The duo will need to garner support from hundreds of members of Congress for any of their suggested spending cuts as co-chairs of the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency, to become law.
House Speaker Mike Johnson might be in the DOGE house. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday turned against House GOP leadership, raging about a stopgap measure to avert a government shutdown and actively encouraging rank-and-file Republicans to kill it.
Republicans warn the business leaders' lack of government experience could lead to clashes over spending decisions.
Democrats are largely skeptical of Elon Musk's push to ax wasteful government spending. But some in the party aren't fully dismissing the DOGE goals.
Indian Americans are the most represented minority in the Trump administration, reflecting a faction of the community's shifting alignment with Trump's values on economic and social issues.
Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy slammed the stopgap spending deal, urging Congressional members to vote against the massive bill if they are “serious about government efficiency.”
It’s unclear whether Trump and Johnson will support a new deal, and whether Democrats, including Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, will go along with the plan — all in time to avoid a shutdown less than a week before Christmas.
US News: "President Trump won by a massive margin with a historic mandate & he deserved the Cabinet he desires to govern," Ramaswamy issued a sweeping statemen
House Democrats are balking at the latest iteration of a spending plan that was released on Thursday by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
Vice president-elect JD Vance is the clear frontrunner for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination at this extremely early point, but here's a look at other Republicans who may mull a White House run.
The point of Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE is to cut entitlement programs so Trump can give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations
The social media warnings from the world's wealthiest man preceded Trump's condemnation of a measure negotiated by GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, which effectively killed the stopgap measure that was designed to prevent a partial shutdown of the federal government.