Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after racist social media posts including a call to "normalize Indian hate" surfaced, will return to work for Musk, the billionaire announced.

Nineteen attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia James, accused the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let Mr. Musk comb through federal computer systems.

An overhaul led by President Donald Trump ’s billionaire ally Elon Musk —who has called the agency a “ball of worms”—has already seen hundreds of internal contractors let go and scores of remaining staff placed on leave.

As part of his cost-cutting effort, the billionaire, whose companies have enormous contracts with the military, will turn his so-called Department of Government Efficiency on the Pentagon.

President Trump also said he supported Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to re-instate a staffer who resigned after he was linked to a deleted social-media account that advocated racism and eugenics.

President Trump on Friday said he plans to direct Elon Musk to review spending at the Defense and Education departments as the new administration works to overhaul the federal government. “Pentagon, Education,

Trump says Elon Musk’s next targets are education and the Pentagon In a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, CNN's Kaitlan Collins asks President Donald Trump about Elon Musk's continued role in his administration and whether he would fire FBI agents who investigated January 6 rioters.