As Musk winds down at DOGE, he returns to a business empire flush with opportunities and fewer investigations—but new reputational challenges.

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.

Elon Musk used to be everywhere in President Donald Trump’s second term. The Oval Office. Air Force One. Front row at the Capitol. But now, Elon has vanished from Trump’s world. No Truth Social posts.