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"Elon will depart from public service as a special government employee when his incredible work at DOGE is complete."
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Sales in Europe appear to be plunging; registration data showed Tesla sales were down 42% across most of Europe in the first two months of the year.
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The White House refuted reports on Wednesday of the imminent departure of Tesla CEO and special government employee Elon Musk. A post on X from Rachel Bade, Politico Capital Bureau Chief and Senior Washington columnist,
Musk, DOGE say they're using access to Social Security data not just to probe claims of waste and fraud, but also to see if immigrants are abusing the system.
Federal rules state that a special government employee (SGE) like Musk can only be in place for up to 130 consecutive days. In Musk’s case, that would appear to make his leaving date May 30, the 130th day from Trump’s inauguration.
Though his time with DOGE could soon end, it remains unclear how Elon Musk's influence in the White House will change.
Elon Musk could soon resign as an official advisor to US President Donald Trump. What's next after the exit of the man behind the administration's most controversial reform experiments?
Amid a big swing-state election loss and sinking poll numbers, President Trump’s government efficiency adviser and sidekick Elon Musk was nowhere to be seen at the president’s big White House event announcing across-the-board tariffs on most foreign imports.
Should Elon Musk leave DOGE soon, it would be a stark reversal from March, when Trump was looking to extend Musk’s stay.
In a new interview on 'Fox & Friends,' the vice president addressed recent reports that Musk is preparing to step back from his government work
Politico and ABC say the president tells his inner circle the tech mogul is out, but the White House says otherwise.
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