2 h. ago Elon Musk claims US government workers to be put on leave if they fail to return to office – live

Billionaire claims workers will face administrative leave if they ‘ignored President Trump’s executive order’Musk demand for federal workers document what they do brings chaosMusk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestormHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives need to say so. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Confusion at US agencies over whether to comply with Elon Musk email demanding workers justify their jobs – US politics live

Government agencies give conflicting advice after email from Elon Musk demanding employees list accomplishments from past weekThe Trump administration has blocked a crucial step in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) process for funding medical research, likely in violation of a federal judge’s temporary restraining order on federal funding freezes.The NIH has stopped submitting study sections – meetings in which scientists peer review NIH grant funding proposals – to the Federal Register after the Trump administration paused health agency communications. By law, study sections must appear on the register 15 days in advance of meetings.Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning.Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Elon Musk responds to MAGA influencer's claims of 'pregnancy plot'

A former friend claims Ashley St. Clair planned to seduce the billionaire

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34 h. ago Conservative influencer sues Elon Musk for paternity test after claiming he is the father of her baby son

Ashley St. Clair says Elon Musk has shown no interest in custody and has only seen the baby on three occasions

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3 d. ago Elon Musk in row with Danish astronaut over claim Biden abandoned ISS pair

Musk claimed without evidence Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on orbital outpost for ‘political reasons’Elon Musk has become embroiled in a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire’s claim that the former US president Joe Biden abandoned two American astronauts at the International Space Station on purpose.Andreas “Andy” Mogensen accused Musk of lying when he claimed in a Fox News interview alongside Donald Trump that Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded for “political reasons” by Biden. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Grimes calls on ex Elon Musk to urgently respond over child’s ‘medical crisis’

Grimes has publicly called on her former partner Elon Musk to urgently respond to her after she claimed he failed to communicate with her about their child's "medical crisis."

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3 d. ago Elon Musk attacks 'despised' Zelensky and claims Kyiv 'feeding off dead soldiers' as US

Musk accused Kyiv of being a ‘massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers’

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3 d. ago Musk suggests Zelensky runs 'fraud machine feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers' as Washington's war of words with Kyiv deepens

The tech billionaire's unfounded claim will deepen Washington's war of words with Kyiv after the White House revealed President Donald Trump was 'very frustrated' with Zelensky.

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3 d. ago ‘What a lie’: Danish astronaut responds to Musk claim that Biden abandoned ISS pair on purpose

Musk claimed without evidence that Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on the orbital outpost for ‘political reasons’Elon Musk has got into a heated row with a Danish astronaut who criticised the tech billionaire’s claim that former president Joe Biden intentionally abandoned two American astronauts aboard the International Space Station.Andreas “Andy” Mogensen had on Thursday shared on X a Fox News clip featuring Musk and his boss, US President Donald Trump, in which Musk claimed Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on the orbital outpost for “political reasons” by Biden, and that the new administration was now coming to the rescue. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Scots Tesla owner claims car was targeted because of 'Elon Musk's views'

A Scots Tesla owner thinks he was targeted by 'evil' vandals because of 'Elon Musk's views'.

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5 d. ago Musk claims Nasa astronauts are stuck in space because of Biden

Elon Musk claimed two Nasa astronauts currently stuck in space had been left there by Joe Biden's administration “for political purposes" during a joint interview with Donald Trump conducted by Sean Hannity broadcast on Fox News on Tuesday (18 February).

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5 d. ago Elon Musk claims 'Twilight is real' and 'vampires exist' in baffling new theory

Elon Musk has reignited his bizarre theory that the US government is paying out funds to millions of people aged 100-150, while also referencing 'vampires'

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5 d. ago Elon Musk claims vampires are real and millions of people aged over 130 are defrauding government

Billionaire Elon Musk has once again raised eyebrows with a bizarre claim that 'vampires are real' and that 'people are living to 150' as he called for a 'cursory examination' of Social Security

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5 d. ago Musk makes bizarre hand gestures for Trump 'rabies' jibe in bombshell joint interview

Tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed people on the political left act like they have rabies when they hear Donald Trump's name, while giving a joint interview with the US president

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5 d. ago Elon Musk's bizarre hand gestures for Donald Trump 'rabies' jibe in first joint interview

Tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed people on the political left act like they have rabies when they hear Donald Trump's name, while giving a joint interview with the US president

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6 d. ago Elon Musk claims friends suffer from ‘Trump derangement syndrome’

Elon Musk declared that "[Donald] Trump derangement syndrome" is real in a joint interview with the US president broadcast on Monday, 17 February.

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6 d. ago Elon Musk unveils XAI’s Grok 3 claiming it is ‘smartest AI on Earth’

Grok 2 would be made open-source, Musk said

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6 d. ago Glamorous influencer forced to deny fake rumors she's carrying Elon Musk's baby too

Crypto journalist Tiffany Fong, 30, was forced to deny rumors that she is pregnant with another one of Elon Musk's children after Ashley St. Clair claimed to be carrying his baby.

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7 d. ago Elon Musk breaks silence after MAGA influencer claims he’s fathered 13th child

Musk is yet to directly respond to Ashley St. Clair, who claims to have given birth to their child five months ago

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7 d. ago Who is Ashley St Clair, the woman claiming to be the mother of Elon Musk's 13th child?

Right-wing influencer U-turns on Twitter exile and claims romance with Musk

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