President Trump held a public farewell in the Oval Office on Friday for his close ally and DOGE mastermind Elon Musk. Meanwhile the New York Times has new reporting about Musk's alleged drug use while on the campaign trail supporting Trump last year.

Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.

Elon Musk said he asked "Little X," his oldest child with the singer Grimes, to punch him in the face. "And he did," Musk said.

The right-wing podcaster admitted that the Tesla CEO threw the “baby out with the bathwater” by cutting too much, too fast.

According to the website Downdetector, Elon Musk's X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, experienced worldwide outages on Friday afternoon. At 4:19 p.m. ET, Downdetector, an online platform that tracks and reports real-time outages and service disruptions for websites,

The city has notified some residents it is considering a new zoning ordinance that may require residents to lose access to their property, according to a city memo published by CN

Elon Musk stepped down Friday from the Department of Government Efficiency, (DOGE), as his time as a special government employee in the Trump White House came to an end.

Musk said he had "done enough" and that he will step away from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the inner-government group that has slashed federal budgets and workforces. As he prepared his goodbyes, Newsweek looked back at Musk's time in government and asked experts on whether he will have a lasting impact.