The tech billionaire and top Trump ally visited the General Services Administration, which appears to be a key part of his crusade to cut the cost of government buildings.

As the first week of Trump’s second term gets underway, the not-quite-real Department of Government Efficiency is both struggling and expanding its remit.

The largest union of US federal government employees filed suit against Trump over his plans to create a cost-cutting "Department of Government Efficiency."

Bait and Switch The fine print of a sweeping executive order seemingly grants Elon Musk, arguably the wealthiest and most powerful unelected figure in the world, and his associates at the somehow-still-real Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to all unclassified data held by US government agencies,

Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel.

The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.