Musk is a special government employee, a category for temporary federal workers who are only supposed to work 130 days out of 365.

President Trump said he wants to keep Elon Musk at the White House for as Musk is willing to say but suggested his time could be nearing an end.

In a recent statement, Donald Trump lauded Elon Musk's contributions to the Department of Efficiency Governmental (DOGE), acknowledging Musk's incredible work while hinting at his eventual departure.

A former White House official says Elon Musk's DOGE is destabilizing the Social Security Administration’s technology and operations, creating widespread access issues for millions of Americans. The agency has faced website crashes and overwhelmed call centers,

Rachel Maddow updates coverage of Elon Musk's DOGE attacking the U.S. Institute of Peace, despite the organization being an independent non-profit. Now DOGE is looking to take ownership of the USIP headquarters building even though the building does not belong to the federal government.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is naming one of its young software engineers as head of the U.S. Institute of Peace after it refused to allow DOGE employees into the building earlier this month.