The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency wants to charge at least one federal agency millions of dollars for its work.

Elon Musk dropped in about an hour late to a dinner party at the Silicon Valley mansion of technology investor Chamath Palihapitiya.

The use of Starlink has been adopted by at least one additional federal agency since President Donald Trump began his second term, and it’s being considered by more.

The New York Times interviewed more than 60 people familiar with Mr. Musk’s effort to piece together new details about it.

As the Trump administration enters its eighth week, the president and Musk have begun to encounter increased pushback in the courts and in Congress, prompting the president to post on social media that Musk should step back and allow cabinet secretaries to carry out the task of downsizing their departments and agencies.

The billionaire’s private interests intersect with wide areas of government work — and federal workers worry about his public role.

Much of the U.S. civil service has recoiled at DOGE’s attempts to revamp the government. Others have been promoted.