Tom Krause, a Silicon Valley executive with ties to DOGE, will become the financial assistant secretary of the Treasury Department, the people said. He replaces David A. Lebryk, who resigned after clashing with Krause over demands to stop payments on foreign aid - a measure Lebryk resisted as illegal.

A group of state attorneys general sued to halt Elon Musk's efforts to slash federal spending as head of Trump's new government efficiency agency.

Musk’s allies repeatedly demanded access to sensitive government payment systems, according to the Washington Post.

Some parts of the U.S. military are preparing lists of weapons programs they have long wanted to cancel in a bid to get ahead of what could be drastic cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency,

Musk, Trump say they have a mandate to slash the size of the federal government, but the Democratic AGs argue Congress has ceded too much power.