Elon Musk

Federal employees react to Trump memo ordering more cuts

President Donald Trump's administration has issued a memo saying federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions.

February 26, 2025 8:50pm PST

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.

February 25, 2025 9:45am PST

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.

February 25, 2025 7:31am PST

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.

February 24, 2025 7:54pm PST

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."

February 23, 2025 4:26pm PST

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.

February 22, 2025 3:39pm PST

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.

February 21, 2025 9:53am PST

Federal workers protest outside Tesla showroom in San Francisco; Musk defends cuts

Federal workers were among those protesting the cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, on Wednesday night outside a Tesla showroom in San Francisco.

February 20, 2025 6:44am PST

Yosemite reservation delays come amid Trump's firing of 1,000 park workers

Yosemite National Park has announced it is delaying reservation bookings at popular camping sites amid uncertainty and widespread firings of federal positions.

February 18, 2025 6:28pm PST

Social Security head Michelle King steps down over DOGE information access: AP sources

The acting head of the Social Security Administration has stepped down over a request from DOGE to access recipient information, according to the Associated Press, citing two people familiar with the matter. Here's what to know.

February 18, 2025 4:42am PST

Bay Area protesters take aim at Musk, Trump

Rallies were held around the Bay Area and across the nation on Presidents Day to protest against Elon Musk's role in government and President Donald Trump's policies.

February 17, 2025 2:24pm PST

Elon Musk leads offer to buy OpenAI for nearly $100 billion – here's how CEO responded

Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman collaborated to start the company several years ago and have been involved in a dispute over how the startup should be run.

February 11, 2025 8:03am PST

Time magazine cover puts Elon Musk behind Trump's desk

A controversial Time Magazine cover implies that Elon Musk is acting as president, not Donald Trump.

February 8, 2025 6:20am PST

Are cutbacks by President Trump and Elon Musk constitutional?

Protesters and Democratic lawmakers rallied outside the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday night, voicing alarm over what they said was Elon Musk's takeover of several federal agencies and his reported access to data that could include Americans' personal information.

February 5, 2025 6:48am PST