Jeff Bezos and Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago, and were joined by Elon Musk

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was "very optimistic" about Trump's second term at the NYT's Dealbook conference.

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Here's what we know so far about who's working on DOGE

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President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, in November.

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Republicans scrap spending bill after pressure campaign from Elon Musk

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Republicans scrapped a spending bill that would've funded the government until mid-March.

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Trump trashes must-pass funding bill as Musk calls for the GOP to shut down the government

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Musk wrote that "any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!"

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Elon Musk bashes Congress' government funding bill

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Elon Musk said on X that the funding bill shouldn't pass.

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OpenAI publishes more of Elon Musk's internal emails showing he originally favored a for-profit structure

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Elon Musk asked a federal court to stop OpenAI from moving to a for-profit business structure.

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Elon Musk becomes the first-ever person to be worth $400 billion

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Elon Musk's wealth has surged since Donald Trump's reelection.

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Elon Musk says DOGE's work will be public — legally, it has to be

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Elon Musk's plans for DOGE could change if a federal law comes into play.

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The PayPal Mafia includes tech titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. Here's where its members are now.

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Peter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, are two members of the so-called "PayPal Mafia."

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Meet the billionaires working with Trump on his second term

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President-elect Donald Trump (C) is set to surround himself with a handful of billionaires like Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnik (L) and Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R).

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