Elon Musk was brought in by Trump
President Donald Trump handed more power to Elon Musk yesterday. An American teacher was freed from captivity in Russia yesterday. A judge ordered the CDC and FDA to restore websites that were removed.
'We Welcome DOGE': Hegseth Says Musk Can Find Billions of Dollars in Pentagon Cuts
Pentagon prepares potential cuts for Elon Musk's DOGE, WSJ reports
Members of DOGE are expected at the Defense Department as soon as Friday, WSJ said, citing defense officials. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said that he had already been in touch with Musk and expressed confidence in the effort to find billions in cost-cutting and to make the Pentagon more efficient.
Hegseth confirms DOGE analysts are in Pentagon to cut waste
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth verified that staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are working in the Pentagon to uncover waste, fraud and abuse in the government’s largest discretionary budget.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the Pentagon.
The Pentagon is in the cost-cutting crosshairs of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders officials to find $50 billion in cuts to the defense budget.
The Department of Defense is among several U.S. federal agencies pushing back against the email, which was sent out Saturday.
Elon Musk's deadline for federal workers to justify their jobs is fast approaching. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.
And while the Department of Defense is rife with corruption, and likely the most ripe target for massive spending cuts in the U.S. government, it’s clear from Hegseth’s own limp denial that he fired the three JAGs for the purpose of replacing them with MAGA loyalists who won’t stop the Trump administration from doing whatever it wants.
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The New Republic on MSNElon Musk Wins Himself a Lawsuit After Menacing Email UltimatumElon Musk sent an email to every federal worker asking them to explain their accomplishments. He got sued instead.
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Mediaite on MSNDefense Department Burns Elon Musk With Defiant Statement on X Telling Employees to Ignore His Email Demand to Justify Their JobsThe email Elon Musk directed to be sent to all federal employees is getting pushback from President Donald Trump's appointed agency heads, notably including the Department of Defense, which posted a statement on Musk's own social media platform instructing its employees to ignore the email for now.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a picture to X of what appears to be a tax notice showing he owes more than $33,000 in taxes.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday he wanted to increase overall U.S. defense spending and played down concerns over a pending audit by Elon Musk aimed at finding billions of dollars in waste at the Pentagon.
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