As the first week of Trump’s second term gets underway, the not-quite-real Department of Government Efficiency is both struggling and expanding its remit.

Republican legislators have wasted little time appealing to the most powerful new figure in Washington: Tesla and SpaceX leader Elon Musk. Several pieces of legislation are in the pipeline that appear to be written with the wealthiest man in the world in mind,

FILE - Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) AP

Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only two Republicans who voted against Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in a procedural vote Thursday, citing concerns with his ability to lead the U.S. military.

President Donald Trump's "first buddy," Elon Musk, was seemingly everywhere in D.C. on Inauguration Day. Where (and with whom) was the billionaire?

A new crack has appeared in the alliance between President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who helped bankroll much of Trump's voter outreach operation and now heads up his "Department of Government Efficiency" task force.

Elon Musk, who once largely eschewed politics, now has a political clout of his own to throw around as President-elect Trump heads back to the Oval Office. The tech billionaire has become a

A deep philosophical rift between the two billionaire leaders of the “Department of Government Efficiency” left Musk alone at its top, which could give him more power than envisioned

Elizabeth Warren's recommendations for Elon Musk's DOGE include cutting Department of Defense spending and cracking down on Medicare fraud.

As if the billionaire megadonor doesn’t already have enough access to Donald Trump, Musk is reportedly poised to receive office space near the West Wing.

Donald Trump’s staff are “furious” over Musk for using his social media platform, X, to blast the infrastructure deal that Trump called “tremendous” and “monumental”.