Trump's head of "government efficiency” is highlighting the names of low-level federal employees he wants to fire

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, co-heads of the Department of Government Efficiency, have suggested they’ll make cuts in key government departments, including the Pentagon.

The Tesla billionaire and co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency says he wants workers in the office five days a week.

Musk has systematically turned X into a megaphone for his views and has wielded that megaphone to whatever end he finds

When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on the line.

In an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal, the heads of the new Department of Government Efficiency said taxpayers shouldn’t pay federal employees “for the Covid-era privilege of staying home.”

Elon Musk has sparked controversy by using his social media platform to target federal climate officials, triggering online harassment.

Imagine the fear of becoming a personal target of the richest man in the world - and his followers. That's what federal government employees are feeling after Elon Musk publicised their names.

Republicans and the banking industry have accused the CFPB of regulatory overreach because it doesn't follow the usual congressional budget process.

Several current federal employees tell CNN they’re afraid their lives will be forever changed – including physically threatened – after Elon Musk reposted two X posts that revealed the names and titles of people holding four relatively obscure climate-related government positions.