Pete Hegseth Elon Musk

Pentagon, Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth

'We Welcome DOGE': Hegseth Says Musk Can Find Billions of Dollars in Pentagon Cuts

Speaking to a small group of handpicked reporters while in Germany, Hegseth didn't answer the question of whether he would put any limits or supervision on Musk and his team.

Washington Times · 13d

Defense chief Hegseth said he would welcome Elon Musk’s DOGE analysts at the Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he’s been in touch with Elon Musk and would welcome his unofficial Department of Government Efficiency financial analysts going through the books at the Pentagon to curtail wasteful government spending.

Bloomberg on MSN · 13d

Hegseth Welcomes Musk to Cut Costs at Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he will “welcome Elon” to the Pentagon to “find efficiencies” even as the Trump administration prepares for significant increases in military spending.

Musk, Deadline Looms

Hosted on MSN · 1d

DOGE Updates: Mass Confusion at Fed Agencies as Elon Musk Deadline Approaches

Elon Musk's deadline for federal workers to justify their jobs is fast approaching. Follow Newsweek's live blog for updates.

Forbes on MSN · 1d

Elon Musk Vs. Federal Agencies: Opposition Ramps Up As Musk’s Email Deadline Looms—Here’s What We Know

Multiple major agencies, including the FBI, State Department and Pentagon, have directed employees not to respond to Musk’s email.

CNN · 20h

Elon Musk sees dead people

To hear President Donald Trump and Elon Musk tell it, the dead steal elections. They get fraudulent Social Security checks. And now, apparently, dead people are working for the government too.

Musk, Email and Federal

Opinion

New Republic · 21h

Federal Workers Are Trolling Elon Musk’s Latest Attempt to Fire Them

And while the Department of Defense is rife with corruption, and likely the most ripe target for massive spending cuts in the U.S. government, it’s clear from Hegseth’s own limp denial that he fired the three JAGs for the purpose of replacing them with MAGA loyalists who won’t stop the Trump administration from doing whatever it wants.

New York Magazine · 14h

Musk Doubles Down on Mass Email Threat to Federal Workers

After OPM said workers weren’t required to respond, Musk said they’ll get another chance to reply or be fired.

Forbes on MSN · 16h

Elon Musk’s Federal Worker Emails: Musk Says Employees Will Get Second Chance To Respond If Trump Says So

Trump claimed Monday that any agencies saying not to respond to the email were doing it "in a friendly manner."

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Defense Dept. publicly tells staff to ignore Elon Musk's 'what did you do last week' email

The Department of Defense is among several U.S. federal agencies pushing back against the email, which was sent out Saturday.

Mediaite on MSN1d

Defense Department Burns Elon Musk With Defiant Statement on X Telling Employees to Ignore His Email Demand to Justify Their Jobs

The email Elon Musk directed to be sent to all federal employees is getting pushback from President Donald Trump's appointed ...

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Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report

Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...

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Pete Hegseth accuses Biden, IRS of politically motivated move to rush his tax audit

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a picture to X of what appears to be a tax notice showing he owes more than $33,000 ...

The New Republic on MSN23hOpinion

Elon Musk Wins Himself a Lawsuit After Menacing Email Ultimatum

Elon Musk sent an email to every federal worker asking them to explain their accomplishments. He got sued instead.

USA Today6d

As Elon Musk eyes Defense Department, conflicts of interest, accounting issues loom

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed the Department of Government Efficiency to the Pentagon, where Elon Musk will face an accounting system that has never passed an audit and decades of ...

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Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren't well suited for the jobs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he is replacing the top lawyers for the military services because he doesn't think they ...

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Hegseth dismisses 'purging' narrative amid Trump's Pentagon shakeup: 'Time for fresh blood'

Pete Hegseth defended President Donald Trump’s purge of “woke generals" and Pentagon officials, saying that the “status quo" ...

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