President Trump made Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, a 'special government employee' at the White House. Here's what that means.

Elon Musk is officially serving under President Donald Trump as a special government employee, according to a White House official.

Elon Musk isn't just President Donald Trump's biggest financial backer and sidekick in the new administration. He's now putting his stamp on Trump's efforts to completely upend the U.S. government. The world's richest man is "sweeping through Washington and answering to nobody,

The organization led by the world's richest man is forcing dismissals of high-ranking officials from the Treasury, Education, or the development aid agency while gaining access to confidential data of millions of individuals and companies.

By David Shepardson and Chris Sanders WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort early Monday,