The one agency that might have the muscle to oppose Elon Musk
Musk wants to publicly tangle with the regulator that has the most muscle to flex over his space business. Will his strategy work?
Trump's new FCC pick is a win for Elon Musk
Brendan Carr, a Republican who Trump first put on the commission in 2017, has emerged in recent years as a vocal defender of Musk and his companies.
All About Elon Musk's 12 Children — And Why He Has So Many
CEO Elon Musk has lent his voice to a wide variety of issues over the years, most recently advocating for Donald Trump during the presidential election. One cause the tech entrepreneur, 53, is particularly passionate about is "pro-natalism,
Elon Musk’s Political Influence
We explore Musk’s agenda and ideology. By Jonathan Mahler I’m a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. Over the course of the 2024 presidential campaign, Elon Musk went from dark-money donor to high-profile surrogate to unofficial chief of staff.
Elon Musk and Trump adviser reportedly clash over cabinet picks – US politics live
X owner and adviser Boris Epshteyn reportedly came to blows over how much influence each exerts on president-elect’s choices for top administration jobs
Elon Musk's Influence Over Trump Might Lead to Tighter AI Rules
The South African immigrant, who's become one of the world's richest men through his work at PayPal, Tesla and other tech companies, is a prominent Trump booster poised to play an
How does Elon Musk define ‘efficiency’? We asked his former employees
Those who worked under Musk say his past efforts to micromanage in the private sector have yielded mixed results. Elon Musk has big plans for his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) once Donald Trump takes the White House in January.
Why Is Elon Musk Really Embracing Donald Trump?
After spending more than a hundred million dollars to help Trump get elected, Musk stands to earn a lot more. On Wednesday, during a gathering at Mar-a-Lago attended by some of Donald Trump ’s closest associates,
Elon Musk's businesses are soaring in value, except one. A look at every company he owns.
After President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk to join him in his second administration, the tech billionaire's ...
Elon Musk is looking for trillions in government waste, and defense is a massive potential target
Defense is the largest area of discretionary spending in the federal budget, and Elon Musk has been skeptical of its contract ...
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How Elon Musk’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Government-Slashing Spree Could Backfire
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are the perfect partners for a president ... Ramaswamy said on a September podcast that if the federal government fired 75 percent of its employees, “not a thing” ...
Elon Musk is good at layoffs. His cost-cutting expertise may not work at DOGE.
Last week, Donald Trump announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, which promises to " Federal ...
How Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency could actually work
The department wouldn't be a department at all, but an outside group that can likely only make suggestions — unless Trump ...
Tesla Stock Rises 8%: What We Know About Trump’s Impact On Musk’s EV Giant
Tesla stock is up 37% in volatile post-election trading as Wall Street digests a complicated web of Trump policies which may ...
Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. Tesla and SpaceX benefit from it
Over the last 16 years, Musk's business deals with the government total nearly $20 billion, according to federal contracting ...
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Elon Musk and DOGE: What You Need to Know About the Department of Government Efficiency
Co-led by Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aims to massively cut U.S. spending under President-elect ...
What We Know About Elon Musk’s ‘Department Of Government Efficiency’—Staffed By 80-Hour-A-Week ‘Revolutionaries’
Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are looking for "super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries" willing to work ...
What to know about Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head an effort, dubbed DOGE, to reduce wasteful federal spending. Here's what ...
Elon Musk’s Trump gamble keeps paying dividends as advertisers resume spending on X after high-profile departure
Sending business to X may be a way of placating Musk now that the entrepreneur has the ear of the president-elect, someone ...