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FILE - Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Musk demands impeachment of judge for thwarting his DOGE squad

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive U.S. Treasury Department material

By Anthony Izaguirre - Associated Press

Tanni Wells chants while joining hundreds gathered during a political protest at the Arizona Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Protesters across the U.S. rally against Trump and the shuttering of USAID

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FILE - Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Elon Musk calls for ‘wholesale removal’ of federal regulations

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

USAID humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela is displayed for the media at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Elon Musk: Trump ‘agreed’ to shutter USAID

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, right, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats draft legislation to remove DOGE access to Treasury payment system

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump signs an executive order pardoning about 1,500 defendants charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Legal blitz begins right after Trump takes office; opponents ready to fight agenda

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Vivek Ramaswamy, left, and Susie Wiles arrive at the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Vivek Ramaswamy announces exit from DOGE

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Cutting the federal budget illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

DOGE’s first targets to cut

By Jed Babbin

U.S. debt and balanced budget illustration by The Washington Times

U.S. should restore budget threshold back to 2019, pre-COVID levels

By Deroy Murdock

Animals and Trump 2.0 illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Animals could be unlikely winners in Trump 2.0

By Christian Josi

The costs of Medicare in the health care system illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

DOGE’s first target should be Medicare

By Thomas Savidge

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for a roundtable meeting with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's picks for the planned Department of Government Efficiency, at the Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.

DOGE has unique opportunity to save taxpayer money, shrink federal government

By Tim Chapman

Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP)

Elon Musk sees ‘Volunteer IT Consultant’ in the DOGE mirror

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: A DOGE to-do list

Elon Musk, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the planned Department of Government Efficiency, carries his son X Æ A-Xii on his shoulders, following a meeting with members of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Musk-led DOGE sparks ‘new day in America’ energy on Capitol Hill

By Seth McLaughlin and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

DOGE sets sights first on ‘low-hanging fruit’ of government waste, fraud and abuse

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP)

Social media raises profile of mission to cut bureaucracy

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., listens as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.) **FILE**

MTG wants to use her subcommittee perch to target U.S. funding for foreign wars

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times