As Elon Musk steps away from the Trump administration and its so-called Department of Government Efficiency, he leaves behind fewer Social Security Administration employees to handle more in-person customers,

Donald Trump and Elon Musk hold a press conference following Musk's exit from the administration. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Live updates and the latest news as Trump and Elon Musk hold a White House press event and a federal appeals court pauses a lower court block on tariffs.

The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Rather than set government straight, Elon Musk is leaving Washington with the federal budget all cattywampus. Deficit spending is increasing, not waning, and there is a growing school of thought that his “efficiency” effort could end up costing the government as much as or more than it saved.

Elon Musk has gotten a lot of attention this year regarding his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a non-official organization President Donald Trump created to slash

The Tesla mogul's inability to find a fraction of the fraud he originally promised made his thank-you to Trump a ripe target for internet snark.