Musk has been granted power by the president to reduce the size of the federal government - but is he silently taking over?

Musk is working for Trump as a "special government employee," which means he's not subject to the same ethics and disclosure ...

Legislators and grassroots groups are showing new muscle in the wake of Musk’s weekend usurpation of power. It needs to ramp ...

Trump has also given the unelected billionaire control of a Treasury Department unit that carries out 90 percent of all ...

The remarks came during a two-hour gathering between the Treasury secretary and GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee.

The Treasury Department was sued by a coalition of groups over the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) officials receiving access to the federal payment system for the federal government.

The Treasury Department’s payment system has been likened to the government’s checkbook and makes $6 trillion in ...

Trump is moving at breakneck speed to disrupt and reshape the federal government, challenging oversight powers reserved for ...

Wendy Edelberg of Brookings says "political malpractice" might be a bigger risk to economic stability than the government's ...

The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to ...

Over the weekend, billionaire Elon Musk gained some level of access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system, ...