White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Elon Musk will “self-determine” when there is a conflict of interest involving his private business interests and his government efficiency role.

“President Trump has revoked the security detail for Mark Esper, a former defense secretary who is among several officials who are facing threats from Iran because of actions they took on behalf of the president during his first term,” the New York Times reports.

“Employees working for the agency now known as DOGE have been ordered to stop using Slack while government lawyers attempt to transition the agency to one that is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act,” 404 Media reports.

Jonathan Chait: “Sometimes a constitutional crisis sneaks up on you, shrouded in darkness, revealing itself gradually. Other times it announces itself dramatically.”

“Elon Musk, to whom Donald Trump has delegated the task of neutering the congressional spending authority laid out in Article I of the Constitution, could hardly be more obvious about his intentions if he rode into Washington on a horse trailed by Roman legions.”

“A federal judge in Maryland has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship,” ABC News reports.

Wall Street Journal: “The cuts came so fast that one dismissed employee had to be rehired to process other employees’ time sheets.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made private assurances to GOP lawmakers — and in a letter — that Elon Musk’s team had “read-only” access to Treasury’s payment systems, Politico reports.

However, as the Wall Street Journal reports: “The letter didn’t specifically say whether the employees were being given access to the underlying software that runs the payment systems or whether DOGE-affiliated workers could potentially edit computer code.”

Benjamin Wittes: “A lot of people at the bureau—leadership and street agents, analysts and staff alike—are flirting with heroism right now.”