Elon Musk will work under President Donald Trump as a “special government employee,” designating Musk as an unpaid employee of the federal government with fewer restrictions than full-time employees, according to the White House, as Musk’s so-called Department Of Government Efficiency has involved itself in multiple federal agencies in recent days.

U.S. Democratic Representative Mark Pocan plans to introduce a bill designed to ban “special government employees” like Elon Musk from having federal

Elon Musk's net worth has declined since Donald Trump took office, primarily due to the impact of new tariffs on his companies.

Donald Trump bungled Elon Musk’s name once again on Monday. The president accidentally referred to the tech billionaire as “Leon.” Fox News aired the gaffe. It came as Trump signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund and as he fielded a question on why Musk (who is leading the non-official Department of Government Efficiency’s drive to cut public spending) should have access to Treasury Department payment systems.

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, publicly at least, are on good terms. Yet when it comes to the staff in and around the new administration, it’s a different story. Just two-and-a-half weeks into Trump’s second term in office,

Chairman James Comer and Democrat Rep. Melanie Stansbury argued over a resolution to subpoena Elon Musk to discuss his actions as head of the "Department of Government Efficiency" during an Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday on "government efficiency.

Beattie, a conservative journalist and influential figure in MAGA-land, has previous As Elon Musk continues to dismantle government agencies, threaten workers with layoffs and gain access to government data,

U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is a vocal critic of Elon Musk, the unelected billionaire running the Department of Government and Efficiency (DOGE) for President Donald Trump.