Some Republicans are starting to call out Elon Musk and DOGE’s cuts. The U.S. and Ukraine agreed to framework for a mineral deal. Experts are sounding alarms about DOGE’s access to personal data. The White House will decide which journalists get access to it.

The agency known as "Doge" is Musk's brainchild, but the White House insists that he is not its leader - or even employed by it.

A federal judge declined Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.

The White House said on Tuesday that Amy Gleason is the administrator for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. Gleason, a top Musk adviser, is a former official at the U.S. Digital Service.

President Trump handed more power over to Elon Musk on Tuesday, giving his team oversight over hiring decisions across every government agency. Musk has also continued to post misleading or false accusations against government agencies on his social media platform X,

President Donald Trump is holding the first Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. In attendance will be Elon Musk.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Musk's latest mass email but said agency heads have final say on if workers should respond

Elon Musk has been the face and sometimes even the voice of DOGE. The White House still won't say who is actually leading it.

While the billionaire businessman isn't a Cabinet member, Trump has publicly embraced Musk and his brainchild, the Department of Government Efficiency.

House Republicans are privately complaining about Elon Musk's federal government efforts, though nearly all agree with the DOGE goal.

Musk will discuss DOGE's efforts "and how all of the cabinet secretaries are identifying waste, fraud and abuse at their respective agencies," Leavitt said Tuesday.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.