The White House confirmed this week that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a “special government employee” and that President Donald Trump has given him office space in the White House to lead the ...

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Tesla CEO Musk is categorized as a special government employee.

Ethics laws make it a federal criminal offense to take actions that benefit family businesses — even for so-called special ...

Elon Musk will work under President Donald Trump as a “special government employee,” designating Musk as an unpaid employee ...

Musk's status as a special government employee gives him protection from typical ethics disclosures that other Trump ...

And it means Donald Trump's top ally is "subject to most rules, although sometimes in a less restrictive way.” ...

In a letter released on Thursday, a coalition of 16 Democrats asked the department to explain what data associates of Elon Musk’s had scraped ... even for so-called special government employees ...

Elon Musk's DOGE is reviewing Medicare and Medicaid for waste and fraud, gaining access to key HHS data systems. This live blog is now closed.

There were 385,000 votes in Elon Musk's poll, with 78% supporting rehiring the former DOGE staffer. DOGE head Elon Musk changed his X bio to "White House Tech Support" amid concerns that he can ...

One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.

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