Trump appoints Musk to dismantle government bureaucracy

(BBC) US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk to jointly lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency”

Trump says the body will “dismantle government bureaucracy” and could be the Manhattan Project of our time – a reference to the top-secret effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War Two.

Trump has also picked Pete Hegseth a fox news host and Army veteran to be defence secretary.

Meanwhile, John Ratcliffe is appointed Director of national intelligence and Kristin Noem will lead the department of Homeland security.

And Republicans are closing in on a majority in the house of representatives.