14 US states challenge Elon Musk's role as DOGE boss

| 15 Feb 2025 9:40 PM IST

Fourteen US states, including two with governors from US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging billionaire Elon Musk's authority as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, created by Trump for his second term, which began on January 20.

The states, led by New Mexico, accused Elon Musk of being a ‘designated agent of chaos’ whose ‘sweeping authority’ as DOGE head, they argued, is in violation of the Constitution of the United States

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