US President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the federal government, the largest purchaser of goods and services in the country, to stop purchasing paper straws.

The decision to downsize the government workforce is in line with Trump’s policy priorities to align it with the US government with an effort from tech billionaire Elon Musk.

By Steve Holland, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to order federal agencies to lay the groundwork for widespread firings of government workers,

President Donald Trump expected to sign an executive order Tuesday instructing the Department of Government Efficiency to plan for cuts to federal workforce staffing numbers.