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Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian libertarian MP Marius Nilsen, who tossed the Tesla founder’s name into the mix for consideration, cited Musk’s “adamant ...

President Trump said he was revoking former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s security clearances on Friday as retribution for ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

President Trump has empowered Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to gut the federal bureaucracy. Here's 5 ways he's ...

Of the many important actions President Trump has taken since reclaiming the Oval Office last month, sealing the borders and ...

Vivek Ramaswamy was pushed out of the fledgling Department of Government Efficiency because his vision didn’t align with the sieg heil-ing shadow president Elon Musk, according to an exclusive ...

Vivek Ramaswamy was pushed out of the fledgling Department of Government Efficiency because his vision didn’t align with the sieg heil-ing shadow president Elon Musk, according to ... functions of the ...

an ethics official for Barack Obama and attorney for Bill Clinton, respectively. The two Democrats asked if they could take part in Trump and Musk's attempt to cut government waste. ' ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2025, his inauguration celebrations were marked by controversy over a gesture made by his supporter Elon Musk ... Obama, former Secretary of State ...

AFGE National President Everett Kelley said he asked to join the government efficiency commission “for the voices of the thousands of federal workers." ...

Jennifer Pahlka, a former Obama administration official and an author of a new report on government reform, kicked up a storm some weeks ago when she encouraged Democrats to work with Elon Musk ...