Musk's time as a public figure in government is coming to an end, though his agency will continue after his departure.

President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the ruling Republican party promised us all $1 trillion a year in free budget savings by cutting out the “waste, fraud and abuse” that were supposedly rampant across the federal bureaucracy.

Musk brought a spotlight to DOGE. Leaving may let it slip to the shadows. Elon Musk isn’t as publicly, obviously involved in Washington as he used to be, that much is clear. But celebrations of his political exile are premature.

Musk sued the liberal nonprofit in 2023 after it published a report that showed mainstream ads appearing beside pro-Nazi content on his social media site X.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has demanded documents from Media Matters about possible coordination with other media watchdogs accused by Elon Musk of helping orchestrate advertiser boycotts of X,

The FTC requested from the group records of communications with other watchdogs, including the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which is also being sued by Musk, Reuters reported, citing a document it viewed.