Elon Musk
LAS VEGAS — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., continued their series of anti-Trump rallies Thursday in Las Vegas and Arizona by decrying the "oligarchy" they say the president and Elon Musk are forcing on the American... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the personal data of millions of Americans currently held in the secure hands of the Social Security Administration. The ruling by U.S.... Read More
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to halt the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development in the first ruling to take aim directly at Elon Musk. The judge said Musk appears to... Read More
WASHINGTON — A group of leading Democrats, including Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., and Richard Neal, D-Mass., are demanding answers from the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about the recent purge of employees at the... Read More
WASHINGTON — If at first you don’t succeed, hit retry and retry and retry again. That was the message from Elon Musk’s X as the social media platform experienced multiple outages on Monday. Musk attributed the outages to a "massive"... Read More
WASHINGTON — The deadline came and went at midnight Monday for federal workers to respond to Elon Musk's email requiring them to justify their job performance in the past week or get fired. Federal workers are saying Tuesday that the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Yes, there was a chainsaw — a gift from Argentine President Javier Milei — and the odd pair of sunglasses that made him look a bit like Officer Barbrady from “South Park,” but the main takeaway from Elon... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday to all government agency heads telling them to submit reorganization plans within 30 days as he continues to downsize the government. He told them to prepare for widespread staff reductions.... Read More
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk made something of a surprise appearance in the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon, defending the work of the Department of Government Efficiency as his young son tugged at the hem of his long... Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Monday blasted Trump administration efforts to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, calling the move, which picked up steam this weekend, a “scam” and a “payoff to the rich guys who invested in... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday afternoon during a press conference that he plans to fulfill his campaign pledge to close down the U.S. Department of Education. He wants to shift control over education to the states. “We would... Read More
WASHINGTON — Social media giant TikTok shut down for only hours Sunday after losing in a Supreme Court judgment but restored service soon after with help from newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. Congress wanted the short-form video app to halt... Read More
Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC formed less than a month before the election that focused on advertising intended to convince voters that Donald Trump 's stance on abortion was akin to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth... Read More
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the tech mega-stars tapped to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s new government efficiency panel, are leaving nothing to the imagination when it comes to the effort they’ll soon undertake to cut the federal bureaucracy... Read More
DALLAS, Texas — The X social media company sued an international coalition of advertisers Tuesday that owner Elon Musk claims is coordinating an effort to boycott its platform. The coalition, called the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, says it tries... Read More
WASHINGTON — The world’s richest man fired back Monday against his accusers who say he supports white supremacy by filing a lawsuit against the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America. He says in the lawsuit filed in federal... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. — Tesla Inc.'s board of directors agreed Monday to return $735 million to shareholders who sued them for reaping windfall personal income off of the company's revenue. The lawsuit accused the auto company’s top executives of getting "outrageous"... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk was depicted Wednesday as either a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of “regular people" or a well-intentioned visionary as attorneys delivered opening statements at a trial focused on a Tesla buyout that never... Read More
More than half of 17.5 million users who responded to a Twitter poll created by billionaire Elon Musk over whether he should step down as head of the company had voted yes by the time the poll closed Monday. There... Read More
Elon Musk's Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems... Read More
WASHINGTON — A letter posted to Twitter’s Slack feed by a company lawyer, detailing the utter chaos the social media outlet has descended into since Elon Musk took control of it, has prompted a rare public rebuke from the Federal... Read More
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk completed his $44 billion buyout of Twitter late Thursday. One of his first acts was to fire top executives of one of the world’s most influential social media companies. The multibillion-dollar company dropped off the New... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. — Elon Musk reversed course Tuesday by saying he plans to proceed with his original $44 billion deal to buy social media giant Twitter Inc. Musk notified the Securities and Exchange Commission of his change of plan in... Read More
Elon Musk has gotten into a Twitter tussle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the tech billionaire floated a divisive proposal to end Russia’s invasion. The Tesla CEO, soon facing a court fight over his attempt to abandon a $44 billion offer... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission officially denied applications from SpaceX to deploy Starlink satellites to help bridge the broadband gap and from another company, LTD Broadband, that would expand its wireless internet. “After careful legal, technical and policy review,... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Del. — Twitter’s lawsuit will move forward in a five-day trial in October, Delaware Court of Chancery chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a win for Twitter as the company had requested an expedited trial... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began to question Elon Musk about his potential attempt to pull out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter more than a month before he made it official. The questions came... Read More
WASHINGTON — Twitter sued Elon Musk Tuesday after the world’s richest man attempted to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company last week. The company calls his attempt to back out part of a... Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Twitter slid more than 6% at the opening bell Monday after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the company and the social media platform vowed to challenge Musk in... Read More
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk is officially pulling out of his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, according to a letter his lawyer sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday. According to his letter, Musk is backing out because Twitter... Read More
