When Elon Musk debuted the Department of Government Efficiency recently at the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson enthusiastically predicted the coming Trump administration would bring “a lot of change around here.

President Donald Trump made Elon Musk, who heads his Department of Government Efficiency, a special government employee at the White House.

Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government agencies.

The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order that would kick off the process of eliminating the Department of Education, the latest move by President Donald Trump to swiftly carry out his campaign promises,

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to defund and potentially close the federal Department of Education to allow states more control over schools. The effort is part of a broader government efficiency push chaired by Elon Musk.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would like to close the U.S. Department of Education using an executive order but acknowledged he would need buy-ins from Congress and teachers' unions to fulfill his campaign pledge to do so.

The letter comes after people tied to billionaire Elon Musk gained unusual access to the system.

A Treasury Department official has written a letter to federal lawmakers saying that a tech executive working with Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” will have “read-only access” to the

An aide to Elon Musk has administrative privileges in the Treasury Department’s payment system, according to two separate news reports — something the White House has denied. Musk is in charge of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency,