Elon Musk meets with Pete Hegseth at Pentagon to discuss 'efficiencies'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with billionaire Elon Musk at the Pentagon Friday, but Musk wouldn't say whether he received a classified briefing on China.

Why Tesla is under attack: Cybertrucks burned, showrooms shot at in rising violence

Tesla showrooms, charging stations, and vehicles are being attacked across the U.S. and overseas, with arson, gunfire, and vandalism on the rise. Experts say Elon Musk’s political influence may be fueling the violence.

ATF, FBI investigate apparent arson attack at Kansas Tesla shop

Two Tesla Cybertrucks caught fire in Kansas City amid nationwide protests and vandalism targeting Tesla vehicles and shops.

DOGE cuts threaten IRS free tax-filing program: What to know

IRS Direct File is only in its second year of letting taxpayers file directly with the IRS online, but it may be a casualty of Elon Musk’s DOGE.

Trump says he’ll buy new Tesla to support Elon Musk as stock falls

The president selected a new red Tesla on the White House driveway in the hopes that his purchase could improve Tesla’s stock.

Tesla stock hit hard as market drops

Tesla’s stock dropped 15% on Monday, deepening 2025 losses. The broader market also faces uncertainty from tariffs.

DOGE accused of accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

Labor unions are trying to stop Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Social Security data for millions of Americans. "They cannot explain why they want this data," lawyers said.

Social Security employees banned from reading news websites at work

The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from the agency that handles benefits for 72.5 million Americans.

Elon Musk says Postal Service, Amtrak should be privatized

Elon Musk said he believes that the U.S. should “privatize anything that can be privatized," including Amtrak and the Postal Service.

Elon Musk welcomes baby 14; his fourth with Shivon Zilis

Elon Musk and Neuralink Director Shivon Zilis recently announced that they welcomed their fourth child together, a son named Seldon Lycurgus.

Watch: Mike Myers plays Elon Musk in SNL Trump-Zelenskyy cold open

SNL made fun of President Trump’s unprecedented thrashing of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in this weekend’s cold open, with Mike Myers appearing as Elon Musk.

DOGE cuts outlined in new Trump executive order: See the list

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order directing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to review federal spending, scrutinize contracts, and eliminate waste.

DOGE workers quit: 21 federal technology staffers resign

Twenty-one federal technology staffers who were recently integrated into DOGE’s government-slashing effort resigned en masse from their jobs Tuesday. Here’s what they said.

DOGE latest: Nearly 40% of canceled contracts may save no money, data shows

DOGE claims to have found $65 billion in federal government savings so far, but more than 400 contracts worth millions of dollars are drawing questions.

Elon Musk email to federal employees targeted in lawsuit

Here's the latest on the email fiasco that developed over the weekend involving Elon Musk and hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

Elon Musk email to federal employees met with resistance

From the Pentagon and the FBI to Republican lawmakers, here’s how agencies and officials are responding to Elon Musk’s email to federal employees requesting to know “what they got done last week."

Elon Musk says federal employees must email ‘what they got done last week’

Elon Musk said all federal employees will be asked to report “what they got done last week," and that failure to reply would be considered a resignation.

Elon Musk responds after former space station commander calls him a “liar"

A high-flying war of words is underway after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed two NASA astronauts had been stranded in space for political reasons.

Why a ‘DOGE dividend’ stimulus check could be unlikely

If Elon Musk’s target of $2 trillion in spending cuts is achieved by next year, supporters of the idea say that about one-fifth of those funds could be distributed to taxpaying households.