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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 ...

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

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

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

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation ...

Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump's blessing ...

Trump on Tuesday told reporters he opposed “many” of billionaire Elon Musk’s ideas to tackle government inefficiency, but ...

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

Donald Trump bungled Elon Musk’s name once again on Monday. The president accidentally referred to the tech billionaire as “Leon.” Fox News aired the gaffe.

Protesters gathered at the Treasury Department to oppose Elon Musk's involvement in federal government restructuring under President Donald Trump.