In an effort to slash government spending, President Trump has asked the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In turn, Musk and his team have spent the first few weeks of Trump’s second term waging a largely unchecked war on the federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has moved quickly to set up shop in a critical Treasury Department office that handles the vast majority of payments made by the federal government,

Elon Musk’s incursion into the federal government is unprecedented. It’s also pretty good news for his companies.

Musk's rapid takeover of US government agencies has enabled the businessman to exert unprecedented control over America's federal workforce.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Elon Musk will remove himself if overlap between DOGE and companies like SpaceX and Tesla arises.

A federation of unions has launched a campaign against Elon Musk's DOGE called the "Department of People Who Work for a Living."