Elon Musk thanks Trump, says he's leaving government work with DOGE

With his official stint in government coming to an end, Elon Musk thanked President Donald Trump on Wednesday for "the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending." Since joining the second Trump administration at the beginning of the term in January, Musk has led the Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with slashing the size of the federal government. As a so-called special government employee, Musk can work for the administration for 130 days in a calendar year. The end of May marks 130 days since Trump's inauguration. "The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government," Musk wrote. A White House official who was granted anonymity to describe personnel matters confirmed Musk's departure and said he will begin offboarding Wednesday night. Musk was critical of Trump's spending bill that's making its way through Congress, saying in a CBS interview set to air June 1 that it "undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing." ... Read full article.