Overview

• Musk formally ended his 134-day tenure at the Department of Government Efficiency under the limits of his ‘special employee’ status and will return full-time to his businesses.
• President Trump held a joint press conference to laud Musk’s efforts at DOGE and confirmed he will continue as a personal adviser.
• Independent trackers attribute only $12 billion to $175 billion in federal spending cuts to DOGE, a fraction of the up to $1 trillion Musk had pledged.
• A New York Times investigation reports Musk used ketamine, ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms and about 20 pills daily, including Adderall, during the 2024 campaign.
• Relations within the administration grew tense in April when Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly engaged in a physical altercation over unmet budget-cutting targets.