The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled the Department of Government Efficiency could access Social Security information.

The ruling blocked a lower court order that kept DOGE from seeking certain sensitive Social Security information. 

The information from the U.S. Social Security Administration includes Social Security numbers, medical information, citizenship records and tax returns. 

Three liberal justices dissented. 

A day after the White House held a farewell press conference for SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk to highlight his efforts as outgoing leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump suddenly pulled Musk ally Jared Isaacman as his pick for NASA administrator.

While the White House released a May 30 video chronicling Musk’s contributions to DOGE and several X posts thanking him and listing various ‘DOGE wins,’ the gestures were some of the last, final public actions of goodwill between Trump and Musk. 

On Saturday, Trump announced in a social media post he was pulling the nomination for Isaacman, a commercial astronaut and founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments after ‘a thorough review of prior associations.’ 

Trump also said he would unveil a ‘new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space.’ 

Isaacman’s affiliations with Musk include being an investor in SpaceX, in addition to leading two private spaceflight missions with SpaceX, including Inspiration4. The 2021 Inspiration4 mission was the first time an all-civilian crew orbited Earth. 

Isaacman addressed his pulled nomination in an episode of the ‘All-In Podcast,’ which is hosted by four venture capitalists and covers business, technology and society, that dropped Wednesday. Specifically, Isaacman said he received a call from the White House May 30 notifying him his nomination wouldn’t advance because the White House had ‘decided to go in a different direction.’ 

Isaacman said he suspected his ties to Musk were part of the decision, noting the call came the same day Musk’s tenure with DOGE concluded. 

‘I don’t need to play dumb on this,’ Isaacman said in the podcast. ‘I don’t think that the timing was much of a coincidence, that there were other changes going on the same day.

‘There were some people that had some axes to grind, I guess, and I was a good, visible target.’ 

Tensions between Musk and Trump continued to escalate after Musk’s departure as a special government employee May 30 and Isaacman’s withdrawn nomination the following day. 

Although Musk previously told CBS News in an interview clip released May 27 that he was disappointed by the House’s passage of Trump’s massive tax and spending package, the ‘big, beautiful bill,’ because it would increase the federal deficit, Musk’s attacks on the measure ramped up exponentially after Trump rescinded Isaacman’s nomination. 

Specifically, on Tuesday, Musk labeled the measure a ‘disgusting abomination’ and followed up by urging the American public to contact lawmakers to ‘KILL the BILL’ in an X post Wednesday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that Trump was aware of Musk’s position on the bill and that it didn’t change the president’s stance on the measure. And Trump did not mince words Thursday as tensions between the two men reached a boiling point. 

Trump said Musk was irritated with provisions in the bill that would cut an electric vehicle tax credit that benefits companies like Tesla. He also suggested Musk may suffer from ‘Trump derangement syndrome,’ a term used to describe deeply negative reactions to the president. 

‘I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people,’ Trump said in the Oval Office during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. 

‘He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden, he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out that we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate because that’s billions and billions of dollars, and it really is unfair.’

Trump also specifically mentioned Isaacman’s nomination, claiming Musk recommended Isaacman for the role. But Trump voiced concern about Isaacman’s ties to the Democratic Party. 

‘He wanted and rightfully, you know, he recommended somebody that he, I guess, knew very well. I’m sure he respected him, but to run NASA,’ Trump told reporters Thursday. ‘And I didn’t think it was appropriate. And he happened to be a Democrat, like, totally Democrat. And I say, you know, look, we won. We get certain privileges. And one of the privileges is we don’t have to appoint a Democrat. NASA is very important.’

Trump then said he ‘understood’ why Musk was upset over the pulled nomination.

The White House directed Fox News Digital to Trump’s comments Thursday and Isaacman’s previous donations to Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. 

Isaacman told the ‘All-In Podcast’ he doesn’t think his past political donations to Democrats were a factor in his pulled nomination, and that he identifies as ‘right-leaning.’ 

Isaacman and Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Trump and Musk continued to trade barbs Thursday. At one point, Musk urged the removal of the ‘disgusting pork’ included in Trump’s tax and spending bill. He also said it was ‘false’ that he was shown the measure ‘even once.’ 

Musk even went so far as to say Trump wouldn’t have won the 2024 election if it weren’t for Musk’s backing. Meanwhile, Trump accused Musk of going ‘CRAZY’ over cuts to the EV credits and said Musk was ‘wearing thin.’ 

Although Politico reported that Trump and Musk were slated to speak Friday over the phone, Trump shut down speculation of a call between the two. 

‘No. I won’t be speaking to him for a while I guess, but I wish him well,’ Trump said, according to CNN. 

 ‘I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem,’ Trump said.

Despite Musk’s departure, White House officials have said DOGE’s efforts to address waste, fraud and abuse will continue, and Trump and cabinet members will oversee DOGE. The agency is expected to formally shut down July 4, 2026. 

