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A federal judge declined Tuesday to immediately block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.

President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, led by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, opened the latest chapter for a phrase hailed as common sense and derided as propaganda.

Michelle King, the top official at the Social Security Administration, left her position this weekend after she refused a request from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government records at the agency, according to two sources familiar with the situation who spoke to NBC News.

Hundreds of protests are scheduled outside congressional offices and Tesla dealerships, with organizers hoping to send a pointed message to members of Congress who are on recess this week.

An IRS employee who is affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to seek access to an IRS system that houses sensitive taxpayer information, an administration official told NBC News.

Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer and author, says she welcomed a baby with Elon Musk in 2024.

OpenAI sent a short letter to Elon Musk’s lawyer Friday, rejecting the billionaire’s acquisition offer.

NBC News is working to track what the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency is doing. Here is what we know so far.

Grimes criticized her ex Elon Musk after he brought their son to a press conference with President Donald Trump at the White House.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was signing an executive order to give tech billionaire Elon Musk more power over the federal workforce, adding to Musk’s swift and sweeping consolidation of political influence.

It’s unclear to what degree the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences will continue to exist after Musk’s team slashed scores of contracts.

Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying numerous investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles.

President Trump announced Sunday night on his Truth Social site that the government would stop minting the one-cent coin to cut costs.

Musk wants to impeach a federal judge after an order temporarily restricts his team from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems and sensitive data.

Staffers at the Department of Education worry the Department of Government Efficiency is accessing sensitive information and spreading confusion.

A federal judge early Saturday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.

Nineteen Democratic attorneys general have sued President Donald Trump to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.

Elon Musk said he will bring back a DOGE staff member who resigned after it was found that the staffer had previously made racist remarks online.

USAID, the humanitarian agency, has long been a target of criticism that its aid programs masked nation-meddling and overspent American tax dollars abroad. Now Elon Musk has boosted that criticism.

A bipartisan group has analyzed the problem of too big, too costly federal buildings for nearly a decade. As President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk pressure federal workers to quit or return to in-person work, now might be the time to achieve the goal of downsizing.