Alia Shoaib is a freelance news reporter for Newsweek based between London, UK and Abuja, Nigeria. She primarily reports on U.S. politics and current affairs. Alia joined Newsweek in 2024 from ...

Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.

WASHINGTON—The Department of Government Efficiency was originally envisioned as a joint Elon Musk–Vivek Ramaswamy mission outside the federal government. Now it is all Elon—and he is inside.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire biotech-company founder tapped to help lead a federal government cost-cutting effort with Elon Musk, may instead find himself in the U.S. Senate. President-elect ...