Two anonymous federal employees have sued the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), alleging that a newly circulated email system is actually linked to Elon Musk.

The billionaire and his Silicon Valley associates landed in the capital and immediately moved to cut the size of the federal government, reprising the playbook he used after buying Twitter in 2022.

Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

The rebranding of a former White House digital office into the new Department of Government Efficiency signals its potential limits, budget experts said.

The federal government’s most important hiring office is now overrun with Elon Musk’s underqualified stooges. Wired reported on Tuesday that the highest positions at the Office of Personnel Management are now held by people close to Musk. And some of them have a woeful lack of experience.

Elon Musk is only one week into his role in President Donald Trump’s new administration, but the US federal government is already rolling out the Twitter playbook to manage its spending and personnel.

Three separate lawsuits allege that DOGE violates the transparency rules of a 1972 law.

Trump has embraced the ultra wealthy as well as tariffs and other policies that could stoke the inflation he criticized as a candidate.

Three lawsuits are challenging Elon Musk's Department ... Representatives for Musk; Trump; Russell Vought, Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget; and William McGinley, DOGE's ...

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.