Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk's SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time (07:02 GMT).

A penny-pinching tactic proposed by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency could be getting rid of the penny itself.

Elon Musk's plan for the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may be in disarray following a number of changes to the initiative in recent days. Bill McGinley, who was appointed DOGE's legal counsel in December,

The savings from eliminating the cent might seem like small change, but every penny counts in dealing with the U.S. fiscal deficit.

A former USDS employee called the repurposing of the Digital Service into DOGE an “A+ bureaucratic jiujitsu move.” It will give Musk and his associates access to unclassified data in every government agency.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target to cut down costs: the US penny. DOGE said on X that the penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in the 2023 fiscal year.

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is eyeing ways to slash government spending. One of its first targets could be the penny.