Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.

A quasigovernmental group is already operating inside Washington. It’s unusual, but anyone familiar with Tesla CEO Elon Musk won’t be shocked.

Elon Musk changed his previous projection of how much he can save the U.S. in his new role as co-head of Donald Trump 's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk contributed around $275 million to Trump's election campaign. On Wednesday, the Tesla CEO admitted that DOGE may not meet its initial aim to cut $2 trillion in federal spendi

Elon Musk, along with tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy, is already dispatching DOGE agents across the U.S., before he even plants himself in the White House. The two billionaires have hired around 50 staffers and sent representatives for their nongovernmental "Department of Government Efficiency" to 12 federal agencies so far,