President Trump and Elon Musk's assault on government data is fueling concerns in business, academia, newsrooms and beyond that critical information about vital subjects may be unreliable — if it exists at all.

Donald Trump ran his presidential campaign promising to abolish entire federal agencies and departments, but it’s not quite so easy for a president to simply end an organization that was created and funded each year by Congress,

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a number of orders which included establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE. This program, led by Musk, has caused a stir by going through government programs to validate funding.