45 m. ago From ‘odd’ Musk to ‘painful’ tariffs: key takeaways from interviews with Trump’s chief of staff

Susie Wiles has spoken to Vanity Fair magazine in a series of 11 interviews that she has since dismissed as a ‘hit piece’The president’s chief of staff Susie Wiles has given her own, unvarnished thoughts about Donald Trump’s administration, in a series of interviews published by Vanity Fair magazine, revealing details and opinions that presidential aides usually save for memoirs long after they have left power.From calling out attorney general Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, to criticising Elon Musk over the dismantling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Wiles has offered an unusually candid look inside the White House, after maintaining a low profile for much of Trump’s term. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage

In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn’t excessively offensive and was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian classification review board has overturned a decision to block Australians seeing footage of the shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on social media after Elon Musk’s X appealed against the ruling sought by the eSafety commissioner.After Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University on 10 September, the eSafety commissioner applied to the board to have video of the shooting classified in Australia. The video was ruled to be “refused classification”, which allowed eSafety to serve notices on social media platforms ordering them to geo-block the posts from view for Australia-based users. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Elon Musk’s X Corp sues social media startup over effort to claim ‘Twitter’ brand

Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and rebranded the social media platform to X

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10 h. ago Trump's White House in chaos over chief of staff's 'hit piece' on Epstein and Elon Musk

Susie Wiles' explosive Vanity Fair interview has thrown Trump's White House into chaos, with the chief of staff now calling the article a "hit piece"

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13 h. ago Trump’s White House chief rips Elon Musk for USAID cuts ‘no rational person’ could support

Wiles calls Elon Musk an ‘avowed’ ketamine user who kept sleeping bag in his office

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13 h. ago Trump’s ‘ice maiden’ Susie Wiles unloads on president’s agenda in candid interviews with Vanity Fair

White House chief of staff labels JD Vance a ‘conspiracy theorist’ and Elon Musk an ‘avowed ketamine’ user in revealing interviews throughout the president’s chaotic year in office

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14 h. ago Donald Trump's team in chaos over top aide's explosive interview on Epstein, alcohol and Elon Musk

Susie Wiles posted on X for the first time in more than a year in order to push back against Vanity Fair's profile of her - an indication the article is sparking tumult inside the White House

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31 h. ago Elon Musk’s net worth hits estimated $600bn as SpaceX prepares for IPO

Startup valuation, likely to go public at $800bn, will bolster Musk’s wealth to an estimated $677bn, according to ForbesElon Musk on Monday became the first person ever worth $600bn, according to Forbes. The news comes on the heels of reports that his SpaceX startup was likely to go public at a valuation of $800bn.Musk, who was the first to surpass $500bn in net worth in October, owns an estimated 42% stake in SpaceX, which is preparing to go public next year. No other person has hit the $500bn mark. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Florida man says his wife ‘wants a divorce’ after he lost $45,000 on an AI

The 69-year-old was reportedly targeted after he posted in a Facebook group advertising Elon Musk car giveaways

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62 h. ago Grimes reveals petty treatment by Elon Musk after he 'blocked' her

Singer Grimes lashed out at her ex-partner Elon Musk as she took to social media to accuse him of having previously blocked her on his own social media platform X

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3 d. ago ‘If you have a womb, you’re a woman’: Elon Musk post on womanhood sparks heated debate

The 13-word post generated more than 30 million views and tens of thousands of comments.

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4 d. ago Elon Musk says 'only a matter of time' before Steve Bannon goes back to prison after he's pictured with Epstein

Musk's remark reignited his bitter feud with Bannon, who previously served four months in prison for contempt of Congress.

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4 d. ago Elon Musk says 'only matter of time' Steve Bannon is jailed after disturbing Epstein pic

Elon Musk has claimed ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon will “go back to prison” after a newly released photo showed Bannon meeting Jeffrey Epstein, with a disturbing image

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4 d. ago South Africa eases affirmative action regulations on Starlink and others that Musk said were racist

South Africa’s communications minister has ordered a policy change that allows Elon Musk's Starlink and other foreign-owned satellite internet providers to operate in the country without selling 30% of their local equity to Black or other non-white owners

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5 d. ago Elon Musk teams with El Salvador to bring Grok chatbot to public schools

President Nayib Bukele entrusting chatbot known for calling itself ‘MechaHitler’ to create ‘AI-powered’ curriculaElon Musk is partnering with the government of El Salvador to bring his artificial intelligence company’s chatbot, Grok, to more than 1 million students across the country, according to a Thursday announcement by xAI. Over the next two years, the plan is to “deploy” the chatbot to more than 5,000 public schools in an “AI-powered education program”.xAI’s Grok is more known for referring to itself as “MechaHitler” and espousing far-right conspiracy theories than it is for public education. Over the past year, the chatbot has spewed various antisemitic content, decried “white genocide” and claimed Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago These are the key AI players on the cover of Time's 'Architects of AI' magazine

Accompanying Time’s annual person of the year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s showing eight of the “Architects of AI” sitting on the beam

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5 d. ago Charlie Puth begs Elon Musk to quiet rocket launches near his house after scaring his pregnant wife

Pop star said sonic booms ‘violently shook our whole house’

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6 d. ago Musk calls Doge only ‘somewhat successful’ and says he would not do it again

Speaking on a rightwing podcast, the billionaire said he would not go back and lead the job-cutting program again Elon Musk has said the aggressive federal job-cutting program he headed early in Donald Trump’s second term, known as the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), was only “a little bit successful” and he would not lead the project again.Musk said he wouldn’t want to repeat the exercise, talking on the podcast hosted by Katie Miller, a rightwing personality with a rising profile who was a Doge adviser and who is married to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigration deputy chief of staff. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago SpaceX plans to go public with $1.5 trillion valuation, reports say

Elon Musk’s company is planning to use funds from the IPO to develop space-based data centres

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6 d. ago Elon Musk concedes that DOGE was only ‘somewhat successful’ in interview with Stephen Miller’s wife

The Tesla and X billionaire opened up about his experience running the now shut down DOGE and his thoughts on God

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