4 h. ago Tesla stock soars after Elon Musk announces he's 'easing out' of DOGE

Tesla stock surged nearly 20% after Elon Musk announced he's scaling back his government role to refocus on the company. The pivot came during Tesla's earnings call, soothing investor fears.

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11 h. ago It’s Jeff Bezos vs Elon Musk as Amazon boss gets into the electric car business

New Slate EV is a pick-up that can morph into an SUV – at a fraction of the cost of a Tesla Cybertruck

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16 h. ago Jon Stewart says Elon Musk ghosted him over Daily Show interview invite

‘I think everyone has been left on read at some point by that gentleman’, Jon Stewart said in his latest podcast episode

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22 h. ago ‘I’ll hook you up to a f***ing polygraph test,’ a furious Hegseth told acting chair of the Joint Chief of Staff in hunt for leak: report

Hegseth threatened top staff with polygraph tests following reports that the Pentagon invited Elon Musk for a briefing on China

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25 h. ago Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer

Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents say AI company has distributed leaflets that downplay pollution dangersElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his company xAI. Community residents and environmental activists say that since the supercomputer was fired up last summer it has become one of the biggest air polluters in the county. But some local officials have championed the billionaire, saying he’s investing in Memphis.The first public hearing with the health department is scheduled for Friday, where county officials will hear from all sides of the debate. In the run-up to the hearing, secretive fliers claiming xAI has low emissions were sent to residents of historically Black neighborhoods; at the same time, environmental groups have been amassing data about how much pollution the AI company is likely generating. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago London Marathon ditches X as chief hits out at Elon Musk's social media site

London Marathon ditches X as chief hits out at Elon Musk's social media site  GB News

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35 h. ago New York man took Elon Musk at his word that Teslas could drive themselves. Then he hit a tree

Exclusive: Compliance exec Ashutosh Shankar “was promised full self-driving capability,” but Tesla didn’t deliver, attorney Robert Greenstein told The Independent

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36 h. ago Kimmel on Trump’s White House flagpoles: ‘The kind of decision you make when you can’t get an erection’

Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s plans to install two 100-ft flagpoles at the White House, and Elon Musk stepping back from Doge to focus on TeslaWith many late-night hosts still on holiday, Jimmy Kimmel looks at Donald Trump’s new White House flagpole obsession and Elon Musk’s Tesla woes. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago USPS workers sound alarm over Trump efforts to dismantle service: ‘The hounds are at the door

The United States Postal Service is now facing off with Trump and Elon Musk’s Doge over privatizationUS postal workers – and many who depend on them – may have sighed in relief when the Trump-appointed postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, resigned last month. Now, postal workers and others fear the worst is to come.Many feared DeJoy, a prolific Trump donor and trucking logistics executive who pushed a 10-year consolidation plan at the agency, would be the man who would finally dismantle the United States Postal Service (USPS). Now the service is facing off with an empowered Trump and Elon Musk, his billionaire backer and chainsaw-wielding leader of his government job-cutting “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Which companies have boycotted X/Twitter – London Marathon latest to quit platform

The organisers of this weekend’s event have said the platform has ‘descended into a gutter’

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42 h. ago London Marathon organisers boycott X over platform’s ‘descent into gutter’ and abuse

Hugh Brasher hit out at social media trolls directing hate towards Eilish McColgan

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52 h. ago Trump signals that Elon Musk will 'ease out' of his administration and DOGE with very cryptic comment

The president said Elon Musk 'was a tremendous help' a day after the world's richest man announced he would be limiting his government role. Tesla's stock tanked in the last quarter.

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53 h. ago Elon Musk in White House 'WWE' style shouting match before stepping back from DOGE

Elon Musk has reportedly had a bust up with another key figure in the Trump administration, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, at the White House where witnesses described the pair going "chest-to-chest"

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53 h. ago Musk damaged Tesla's brand in just a few months. Fixing it will likely take longer

Elon Musk intends to focus more on his job as Tesla CEO, but it’s unclear if the billionaire will be able to solve a big problem of his own making: damage to its brand

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54 h. ago London Marathon becomes latest organisation to boycott Elon Musk's 'gutter' X platform

Event Director Hugh Brasher also confirmed transgender women will be allowed to run as females despite Supreme Court ruling

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55 h. ago Explosive moment Elon Musk got into yelling match with Trump's most trusted adviser: 'It was WWE in the West Wing'

Two billionaire advisors to President Donald Trump engaged in a heated shouting match in the White House that triggered alarm in the building.

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56 h. ago Elon Musk and Scott Bessent had a ‘very loud’ shouting match in the West Wing: ‘two billionaire, middle

The two billionaires have a testy relationship dating back to the post-election transition period

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57 h. ago Treasury secretary says China tariffs not sustainable as US signals willingness to de

Scott Bessent said the tariffs – 145% on Chinese products and a retaliatory 125% on US products – would have to come down before talks can proceedStock markets rise as Trump backtracks on high China tariffs and firing Fed chairNato secretary general Mark Rutte will visit the US and meet the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the national security adviser, Mike Waltz, according to a media notice shared by the military alliance’s press office.Rutte will visit the US on 24 and 25 April. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago London Marathon organisers boycott X over ‘descent into gutter’ under Musk

Trans women to remain barred from elite female racesEvent director hits out at abuse aimed at Eilish McColganThe London Marathon has revealed that it is permanently boycotting X, with event director Hugh Brasher accusing the social media platform of “descending into a gutter” since Elon Musk took charge.Brasher’s comments came after he was asked about the horrific levels of abuse suffered online by Eilish McColgan, who has been accused of “looking like a skeleton” and having anorexia after posting videos on social media of her training before Sunday’s race. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Law firms targeted by Trump ask judges to permanently bar executive orders against them – live

Law firms Perkins Coie and WilmerHale say Trump’s executive orders against them are acts of retaliation that violate US constitutional protectionsNato secretary general Mark Rutte will visit the US and meet the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the national security adviser, Mike Waltz, according to a media notice shared by the military alliance’s press office.Rutte will visit the US on 24 and 25 April. Continue reading...

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