A federal judge on Friday declined to block Elon Musk's government cost-cutting department from accessing the U.S. Department of Labor's systems, an initial setback for the government employee unions resisting his efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk’s incursion into the federal government is unprecedented. It’s also pretty good news for his companies.

Elon Musk “will be looking at education pretty quickly and he will be looking at military too," Trump said at a news conference Friday.

Angry and confused constituents have flooded the phone lines at the US Capitol this week, many of them asking questions about billionaire Elon Musk’s plans.

A lawsuit filed against the Education Department accused it of giving DOGE access to student-loan borrowers' personal information.