Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members ...

"The president does not have unilateral authority to shut down an expenditure, or instrumentalities funded by Congress, ...

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that Tesla CEO Musk is categorized as a special government employee.

Musk's status as a special government employee gives him protection from typical ethics disclosures that other Trump ...

The SpaceX founder and CEO's moves across federal agencies break with tradition and could result in legal action.

About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers ...

Learn about Elon Musk's new role as a 'special government employee' and his efforts to revamp federal government operations.

Elon Musk made a rare public appearance at the White House to defend the swift and extensive cuts he’s pushing across the federal government while acknowledging there may be mistakes.

Elon Musk, designated as a "special government employee" through his work with DOGE, is leading a bid to buy the nonprofit behind ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

UPDATE (February 7, 2024, 3:41 p.m. ET): This post has been updated to include additional quotes and developments from the White House ... Elon Musk and his “Department of Government ...

Hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, many Jewish groups sounded the alarm when Elon Musk appeared to twice ... as the Biden administration’s special envoy combating global ...