Why Elon Musk Is So Focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, ‘America’s Checkbook’

The first weeks of President Trump’s second term have been dominated by a blizzard of executive orders aimed at reversing diversity policies, trade wars with major American trading partners and…

Tesla’s European Sales Drop in January After Elon Musk Disrupts Politics

Tesla’s sales in Germany plunged 59 percent in January, the month when Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive and a close adviser to President Trump, chided Germans for focusing too…

Elon Musk’s X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting

As Elon Musk digs into the federal bureaucracy in his crusade to slash government spending, he has a tool that no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his own giant social…

Musk’s Twitter Takeover Offers Trump a Blueprint

The email landed in employees’ inboxes with the subject line: “Fork in the Road.” The message in the email was stark: Accept a sweeping set of workplace changes or resign.…

Musk Plan for Retooling Government Takes Shape, but Big Questions Loom

The initial plan for retooling the federal government under President Trump started with three loyal billionaires: the banker Howard Lutnick, the tech leader Elon Musk and the entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.…

Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters

In his first term as president, Donald J. Trump targeted what many Republicans consider blatant welfare waste — a rule that gives food stamps to millions of people with incomes…

How Will DOGE Work? What to Know About Trump’s Government Efficiency Department

With the official establishment on Monday of President Trump’s closely watched effort to slash federal spending — which he has called the Department of Government Efficiency — some key information…

Ramaswamy Will Bow Out of DOGE and Run for Governor in Ohio

The advisory group called the Department of Government Efficiency is losing one of its leaders before it even begins. Vivek Ramaswamy, whom President Trump named in November as co-leader of…

Musk Is Likely to Get Office Space in the West Wing

Elon Musk is likely to be given office space in the West Wing, giving him close proximity to President Trump as the world’s richest man steers a project that aims…

Nonprofit Groups Sue Trump’s DOGE Moments After Oath

Nonprofit groups filed three lawsuits against President Trump’s administration minutes after he took office on Monday, arguing that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency was violating laws that require federal…