A ‘big, beautiful’ brawl erupted on social media Thursday as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk aired their grievances for all to see after months of working together to cut government waste. 

House Republicans rallied behind the president and continued to support Musk when discussing the fallout with Fox News Digital.

‘Obviously, I have President Trump’s back. I don’t think that he should be impeached. Do I think that he was on the Jeffrey Epstein island? I don’t think so,’ Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said, referring to Musk calling for Trump’s impeachment and suggestiong Trump was ‘in the Epstein files.’

Despite her defense, Luna admitted Musk is not a ‘terrible person,’ and both men have made ‘great contributions’ to the Republican Party. 

‘I assure you he crossed the line on what he said about the sitting president of the United States today,’ Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said of Musk’s allegations about Trump. 

But Roy joined Luna in defending Musk’s contribution to cutting government waste through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

‘The bottom line is, we have a job to do. Elon is doing a great job in terms of the rescissions in terms of the DOGE cuts they identified, and I don’t disagree with him about our need to go find more spending cuts. I don’t. But you know, guys, keep it in the lines,’ Roy added. 

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., praised Trump Thursday for saving the country. 

‘What’s broken apart can be put back together, but you’ve got two strong personalities,’ Norman said of Trump and Musk. 

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn, dismissed the men’s social media brawl, telling Fox News Digital, ‘They’re the two biggest dogs in the pound. They’re going to fight.’

‘It’s going to settle down at some point,’ Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, added. 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attributed Musk’s tirade to Trump’s bill, which is focused on working- and middle-class tax relief and not benefiting Musk and his companies enough.

‘This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted. The president is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again,’ Leavitt said.

In the first of several posts targeting the bill, and then Trump directly, Musk said, ‘I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.’

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. 

President Donald Trump signed three new executive orders Friday aimed at accelerating American drone innovation and supersonic air travel, while also restoring security to American airspace. 

The three orders will be critical to American safety and security, White House officials involved in the drafting of the orders indicated, particularly in light of major worldwide events coming to the United States in the next few years, such as the World Cup and the Olympics. 

In addition to bolstering safety and security, the new orders will also spur greater innovation in the aerospace and drone sectors, something White House officials said has been stifled in recent years as a result of burdensome regulations.   

‘Flying cars are not just for the Jetsons,’ Michael Kratsios, a lead tech policy advisor at the White House said. ‘Since the beginning of his first term, President Trump has recognized the incredible potential of drones to boost American productivity, create high-skilled jobs and meet national needs in areas like public safety, infrastructure, inspection, agriculture and more. But, for too long, red tape has hindered homegrown drone innovation, restricting commercial drone use and burdening their development.’

Kratsios said the same about supersonic aviation, noting ‘Americans should be able to fly from New York to LA in under four hours.’

Besides promoting innovation, the orders seek to shore up American airspace sovereignty. This directive is aimed at not only addressing potentially criminal or terror-related threats. It also aims to increase penalties for and reduce the prevalence of drone misuse in American airspace. 

‘The president week one wanted us to take this issue seriously because of the national fury over the events over New Jersey,’ Sebastian Gorka, senior director of counterterrorism on the Trump administration’s National Security Council, said of the new executive orders signed Friday. 

‘For far too many years, we have not had a requisite, necessary federal response — not only to the dominance of non-U.S. platforms in this field, but also protecting sensitive sites, military sites, critical infrastructure, but also just sporting events, mass events.’ 

White House officials who advised the president on these new executive orders said there will be more protection for critical infrastructure for sporting venues as a result of the new directives, including the upcoming FIFA World Cup. They will also enable ‘routine beyond visual line of sight commercial operations,’ such as drone deliveries, infrastructure maintenance and emergency response to incidents like wildfires.

The orders will also reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign countries for drone and other aviation technology, officials added.

‘These executive orders will accelerate American innovation in drones, flying cars and supersonic aircraft and chart the future of America’s skies for years to come,’ Kratsios said. ‘Our message is simple. American innovation belongs in American aerospace.’

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he hopes President Donald Trump and Elon Musk ‘reconcile’ after a furious public feud over Republicans’ ‘one big, beautiful bill.’

‘I was with the president in the Oval Office yesterday afternoon as some of this was unfolding, and I can tell you, as he said in his own words, he was just, he was disappointed, and I was surprised by Elon’s sudden opposition,’ Johnson told reporters on Friday.

‘I believe in redemption. That’s part of my worldview, and I think it’s good for the party and the country if all that’s worked out.’

Then, without addressing Musk directly, Johnson appeared to chide him for attacking Trump.

‘I’ll tell you what, do not doubt and do not second guess and don’t ever challenge the President of the United States, Donald Trump. He is the leader of the party, he’s the most consequential political figure of this generation, in probably the modern era, and he’s doing an excellent job for the people,’ Johnson said.

