DOGE’s ‘wall of receipts’ is riddled with errors and inconsistencies,” by POLITICO’s Jessie Blaeser: As proof of its purported $55 billion in savings for taxpayers, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has offered up a “wall of receipts” representing a subset of canceled contracts.

And what if DOGE goes rogue in the Pentagon? If Mr Musk causes chaos or corrupts procurement, the consequences for America’s security could be catastrophic. The problems are clearest in the struggle to turn technology into a military advantage.

Is Elon Musk's political profile and BFF status with President Trump hurting sales of Austin-based Tesla? Maybe — but it's complicated, analysts say. Why it matters: Tesla is by far the U.S. electric vehicle sales leader and long the world's top seller (though it has recently been trading the lead with China's BYD).

Musk’s unusual demand has faced resistance from several key U.S. agencies led by the president’s loyalists — including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon — which instructed their employees over the weekend not to comply.

Well before he took office, President Donald Trump promised to dramatically reduce the federal budget, and delegated the task of finding potential cuts to Elon Musk and the Department of

Members of Elon Musk's government efficiency team are poised to arrive at the Defense Department in the coming days. Officials tell NPR that DOGE has a target of cutting 8% from next year's budget. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and provided details on condition of anonymity.

While the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has been on a rampage to root out ‘waste, fraud, and abuse,’ they’ve been ignoring the biggest money pit in the entire federal government,” said Rep.

Elon Musk attacked an official in the Department of Defense who dared to criticize his ultimatum ordering federal workers to detail their work accomplishments or face losing their jobs. Things popped off after a government-wide email asking federal employees to provide a detailed breakdown of what they’d done over the past week was sent out on Saturday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency and Elon Musk to the Pentagon.

ABC's Martha Raddatz pressed a Republican congressman about Elon Musk's email demand to federal workers to justify their jobs or potentially lose them.