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On Monday, he started a new position as an under secretary in the State Department, joining the ranks of Trump’s “competent ...

Elon Musk is making major moves to reshape the federal government and President Donald Trump is standing behind his ...

Elon Musk is working for President Donald Trump as a special government employee," according to a White House official, ...

“What Trump and Musk have done is not only wrong, it’s illegal,” Representative Don Beyer of Virginia said during a news ...

Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House ...

The White House has released a list of USAID programs its considers wasteful and that it says abused taxpayer funds by backing programs that supported DEI initiatives.

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The fate of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is hanging in the balance after Trump and Musk signaled ...

Asya Bradley, a former fintech founder and investor, has joined payments giant Stripe as its new head of Startup & Venture ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly designated Elon Musk as a special government employee as he grants the billionaire ...

Federal workers who accept the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer would work through Feb. 28 and be placed on ...