Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Omna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, Elon Musk steps down from his official White House role after overseeing a drastic slashing of federal spending and jobs.

Mississippi's governor discusses how Trump administration policy is affecting states, including

after natural disasters.

We think that the Trump administration taking a second look at the way in which FEMA operates,

makes perfect sense to us.

And a Harvard professor who's not shied away from criticizing the university speaks out against President Trump's latest attacks.

This is out and out of thoracariumism. This is the executive branch trying to throttle civil society organizations.

Welcome to the News Hour. Elon Musk's time in the White House has officially come to an end after attempting to reshape the federal government.

The world's richest man was tapped to lead a campaign to rein in government spending.

But as White House correspondent, Laura Barone Lopez reports, Musk's impact remains unclear,

and some agency budgets actually grew.

After a tumultuous tenure in the White House, an Oval Office send-off for Elon Musk. We'll remember you

as we announce billions of dollars of extra waste, fraud, and abuse. Thank you. Musk has been leading

the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or Doe, but he's hit the time limit as a special

government employee. Still, he's expected to advise Trump from afar.

We are relentlessly pursuing a trillion dollars in waste and for reductions,

which will benefit the American taxpayer.

His goal was to slash the federal bureaucracy, reducing what he called misuse and fraud.

Months later, he's provided no evidence to back up his fraud claims,

but thousands of federal employees were laid off and entire agencies shuttered.

He campaigned on saving the country at least $2 trillion, but has adjusted that significantly down,

saying only $160 billion could be saved this fiscal year.

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