Asked whether he’d spoken to Musk since the tirade, Johnson said earlier Friday morning, ‘We exchanged texts, but I’m not going to talk about the content of it.’

Johnson also said Republicans were unfazed by the criticism coming from the tech billionaire often called the richest man in the world.

‘Members are not shaken at all. We are going to pass this legislation on our deadline, and we’re very bullish about it,’ he said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital when asked about Johnson’s call for unity, ‘President Trump is focused on making our country great again and passing the One Big Beautiful Bill.’

Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier in an interview on Friday that he was not interested in speaking with Musk, nor was he worried about Musk’s threat to launch a third political party.

‘Elon’s totally lost it,’ the president said.

Musk accused Republicans of not working hard enough to cut federal spending with their budget reconciliation bill, which is aimed at advancing Trump’s priorities on tax cuts, immigration, energy, defense and the debt limit.

The Tesla CEO called out Trump, Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., all by name as well.

Republicans, for the most part, have closed ranks around Trump and their bill.

President Donald Trump told Fox News on Friday that he isn’t interested in talking to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, adding that ‘Elon’s totally lost it.’

Trump also said to Fox News’ Bret Baier that he isn’t worried about Musk’s suggestion to form a new political party, citing favorable polls and strong support from Republicans on Capitol Hill.

The comments come as Musk and Trump have been arguing over social media in recent days. 

The feud escalated after Musk started ‘wearing thin’ on Trump for about a month, Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported Friday.

A senior White House official told Fox News that Trump does not expect to speak to Musk on Friday. 

However, White House aides told Doocy that Trump administration staffers might try to talk to Musk.

Musk made allegations Thursday that Trump was in the Jeffrey Epstein file.

On Truth Social, Trump wrote Thursday that ‘Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!’

The comments between Musk and Trump ramped up this week when Musk called the Trump-endorsed ‘big, beautiful bill’ a ‘disgusting abomination.’

‘I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago,’ Trump also wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. ‘This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress. It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’

Fox News’ Patrick Ward, Lucas Tomlinson, Greg Wehner and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.

The White House and congressional Republicans have said that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs would help pay for his mammoth tax bill, but tax experts say it depends on whether the president stays consistent.

Senate Republicans are in the midst of hashing out their plan to tweak and reshape the president’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which includes Trump’s desire to extend and make permanent his first-term tax policies.

However, the tax portion of the bill alone is expected to cost roughly $4 trillion. And when factoring in spending cuts and other revenue and economic drivers, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found in a report earlier this week that, in all, the colossal legislative package would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.

The CBO, which has come under recent scrutiny from congressional Republicans unhappy with the scoring of the president’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ also found that Trump’s tariffs would reduce the deficit by $2.8 trillion over the same period.

Joe Rosenberg, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, told Fox News Digital that the reconciliation package’s potential impact on the debt is more concerning now than in 2017, due to higher debt levels and rising interest rates.

When Republicans were putting together the president’s original tax package, the national debt was roughly $20 trillion. Eight years later, that number has ballooned to over $36 trillion and counting. 

Rosenberg contended that if the CBO’s report were taken as is, then Trump’s tariffs would make the bill deficit neutral and then some. But the report assumed that the eye-popping sums that Trump’s tariffs could generate were based on whether they were permanent.

‘I think what we’ve seen is that the tariff policy, again, seems to change day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute,’ he said. ‘And the administration is a little bit inconsistent about whether they view tariffs as purely a revenue source versus essentially a negotiating tool.’

The report also found that in exchange for trillions in deficit reduction, household wealth would drop, and the economy would shrink each year over the next decade.

Tad Dehaven, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, argued that this factor—along with Trump’s tariffs being tied up in court over constitutional challenges and their shifting application—makes any projected benefits ‘extraordinarily unlikely.’

‘Let’s pretend that these tariffs are going to remain in place for 10 years at some level delineated today. That’s a major tax increase, so whatever alleged benefit you’re receiving from the tax cut in the reconciliation package, it’s being offset by a tax increase,’ he said. ‘And a rather economically inefficient one.’

Mike Palicz, director of tax policy at the conservative Americans for Tax Reform, scoffed at the CBO’s recent scoring, and lamented the agency as ‘a bunch of bean counters’ that often miss the mark on key pieces of legislation, like the president’s original Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

He argued that none of the outside noise should matter, telling Fox News Digital that ‘you cannot go out and explain to a normal person or business that their taxes aren’t increasing next year if the Trump tax cuts are allowed to expire.’

‘That’s what the whole point of this exercise is, preventing the expiration of tax cuts, preventing the largest tax increase in American history,’ he said. ‘And no conservative, no Republican, should think that you address the deficit by raising taxes.’