Can billionaire Elon Musk build a third party that lasts? We look at the odds, the obstacles, and the history stacked against him.

Tesla is scheduled to make its first earnings report since Elon Musk stepped down from his White House role on Wednesday.

There’s more to launching a third party than posting about it on social media. But Musk can still "disrupt" America’s partisan status quo.

The White House said that DOGE’s mission is moving forward because of Trump. “Many Presidents have promised, but none other than President Trump has delivered to actually make government more efficient and root out waste, fraud, and abuse in Washington, and that mission is moving full steam ahead,” said White House spokesman Harrison Fields.