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Elon Musk's DOGE team visiting FAA command center
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is set to visit the command center for the Federal Aviation Administration to probe the agency's technology. CBS News' Aaron Navarro ...CBS News - 3d -
Musk's DOGE is at the IRS, raising concerns about taxpayer data security
Some Democratic lawmakers are raising concerns about the security of taxpayer data as Musk's cost-cutting task force moves to the IRS.CBS News - 2d -
What Supreme Court might say about Musk and DOGE
Federal courts are considering whether Elon Musk’s status as de facto administrator of DOGE complies with the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.ABC News - 3d -
Bannon: Musk 'wants to impose his freak experiments' on US
Former White House chief adviser turned conservative commentator Steve Bannon blasted billionaire Elon Musk over his efforts to reduce the size of the federal government and gain more power in the ...The Hill - 2d -
Elon Musk’s DOGE Just Asked the IRS for Taxpayer Data
The Department of Government Efficiency could soon have access to millions of bank records and other sensitive information.Inc. - 2d -
Musk is just an adviser with no power to make decisions, White House claims
Legal filing says billionaire Trump aide is not an employee of so-called ‘department of government efficiency’. Billionaire Elon Musk ’s role in Donald Trump ’s second presidential administration ...The Guardian - 2d -
Musk's xAI releases Grok-3, touting a new rival to OpenAI and DeepSeek
Elon Musk’s AI startup has launched its newest model with some grand claims — including that it can outperform leading models from the U.S. and China.NBC News - 1d -
Connecticut AG: Musk’s DOGE work in 'utter violation' of Constitution, Appointments Clause
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said tech billionaire Elon Musk’s actions through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are in “utter violation” of the Constitution and its ...The Hill - 1d -
Chutkan refuses to block Musk, DOGE from 7 federal agencies
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday refused the request of 14 Democratic state attorneys general to immediately impose wide-ranging restrictions on Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...The Hill - 1d -
Musk launches Grok 3 AI chatbot. Here's what to know.
Musk's xAI claims its chatbot outperforms other AI models in assertions that have not been independently verified.CBS News - 2d -
Can Elon Musk's Grok 3 compete with ChatGPT, DeepSeek?
Elon Musk debuted his Grok 3 artificial intelligence chatbot, a potential competitor to ChaptGPT and China's DeepSeek in the booming technology space. CBS MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has ...CBS News - 2d -
Court challenge of DOGE focuses on Elon Musk’s ‘unusual powers’
NBC News White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and NBC News Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly discuss the sweeping personnel changes happening across the federal government as the Trump ...NBC News - 1d -
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
At least eight ongoing lawsuits related to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive data hinge on the Watergate-inspired Privacy Act of 1974. But it’s not ...Wired - 1d -
Musk is not an employee of DOGE and has no authority, White House says
The White House said in a legal filing that Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't an employee of its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.CBS News - 1d -
White House tells court Elon Musk is not part of DOGE
The White House is sending mixed signals about who is running the Department of Government Efficiency. A court filing revealed late Monday night that Elon Musk is technically not a part of the ...CBS News - 1d -
Anti-Elon Musk Protests Ramp Up as DOGE Impact Widens
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is leading the DOGE gutting of federal agencies, has become a focus of protestors.Inc. - 1d -
Judge Declines to Block Musk Team’s Foray Into Federal Agencies
A coalition of states had sought to temporarily block Elon Musk’s operatives from having access to sensitive data and ordering mass firings.The New York Times - 1d -
Elon Musk’s DOGE Seeks Access to Americans’ Data, Alarming Government Employees
Employees from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are gaining access to vast amounts of information held by federal agencies, even as lawsuits try to stop them.The New York Times - 1d -
The courts must decide between Elon Musk and the First Amendment
Musk’s efforts to silence those whose speech he dislikes are not limited to posting to his 200 million followers on the social media platform he owns.The Hill - 1d -
Musk and the Right Co-Opt the Left’s Critique of U.S. Power
Suspicion about covert operations and soft power used to be mostly the purview of the left. No more.The New York Times - 1d -
US declares Mexican cartels terrorist organizations, Musk floats drone strikes
The State Department has declared several Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk floating the idea of drone strikes ...The Hill - 22h -
Musk misreads Social Security data, millions of dead people not on benefits: Experts
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are falsely implying that millions of dead Americans are receiving Social Security benefits, experts told ABC News.ABC News - 1d -
Elon Musk Is Dangling a $5,000 ‘DOGE Dividend’ Check for Americans
Musk says he will “check with the President” about the plan, but DOGE has already overstated some of its savings claims.Inc. - 23h -
From X to DOGE: Inside Elon Musk’s ‘playbook’ of sweeping job cuts
NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and CNBC Tech Reporter Lora Kolodny join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Trump administration’s sweeping federal job cuts and their similarities to Elon ...NBC News - 22h -
Musk compares DOGE to Clinton's govt efficiency initiative, but there are differences
Elon Musk is likening DOGE's aggressive government overhaul to a Clinton-era task force that oversaw a shrinking of the federal workforceABC News - 20h -
Elon Musk's first foray into high-level politics looked very different
Eight years ago this summer, Elon Musk took the stage at a National Governors Association meeting before a bipartisan audience bewitched by his billions and his vision for the future.NBC News - 10h -
The Investment Chief Behind the DOGE Dividend Explains His Pitch to Elon Musk
Azoria CEO James Fishback sees a way for President Trump to send $5,000 to every US taxpayer.Inc. - 9h -
Musk says X Community Notes increasingly 'gamed by governments & legacy media'
Elon Musk on Thursday said he going to "fix" his social media platform's X Community Notes feature, claiming without evidence that the feature is being "gamed" by governments and legacy media." ...The Hill - 45m -
Trump Is No Populist
Trumpism is not a working-class revolt against the elites. All I see is one section of the educated elite going after another section of the educated elite.The New York Times - 6d -
Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill
Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.Politico - Feb. 5 -
WATCH: Screaming match erupts among house lawmakers over motion to subpoena Elon Musk
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee attempted to subpoena Elon Musk to testify but the procedural motion quickly turned into screaming and name-calling.ABC News - Feb. 5 -
USAID Workforce Slashed From 10,000 to Under 300 as Elon Musk’s DOGE Decimates Agency
The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.Wired - Feb. 6 -
Why Does Elon Musk Think He Can Treat the U.S. Government Like Twitter?
My latest five-whys looks at Musk’s motivations.Inc. - Feb. 6 -
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.NBC News - Feb. 7 -
Musk, as he fights DEI, is being paid to send 1st woman, person of color to the moon
As Elon Musk helps the Trump administration eliminate DEI, his SpaceX currently has a NASA contract to help land the first woman and first person of color on the moon.ABC News - Feb. 7 -
Elon Musk's DOGE staffers don't have access to U.S. nuclear secrets, Energy secretary says
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said three DOGE staffers are working at the department.CNBC - Feb. 7 -
Chairman Musk and his young acolytes bring a Mao-like cultural revolution to Washington
What is happening now is best understood as an outburst of homegrown Maoism in America.The Hill - Feb. 8