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The prevailing narrative about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is that it’s a shadowy operation, staffed by inexperienced, error-prone former interns (one of whom goes by the name Big Balls, and reportedly used to work for a cybercrime ring). They have infiltrated government agencies and, in one case, stand…

Billionaire, Elon Musk has announced that he will be speaking on Sunday ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election scheduled for April 1, 2025. Musk disclosed this in a statement on Friday through his X account. He said entrance is limited to those who have voted in the Supreme Court…

Investigators look over the scene at a Tesla Collision Center after an individual used incendiary devices to set several vehicles on fire on March 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Ethan Miller | Getty Images A Las Vegas man has been arrested on charges related to the Molotov cocktail arson…

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is moving to downsize the Social Security Administration with office closures, cutbacks on phone services and new rules requiring in-person visits for some prospective beneficiaries to register. And DOGE is making those changes without consulting or notifying some of the most senior lawmakers…

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A super PAC tied to billionaire Elon Musk has started spending in two deeply Republican House seats in Florida ahead of next week’s special elections, according to a new campaign finance report.  America PAC, which has not filed a financial disclosure form yet this year but was almost entirely funded…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he plans to use the cuts undertaken by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative as he tries to get Republican fiscal hawks on board with a budget blueprint paving the way for a massive party-line tax, border and energy bill...Read More

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The head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) said Friday that he wouldn’t be “shutting down the agency” after a federal judge backed up a temporary restraining order issued against Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting panel. SSA chief Leland Dudek, an appointee of President Trump responsible for implementing cuts from Musk's…