Elon Musk defends DOGE as Trump orders agencies to comply with cuts
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, took questions for the first time since the president gave him broad authority to overhaul the executive branch.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man, took questions for the first time since the president gave him broad authority to overhaul the executive branch.
President Trump removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules for the executive branch.
"No, they wouldn't," President Trump said when asked if Palestinians will have the right to return to the Gaza Strip.
A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
President Trump also says he'll announce "reciprocal tariffs" on Tuesday or Wednesday.
President Trump has fired the nation's top record keeper, Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan.
The wealthiest man in the world is in charge of a powerful new government task force fundamentally changing the government.
In a press conference with the Japanese prime minister, President Trump indicated Elon Musk has wide latitude to review nearly every federal agency.
President Trump said he and congressional leaders will "do a great computerized system for our control towers."
In a news conferrence with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said the U.S. would "take over the Gaza Strip" and "own it."
President Trump will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, according to people familiar with the president's travel plans.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to advance RFK Jr.'s nomination to be HHS secretary, and Senate Intelligence Committee voted to advance Gabbard to be DNI.
President Trump is directing his commerce and treasury secretaries to create what's called an American sovereign wealth fund.
President Trump is pausing tariffs targeting imports from Mexico and Canada for a month after the two countries agreed to beef up border security.
The Trump administration had instructed federal agencies to take steps to "take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) of DEIA offices" by Jan. 22.