After boosting Donld Trump through extreme sycophancy, turning Twitter into the red-pilled X, and dousing the once-and-future president with $239 million in campaign contributions, Musk earned himself a starring role in Trump’s second administration. But he didn’t want to be a secretary of anything; rather, he wanted DOGE.

As a "special government employee," Musk would be subject to less stringent conflict of interest standards than regular federal workers.

Elon Musk and DOGE eyeing $120 billion in cuts on federal diversity spending, says report - DOGE, which is not actually a government department, wants to cut up to $2 trillion in annual spending

Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. With just a handful of days left until Donald Trump's inauguration, one question on many minds is how the government might operate under an Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) landscape.

Tech baron Elon Musk walked back a prior claim that his vaunted blue ribbon commission on government bloat and inefficiencies would be able to slash the roughly $6.75 trillion federal budget by $2

Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December,

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX, is suspected of lying about his ability to play video games. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Elon Musk is surrounded by almost constant controversy ...

The European Commission has ramped up its investigation into Elon Musk’s X social network after the tech mogul criticized European governments in recent weeks, and just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.

German government officials previously accused Musk of election interference as his endorsement comes weeks ahead of the country's general elections in February.View on euronews

As the 2025 political year begins, the battle for the control of the centre-right of politics remains front and centre. In the fight between Reform and the Conservatives, it feels as if the two parties are locked into a protracted semi-final,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been left bracing for an election wipeout as a new opinion poll tips the populist right AfD for its best-ever result. Scholz, who was forced to call a snap poll after losing a no confidence vote last month,

One of my favorite works of political journalism is a largely forgotten essay called “The Education of David Stockman.” The author, William Greider, was The Post’s national editor when the Reagan revolution came to town in 1981,