Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.
The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.
Trump has embraced the ultra wealthy as well as tariffs and other policies that could stoke the inflation he criticized as a candidate.
The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.
Three separate lawsuits allege that DOGE violates the transparency rules of a 1972 law.
Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.
Sen. Chris Murphy, Democratic Senator from Connecticut joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Trump’s Inauguration and what the visual presence of some of America’s most wealthy individuals shows about what Trump’s priorities are in his second term and how the most wealthy and powerful have exerted overt influence over a now sitting American president.
Three lawsuits are challenging Elon Musk's Department ... Representatives for Musk; Trump; Russell Vought, Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget; and William McGinley, DOGE's ...
A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos at a major government agency.
The tech billionaire and top Trump ally visited the General Services Administration, which appears to be a key part of his crusade to cut the cost of government buildings.
The new administration has empowered a handful of extremely rich people to exert disproportionate influence over the government. There’s a word for that.