musk is categorized as a special government employee.

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire whom President Trump has tapped as the head of his new Department of Government Efficiency ...

In one excerpt, The Times reports that a Trump official sounded the alarm on Musk’s power and authority. The Trump official, ...

The Trump administration is discussing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, according to reports.

The US Treasury said Tuesday that Elon Musk’s government reform team can read data from its highly sensitive payment system ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

The billionaire’s budget-razing lackeys are said to have embedded themselves inside the department’s D.C. headquarters ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to defund and potentially close the federal Department of Education to allow ...

The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order that would kick off the process of eliminating the Department ...