Cabinet officials recently clashed with Musk over DOGE’s ordered layoffs, which have led to chaos in federal agencies.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott defends Elon Musk’s handling of DOGE cuts, telling CNN’s Jake Tapper, “I’m very comfortable that Donald Trump, Elon Musk, our agency heads, they’re going to do the best they can.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday that tech billionaire Elon Musk “does not have the power to fire people.” “Elon Musk does not have the power to fire people. The president of the United States is Donald Trump,

The dynamic of cutting government while also cutting out those who answer to voters has alarmed even some fiscal conservatives who have long pushed for Congress to reduce spending.

At a mostly friendly closed-door meeting, the billionaire carrying out President Trump’s bid to shrink the federal bureaucracy fielded queries about how senators could be more involved in the effort.

Republican senators told tech billionaire Elon Musk at a closed-door meeting Wednesday that his aggressive moves to shrink the federal government will need a vote on Capitol Hill, sending a clear