Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.

President Trump held a public farewell in the Oval Office on Friday for his close ally and DOGE mastermind Elon Musk. Meanwhile the New York Times has new reporting about Musk's alleged drug use while on the campaign trail supporting Trump last year.

The right-wing podcaster admitted that the Tesla CEO threw the “baby out with the bathwater” by cutting too much, too fast.

Elon Musk is leaving DC. People across the world of business and politics reflected on his time at DOGE and reacted to his exit.

Musk said he had "done enough" and that he will step away from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the inner-government group that has slashed federal budgets and workforces. As he prepared his goodbyes, Newsweek looked back at Musk's time in government and asked experts on whether he will have a lasting impact.

The Red Planet and Earth align properly for interplanetary missions just once every 26 months. The next such opportunity comes in 2026 between the months of November and December, and SpaceX will try to hit it; the goal is to send five Starship Version 3 vehicles to the Red Planet to prove out the vehicle and its associated tech, Musk said.

Elon Musk said he asked "Little X," his oldest child with the singer Grimes, to punch him in the face. "And he did," Musk said.

Tesla's robotaxi launch could pose a challenge to Uber's progress in the autonomous ride-sharing market, according to analysts.