Trump campaign funder and government disrupter Elon Musk has used unprecedented power to quickly eliminate thousands of federal jobs and shutter entire programs and agencies, using tactics that have raised questions about transparency.

Within the last 48 hours, miners have unloaded above 65 million DOGE, adding to the selling pressure on the DOGE amidst the ongoing market volatility.

The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature.

As the Tesla backlash grows, the president held an infomercial at the White House to shore up the fortunes of his biggest supporter. Earlier this week, Donald Trump staged what historians believe to be a presidential first: a stilted,

President Donald Trump and his administration continue to make cuts to the federal government by the Department of Government Agency (DOGE), led by businessman Elon Musk. Dr. Todd Belt from George Washington University returns to Capitol Review this week.

Elon Musk says SpaceX will go to Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla's Optimus, a humanoid robot. If all goes well, humans could be headed to the red planet in 2029, Musk says.

Musk—who has a history of setting unrealized goals for his companies—says he wants to send humans to Mars by 2029, though he says 2031 may be more likely.