Elon Musk was appointed as a special government employee (SGE) to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), a role that typically limits service to 130 days in a 365-day period. Despite this restriction,

Musk will discuss DOGE's efforts "and how all of the cabinet secretaries are identifying waste, fraud and abuse at their respective agencies," Leavitt said Tuesday.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

DOGE co-lead Elon Musk demanded federal employees comply with a demand within 48 hours earlier this week, or risk being let go.

The administrator of President Donald Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency has been identified as Amy Gleason, a White House official said.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Musk's latest mass email but said agency heads have final say on if workers should respond

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a Tuesday interview with Fox News, reiterated the "special government employee" title and said "Elon Musk has been tasked with overseeing DOGE on ...

Karoline Leavitt was forced to clarify after the director of the Office of Administration said the billionaire was not an employee of DOGE.

Elon Musk asked federal workers to list five accomplishments in the last week via email, but some agency heads told workers to ignore the directive.

Elon Musk’s net worth dropped by $22.2 billion on Tuesday, suggesting that the markets don’t have nearly as much confidence in Musk and Trump’s DOGE slashing and grabbing as they do. This is the fourth-largest one-day drop in net worth for the billionaire, according to Bloomberg.

President Trump’s first Cabinet meeting will include one notable administration figure who is not in the Cabinet. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said during a press briefing on Tuesday that Elon Musk would attend the Cabinet meeting.