While Musk remains close to President Donald Trump, his “decision to focus elsewhere has been greeted as a relief by many federal leaders, who have been busily undoing many of his cuts in their departments or making DOGE-style changes on their own terms,” The Atlantic’s Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker reported.

The world’s richest person says he’s cutting back on election-related spending this year. He spent millions in Pennsylvania last year toward Donald Trump's win.