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Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 8:06 PM CDT, May 28, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent chapter that included thousands of layoffs, the evisceration of government agencies and reams of litigation. Despite the upheaval, the billionaire entrepreneur struggled in the unfamiliar environment of Washington, and he accomplished far less than he hoped.

He dramatically reduced his target for cutting spending — from $2 trillion to $1 trillion to $150 billion — and increasingly expressed frustration about resistance to his goals. Sometimes he clashed with other top members of Trump’s administration, who chafed at the newcomer’s efforts to reshape their departments, and he faced fierce political blowback for his efforts.

Musk’s role working for Trump was always intended to be temporary, and he had recently signaled that he would be shifting his attention back to running his businesses, such as the electric automaker Tesla and the rocket company SpaceX. ...

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Security breaks down in Gaza as desperate people search for food

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Scenes of chaos and looting in parts of Gaza persist as food shortages continue.
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Trump tariffs reinstated as legal battle erupts

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Tariffs will remain in place while a legal battle over Trump's tariffs continues.
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Judge blocks Trump's effort to restrict foreign students at Harvard - for now

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The case pits the government's power over student visas against Harvard's free speech rights
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Elon's Exit

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-Elon Musk criticism of Trump tax bill frustrates some Republicans: 'No place in Congress'

-Rubio spearheads massive State Department reorganization set to eliminate, merge more than 300 offices

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GOP lawmaker defends Trump tax bill to angry crowds at back-to-back town halls

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An Iowa congresswoman touted her support for President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill in back-to-back town halls on Wednesday, even as members of the audience jeered and disrupted her speech.

"They were booing when I was saying, you know, ‘We're preserving tax cuts,’ and I can't believe people would boo tax cuts for themselves," Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

"I think there are a number of people who just show up to these town halls who want to disrupt. They didn't care what I had to say. They just want to boo...
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Chicago mayor calls DOGE 'an act of war,' compares second Trump term to Third Reich

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Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson laid into the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Donald Trump's economic policies during his weekly press availability, drawing parallels between the Third Reich in Germany and Trump's second term in the White House.

Johnson said the Windy City is the most "pro-worker" city in the U.S., but faces "hostility" from Washington.

"The fact that the President of the United States of America is cutting off food supply and medicine to working people and families across this country — that is an...
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Appeals court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs

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Washington — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday temporarily halted a federal trade court's decision blocking most of President Trump's sweeping tariffs, for now reinstating the levies imposed by the president under an emergency powers law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in a brief order that it would grant the Trump administration's request for an immediate administrative stay "to the extent that the judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are...
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Israel accepts US proposal for temporary Gaza ceasefire, White House says

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Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, expressed optimism earlier this week about brokering an agreement to halt the Israel-Hamas war and return more of the hostages captured in the attack that ignited it.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Israel “backed and supported” the new proposal.

Hamas officials gave the Israeli-approved draft a cool response, but said they wanted to study the...
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Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now

  • News source: Kevin Breuninger, CNBC
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A federal appeals court on Thursday granted the Trump administration's request to temporarily pause a lower-court ruling that struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs.

The Trump administration had earlier told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that it would seek "emergency relief" from the Supreme Court as soon as Friday if the tariff ruling was not quickly put on pause.

The judgment issued Wednesday night by the U.S. Court of International Trade is "temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the...
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Here are the celebrities Trump has pardoned so far

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President Donald Trump added to his list of pardoned celebrities this week, including reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley and rapper NBA Young Boy.

Trump's pardons and commutations over the course of his first and current terms in office feature a number of public figures, including several rappers and an actor who participated in the Jan. 6 riots.

Here's a list of celebrity pardons granted by Trump so far.

The stars of "Chrisley Knows Best," which ran for 10 seasons on the USA Network, were released from prison Wednesday after being granted...
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Trump State Dept announces new student-visa vetting will be ongoing process, not one-time check

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State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce indicated Thursday that the increased scrutiny the Trump administration is placing on foreign student visas will not be a "one-time" check, but rather a process that lasts the entire time foreign students remain studying in the country.

Bruce was peppered with questions at a Thursday press briefing about the Trump administration's plans for increased vetting for foreign students. The briefing came amid news that the Trump administration has paused new student visa appointments at embassies across the globe...
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Flashback: Top five wildest moments from Elon Musk's DOGE tenure as it comes to an end

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced his departure from DOGE on social media Wednesday after five months of viral moments and cuts that sparked both praise and controversy nationwide. Fox News Digital compiled five of the top memorable moments from that span.

As Musk’s efforts to cut government waste resulted in outrage from Democrats and violent protests at Tesla dealerships across the country, along with a dip in Tesla’s stock price, President Donald Trump announced he was going to purchase a Tesla and met with Musk outside the White House to...
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Hawley urges DOJ probe of Chinese trucking company

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FIRST ON FOX – Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asked the Justice Department Thursday to investigate a Chinese-owned self-driving trucking company, one of the largest in U.S., citing allegations that it had shared proprietary data and other sensitive technology with state-linked entities in Beijing.

The letter, sent to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and previewed exclusively to Fox News Digital, asks the Justice Department to open a formal investigation into the autonomous truck company TuSimple Holdings, a Chinese-owned company and one of the largest...
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Trump administration sets new goal of 3,000 illegal immigrant arrests daily

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The Trump administration has a new goal of 3,000 arrests of illegal immigrants daily, which was publicly confirmed by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

"Under President Trump’s leadership, we are looking to set a goal of a minimum of 3,000 arrests for ICE every day," Miller told "Hannity" on Wednesday night, saying the number is going to keep getting bumped higher over time.

His response comes after an Axios report that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Miller were said to be backing the 3,000 daily figure in...
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Less than half of DOGE-terminated contracts can be publicly tracked, only about a quarter of grants: watchdog

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With Elon Musk's departure from the agency, there's debate roiling over how effective the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE), has been in its mission.

In a report released just two days prior to Musk stepping down, financial watchdog Open The Books published a report finding it is likely impossible for the average American taxpayer to track the savings associated with the contracts and grants that were terminated by the DOGE team.

According to Open The Books' analysis, which mined all the data published on DOGE's official website, the...
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