Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will welcome Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to address redundancies and waste in the Department of Defense—a comment that comes as controversy surrounds Musk’s powerful agency and questions of what it can and cannot do in different departments.

Elon Musk said the Trump administration’s government-downsizing team has encountered talented employees hamstrung by their bosses.

Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles.

Democrats announced a new platform for US whistleblowers Monday as they launched the latest front in their rearguard against efforts by President Donald Trump's "efficiency czar" Elon Musk to gut federal spending.