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.

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,

Musk has been staying at DOGE's offices in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just a stone's throw away from the White House.

Elon Musk reportedly chose to stay at the DOGE headquarters to avoid a more formal relationship with President Donald Trump.

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,

In a move straight out of the Twitter and Tesla playbook, Elon Musk is apparently camping out just steps away from the White House.