Musk, White House and Trump
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President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet will continue to lead DOGE's efforts to slash waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, the White House said.
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Elon Musk said Friday he will continue to advise President Donald Trump despite stepping away from his official role as a special government employee.
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday signaled that House Republicans are “eager and ready” to formalize the White House’s so-called DOGE cuts as soon as President Donald Trump’s team makes the official request to Congress.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday is set to swear-in Jeanine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. and will later sign executive orders in the Oval Office.
Russell Vought, Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced that the White House will send the first DOGE rescissions package to Congress next week. Vought appeared on Larry Kudlow’s show Wednesday, where he was directly asked to confirm the DOGE rescissions package.
The White House intends to send Congress a small package as early as next week to formalize cuts made by billionaire Elon Musk's team targeting federal government spending, according to a White House official familiar with the plan.
While Trump will do everything to bring back the tariffs and implement the DOGE cuts, it's possible these setbacks won’t be political losses for him at all.