5 days ago · The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who's using one of the world’s most powerful information platforms to sell the government’s talking points while threatening its detractors.

8 hours ago · Elon Musk arrives to Donald Trump’s Inauguration at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images. By KIMBERLY KINDY and BRIAN SLODYSKO / AP.

2 days ago · Elon Musk became rich and famous as an entrepreneur, but he’s quickly making a new name for himself as one of the most singular and polarizing figures of any presidential administration. The ...

5 days ago · The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk might be the most consequential alliance in American government. Trump has empowered the billionaire to slash and burn the administrative ...

5 days ago · So the president and his allies, led by Elon Musk, have found a different way to achieve many of the same goals: Put agencies long targeted by Republicans into a coma by sidelining their...

Feb 4, 2025 · Last Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave the Department of Government Efficiency — a unit of Trump advisers led by billionaire Elon Musk — access to the federal payment system, giving DOGE a huge amount of oversight and power over how government money is spent.

Feb 4, 2025 · Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are applying Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” ethos to the US government.

Nov 13, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.