A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos at a major government agency.

The tech billionaire and top Trump ally visited the General Services Administration, which appears to be a key part of his crusade to cut the cost of government buildings.

Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

Around the same time as Musk’s post, hundreds of thousands of federal workers received an email also titled “Fork in the Road,” with a similar offer: Simply send an email to the Office of Personnel Management with the word “Resign” in the subject line, and you’ll receive eight months’ pay, so long as you reply before Feb. 6.

The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.

As Elon Musk prepares to launch the new Department of Government Efficiency, government watchdog groups are concerned about its purported scope and level of transparency.

Advocacy groups have targeted Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in lawsuits for allegedly violating transparency rules to advise Trump.

Tesla’s CEO might soon have an office in the West Wing, according to a new report, but lawsuits allege DOGE violated federal law. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, but when it comes to his work with the federal government,

Watchdog groups were ready to challenge DOGE from the start under the assumption it would fall under the legal rules governing outside government advisory groups. Indeed, within minutes of Trump’s swearing in,

Elon Musk — the world’s richest man alive — has been handed his own task force designed to reign in government spending. Here’s what you need to know about DOGE, which President Donald Trump officially created on Monday.

It underscores how special interests see the billionaire as a shortcut to Trump to push their agenda. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Since DOGE is not an official government ... United States Digital Service, which was established in August 2014 by President Barack Obama. Elon Musk was initially expected to have an office ...