Elon Musk has promised to take a blowtorch to federal programs in the name of government efficiency, but his fledgling policy chops threaten to undermine his ambitions, lawmakers and other observers say.
President Donald Trump had originally tasked the 53-year-old billionaire and others with slashing spending, regulations and the federal workforce as the leader of the newfound Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
That mission changed somewhat last week with Trump’s formal […]
Elon Musk is still learning Congress. That could thwart DOGE. – E&E News by POLITICO