Musk said he had "done enough" and that he will step away from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the inner-government group that has slashed federal budgets and workforces. As he prepared his goodbyes, Newsweek looked back at Musk's time in government and asked experts on whether he will have a lasting impact.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk vowed the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would carry on and he would remain an adviser to President Trump as he bid farewell to his official

On Friday, as Musk’s brief stint in government formally came to an end, the billionaire entrepreneur stood beside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office for a final farewell.

Elon Musk is leaving DC. People across the world of business and politics reflected on his time at DOGE and reacted to his exit.

Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to mark his last official day with DOGE where the billionaire appeared to have a literal black eye as he made his departure from the White House. The world’s richest man stood alongside Trump as he made remarks and the pair took questions.

President Donald Trump saw off billionaire Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday as Musk concludes his stint as a government adviser to the president.

Elon Musk’s final hours working for President Donald Trump were spent in part by deflecting questions about his drug use

Elon Musk stepped down as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after a 4-month tenure marked by significant job cuts and spending reductions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a new memo this week empowering the DOGE team at the Pentagon to provide more input on contracting.

Sensing that Elon Musk 's influence in D.C. is waning, the Florida governor rushed to support the Department of Government Efficiency figurehead on Tuesday. DeSantis laid into Congress for their lack of movement on DOGE's cost-slashing suggestions.

Despite the sweeping changes, Musk fell short of his ambitious cost-saving targets. Initially promising to slash between $1 trillion and $2 trillion, he later revised the goal to $150 billion for the year.