While Elon Musk is running President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in an attempt to find waste and fraud and cut the size of the federal government, the companies he runs have not gotten much of his attention.

Trump has threatened to place a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10 percent additional tariff on all imports from China. Energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10 percent tariff.

The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.

Democrats saw Donald Trump as the most toxic brand in politics, a singular figure who unified their disparate factions and filled their political coffers with campaign contributions. The limits of that strategy became evident in November.

From USAID to the U.S. federal payment system, Musk is spearheading plans to audit and cut multiple government agencies

The number of Republicans who want tech mogul Elon Musk to have substantial influence in the Trump administration has fallen since November's election, according to a poll. A survey from The Economist/YouGov released Wednesday showed the number of Republicans who want Musk to have "a lot of influence" currently stands at 26 percent,