Welcome to 538's politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.

A Treasury Department official wrote a letter Tuesday to federal lawmakers saying that a tech executive working with Elon ...

Elon Musk is making major moves to reshape the federal government and President Donald Trump is standing behind his ...

The Office of Personnel Management, which manages the federal civil service, is defending its bid for staffers to resign.

Trump and Musk have have initiated an all-out battle against the US government, the rule of law, and decency. Where's the ...

Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government, sidelining career officials and ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs against China have gone into effect. China has retaliated with tariffs against U.S. oil.

Trump has also given the unelected billionaire control of a Treasury Department unit that carries out 90 percent of all ...

The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of ...

Mansions that billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos own are pure luxury symbols. With cutting-edge technology and ...