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Trump's overhaul of the federal government now has its sights set on foreign aid from the U.S. Here's what we know and which ...

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

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” ...

But this morning, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released a letter he wrote to Musk declaring ...

Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following ...

Trump views Musk as doing the task he assigned him with, and benefits from letting someone else take the heat for drastic and ...

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after ...

Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

A White House official says Elon Musk is working for President Donald Trump as a “special government employee." ...

The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information ...