If the answer is “yes,” Musk will be prohibited from working on any government matters where he has a financial or business interest, a requirement that would tie his hands considerably in a ...

In at least seven major departments or agencies, DOGE secured the power to view records that experts say could benefit Elon ...

Ethics laws could limit Musk role Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5 ...

Musk’s financial disclosure forms are confidential, but they should still appear in the databases of the federal Office of Government Ethics as having filed the Form 450 financial disclosure.

As a temporary special government employee, Musk can be employed up to 130 days in a 365-day period, but neither he nor the government have released ethics disclosures frequently required of top ...

Choosing Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the government is not the first time a president has tapped a businessman to cut regulations.

Ethics experts say that by continuing to run his businesses while also working for the government, Musk is blurring the lines between his roles in a way that could hurt the public trust.

WASHINGTON — In picking billionaire Elon Musk to be “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won't be the first American president to empower a business tycoon ...

More: Elon Musk contributed more than $250 million to 2024 campaign groups backing Donald Trump Conflict worries. Some government officials, ethics experts and Trump opponents say both Ramaswamy ...

Musk, who has vowed to cut at least $2 trillion in federal spending, could pressure regulators looking into his companies. Business U.S. agency launches investigation into Tesla’s self-driving ...

The case is the first suit related to fatal crashes involving the electric vehicle company’s Autopilot system to go to trial.