Elon Musk’s right-hand man is the latest headed out the door in a DOGE exodus that includes the billionaire himself and Stephen Miller’s wife. Steve Davis’ exit follows Musk’s announcement on Wednesday that his time is up at DOGE, where he launched a sweeping and chaotic four-month campaign to slash government waste.

Musk announced his departure a day after an interview clip showed him saying Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill “undermines” DOGE.

Musk’s satellite internet business Starlink was touted by commerce secretary Howard Lutnick as a potential beneficiary of a $42bn rural broadband scheme. An executive order calling for the establishment of a multibillion-dollar Iron Dome defence system in the US looked set to benefit Musk, due to SpaceX’s dominance in rocket launches.

Critics of longtermism say it appeals to wealthy tech moguls precisely because it adds a sheen of morality to their masters-of-the-universe projects. They also say that the moguls’ ultimate goal is a utopian civilization of humans, biological and robotic, all A.I. enhanced.

Musk warned those involved that President Trump wouldn’t bless the OpenAI data-center project in Abu Dhabi unless his xAI company was included in the deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jimmy Kimmel was “happy to share some good news from Washington for a change” during his monologue on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” — Elon Musk stepping away from his role in the Trump administration.

Listen, Tim Walz is just pointing out that Elon Musk finally did what he said he’d do. The Democratic Minnesota governor had a pretty clever response to news on Wednesday that Musk was exiting the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

While Tesla prepares for the upcoming robotaxi launch, another Elon Musk company is facing new problems as a highly anticipated event approaches. SpaceX has been in full focus recently as the company looks toward its next rocket launch.