Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the 119th Congress, President Trump's first actions, and his thoughts on Elon Musk and DOGE's efforts.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) under Donald Trump is harassing out gay Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) for allegedly making a threat against Donald Trump’s biggest donor, Elon Musk. Garcia told CNN that Democrats must “bring actual weapons” to the “fight for Democracy” against Musk’s hostile takeover and dismantling of numerous government agencies.

The CEO of investment firm Azoria lobbied DOGE figurehead Elon Musk to have the department issue stimulus checks from some of the claimed $55 billion in savings.

Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.

As the head of President Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Tesla CEO Elon Musk has vowed to cut between $1 trillion and $2 trillion from the annual federal budget by 2026. “I think we can do at least $2 trillion,

A tearful executive at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired.

These suits will no doubt proceed in the weeks and months ahead, as it falls to the courts to hold Musk accountable for his blatant indifference to the law. But beyond his individual actions, Musk’s role raises more fundamental questions.

It seems that Elon Musk’s friendship with President Donald Trump and government cost-cutting job has already saved a boatload of money ― for him. Just a month into the second Trump administration, Musk has overseen the slashing of thousands of government jobs through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill