Elon Musk downsized Big Tech. Can he do the same to Big Government?
Can the cost-cutting tactics Musk has employed in the private sector work to corral waste and bloat in the federal government? Musk and his DOGE cochair, the biot
Slash First, Fix Later: How Elon Musk Cuts Costs
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
Elon Musk and DOGE: What You Need to Know About the Department of Government Efficiency
Co-led by Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aims to massively cut U.S. spending under President-elect Donald Trump.
Elon Musk is looking for trillions in government waste, and defense is a massive potential target
Defense is the largest area of discretionary spending in the federal budget, and Elon Musk has been skeptical of its contract practices.
Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. Tesla and SpaceX benefit from it
Over the last 16 years, Musk's business deals with the government total nearly $20 billion, according to federal contracting data.
Elon Musk makes bold prediction about new government position: ‘This is going to be a revolution’
Musk, who was recently tapped to co-lead the incoming Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), told the crowd on Thursday that his role isn’t just about business, but a “revolution” for America.
How Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency could actually work
The department wouldn't be a department at all, but an outside group that can likely only make suggestions — unless Trump tries to axe current laws.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Is Both Dumb and Dangerous
It may be tough to single out any particular ones as the worst of the bunch, but allow me to suggest two contenders: tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped as co-chairs of a proposed new “Department of Government Efficiency,
Trump wants Elon Musk to overhaul the government. Here’s what could be on the chopping block
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big ambitions for making the federal government leaner and more efficient by reviewing its budget and operations from top to bottom.
Elon Musk's 'gamification' of government spending taps into our natural competitive instinct
Elon Musk believes in the power of games to motivate society. Psychologists say he's onto something but it will take complex engineering to get right.
Will Elon Musk be able to cut $2 trillion from US government spending?
The boss of Tesla and the social media site X, Elon Musk, suggested last month at Donald Trump’s rally in New York City that it would be possible to cut “at least $2 trillion” from US government spending by eradicating “waste”.
Elon Musk’s role in Trump’s new cost-cutting agency draws concern
President-elect Trump has announced Elon Musk will lead a new cost-cutting agency called the Department of Government ...
What We Know About Elon Musk’s ‘Department Of Government Efficiency’—Staffed By 80-Hour-A-Week ‘Revolutionaries’
Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking for "super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries" willing to work ...
What to know about Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head an effort, dubbed DOGE, to reduce wasteful federal spending. Here's what ...
Iran denies reports Elon Musk met with ambassador in New York
The Iranian government is denying reports in U.S. outlets that one of their diplomats met with tech billionaire Elon Musk ...
Iranian official met with Musk in a possible step to ease tensions with Trump, official says
A U.S. official says Iran obtained a meeting with Elon Musk in a step that appeared aimed at easing tensions with ...
Why Elon Musk's push to cut federal waste might succeed where others failed
There's a chance the Department of Government Efficiency's plans could lead to the deepest cuts to the federal government in ...
Trump’s new DOGE task force is tailor-made to benefit Elon Musk’s businesses
With the new Department of Government Efficiency, Musk would be gutting agencies that are responsible for enforcing the law against him. On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump named Elon Musk and ...