Elon Musk arrived in Washington as the most powerful political outsider ever, brimming with Silicon Valley swagger and bipartisan buy-in for his goal of streamlining the federal government. He's leaving with his reputation in tatters,

Markets have been jittery about who’s pulling the levers of power in Washington this week, but investors finally got some of what they wanted—more Jerome Powell, less Elon Musk.President Donald Trump said he has no intention of firing Federal Reserve Chair Powell—a reversal from earlier comments that suggested otherwise and had pushed stocks lower Monday.