Musk has promised to trim $2 trillion from the federal budget under the helm of the agency, a sum that constitutes more than Congress has in discretionary spending. Doing so would practically defund the entire executive branch, which doles out funding for the military, national security, and all federal agencies.

Elon Musk is reportedly getting an office in the White House which will be staffed by 20 employess. Social media calls it a waste of money.

Elise Stefanik doesn’t have a good answer for why neo-Nazis are celebrating what sure looked like a Hitler salute from the president’s biggest ally.

Governor Mike DeWine has chosen his Lt. Governor Jon Husted to fill an Ohio Senate seat vacated by incoming Vice President JD Vance, a source with knowledge of the pick told WCPO.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently met with Vivek Ramaswamy to discuss the vacant U.S. Senate seat left by JD Vance. Despite earlier withdrawing from consideration, Ramaswamy is now back in the mix for the appointment. DeWine aims to appoint someone who can win in both 2026 and… pic.twitter.com/VdY43ERY3s

Mike DeWine, who is tasked with appointing someone ... President-elect Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts with Elon Musk in the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump’s transition team ...

Elon Musk’s new government department has been thrown into turmoil amid reports his partner is considering quitting.

Despite the reports of his gubernatorial ambitions, multiple reports say Mr. Ramaswamy was driven out of DOGE by Mr. Musk. He “just burned through the bridges and he finally burned Elon,” a Republican strategist close to Trump advisers told Politico. “Everyone wants him out of Mar-a-Lago, out of D.C.”

The anticipated appointment will end weeks of speculation about who will join newly minted Sen. Bernie Moreno in Washington.

Ending months of speculation, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine chose his second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, to succeed Vice President JD Vance in the Senate.We first reported just after the election that Husted was the odds-on favorite for the appointment,

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer. Ms. McLean is a contributing editor at Business Insider and an author of “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” a book about the collapse of Enron. Mr. Silver is the author of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.”