Musk’s whirlwind approach since coming to Washington has sparked a rift among some in the White House and Trump’s inner circle, sources told ABC News.

A federal judge declined Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.

President Trump hosts French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the White House, a meeting that comes on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and amid fraying ties between the U.

President Trump handed more power over to Elon Musk on Tuesday, giving his team oversight over hiring decisions across every government agency. Musk has also continued to post misleading or false accusations against government agencies on his social media platform X,

The White House says Elon Musk is not the administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency team sweeping through federal agencies, but rather a senior adviser to President Trump.

Musk will discuss DOGE's efforts "and how all of the cabinet secretaries are identifying waste, fraud and abuse at their respective agencies," Leavitt said Tuesday.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

The White House on Tuesday revealed Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Musk's latest mass email but said agency heads have final say on if workers should respond

House Republicans are privately complaining about Elon Musk's federal government efforts, though nearly all agree with the DOGE goal.

Legal experts say that if the White House admits that the answer is Elon Musk, as Trump has essentially stated, Musk’s actions will be deemed illegal.

The acting administrator of the organization that is pushing for sweeping budget cuts across federal agencies is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.