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.

Fired inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Phyllis Fong was removed from her Washington D.C. office on Monday after refusing to comply with the conditions of her termination. A 22-year veteran of the department—which has a broad mandate to investigate food safety and animal welfare—Fong’s office has been investigating Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink,

They’re aligned with Musk politically. So that’s consistent with the rest of the story. But it seems the upper echelons of the agency has already been stocked with a mix of Musk’s people and Republican operatives,

A handful of new employees at the Office of Personnel Management all reportedly have past connections with billionaire Elon Musk. Citing sources within the federal government, WIRED reports that some former employees of Neuralink,

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.

Americans are not loving tech billionaire Elon Musk’s role in President Trump’s administration. A new Quinnipiac University Poll, released Wednesday, found that a majority of voters disapprove of Musk’s prominent role with the Trump administration.

Donald Trump has been hard at work since returning to the office. In his short time back in Washington Trump has signed an order to freeze all federal aid, a move that the White House has since rescinded for the time being,