The statement could help the Trump critics who've sued to stop job cuts and contract cancellations, on the grounds that Musk does not have authority to make those calls.

DOGE has swept through federal agencies since Trump began his second term as president last month. Musk, chief executive of carmaker Tesla, was put in charge of rooting out what t

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order undertaking a massive regulatory review in a bid to fulfill his campaign pledge of eliminating rules he says stifle businesses and innovation.

It has always seemed as though Donald Trump thinks the presidency comes with an endless font of rewriting reality. Too often, he has been proven right. He's trying to do that once again with Elon Musk,