Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.

Trump has embraced the ultra wealthy as well as tariffs and other policies that could stoke the inflation he criticized as a candidate.

The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.

Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel.

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and other tech leaders are providing Trump with a warmer welcome to the White House than eight years ago.

The super-rich have long played a role in U.S. politics but have an unusually prominent spot in incoming President Donald Trump's new administration.

Three lawsuits are challenging Elon Musk's Department ... Representatives for Musk; Trump; Russell Vought, Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget; and William McGinley, DOGE's ...

The federal government’s most important hiring office is now overrun with Elon Musk’s underqualified stooges. Wired reported on Tuesday that the highest positions at the Office of Personnel Management are now held by people close to Musk. And some of them have a woeful lack of experience.

Sen. Chris Murphy, Democratic Senator from Connecticut joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Trump’s Inauguration and what the visual presence of some of America’s most wealthy individuals shows about what Trump’s priorities are in his second term and how the most wealthy and powerful have exerted overt influence over a now sitting American president.