Why these tech titans joined Trump in Saudi Arabia
Big Tech’s powerful decamped to the Saudi capital of Riyadh to join Trump and a coterie of top advisers to solicit investment from the oil-rich...
Musk made direct appeals to Trump to reverse sweeping new tariffs
The world’s richest person, a key Trump adviser and political donor, was ultimately unsuccessful.
Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff
The worsening problems come as Elon Musk’s DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.
Turmoil in DOGE spills into public view as Musk’s group faces PR crisis
Facing weeks of negative headlines and growing pressure from within the Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service is racing to finish the first phase of...
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The national database encompassed nearly 150,000 federal officers and agents, from the FBI and IRS down to the Railroad Retirement Board.
In chaotic Washington blitz, Elon Musk’s ultimate goal becomes clear
In less than three weeks, Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service has followed the same playbook at one federal agency after another.
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
At the Education Department, the tech billionaire’s team has turned to artificial intelligence to hunt for potential spending cuts — part of a broader plan...
Trump aides explore plans to boost Musk effort by wresting control from Congress
The White House could challenge or seek to change a 1974 law that blocks presidents from choosing which programs to fund.