Elon Musk shielded by ethics loophole as Trump ‘special government employee’
Musk's status as a special government employee gives him protection from typical ethics disclosures that other Trump administration members must fill out.
What Exactly Is Elon Musk's Role in the US Government?
Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government agencies.
‘What Elon Musk Said Is a Bold-Faced Lie’
A former Republican director of USAID says the agency is critical to U.S. interests and can’t be abolished or folded into the State Department.
Elon Musk’s “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of the United States government
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Is Musk accessing government data legally?
The Sidebar panel discusses the legality of granting Elon Musk and the DOGE team access to government information.
Elon Musk and his DOGE: Fixing government or dismantling the Constitution?
Trump efficiency czar Elon Musk is taking drastic steps to tame bloated government. Critics say the Constitution is being shredded in the process.
Trump makes DOGE head Elon Musk a special government employee
President Donald Trump made Elon Musk, who heads his Department of Government Efficiency, a special government employee at the White House.
Elon Musk is a ‘special government employee.’ What does that mean?
The SGE designation, which has come under scrutiny under Democrats as well, exempts short-term federal employees from certain disclosure rules.
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk is not the president, but it does appear that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by ...
Senate Republicans insist Elon Musk isn't in charge after whirlwind actions
Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led ...
Elon Musk's Companies Caught In Political Line of Fire
President Donald Trump's policies and Elon Musk's association with his administration are causing trouble for the tech CEO's ...
This Democrat Has a Plan for Fighting Musk. Here’s What He Wants You to Know.
We are a nation that has always had our strength in coalition-building. That helped us mobilize during World War II, and in ...
Musk creates new power base in Washington with takeover of US agencies
Elon Musk's rapid takeover of two U.S. government agencies has enabled the South African-born billionaire to exert ...
Elon Musk’s craven attack on a pillar of global goodwill (The Republican Editorials)
Imagine if Joe Biden’s biggest campaign donor had shut down an agency near and dear to the GOP in the early days of his ...
Elon Musk Is President
But this morning, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released a letter he wrote to Musk declaring ...
Young techies underpin Musk's drive to slash size of US government
Elon Musk is relying on a coterie of young engineers with little government experience in his takeover of the U.S. Federal ...
Elon Musk killing USAID would hurt America's future. Here's why.
Killing USAID by contrast is, as experts have noted, a gift to Russia and China. It's a gift to Russia because the current ...