2 h. ago Musk may indeed have won Trump the election. But his Wisconsin cheesehead humiliation proved he’d lost the juice

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s shared personality traits made their alliance a heavenly match. They also made it a ticking time bomb, writes Io Dodds

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3 h. ago Trump warns Musk of ‘very serious consequences’ if he backs Democrats

US president says he’s ‘too busy doing other things’ to try to reconcile with erstwhile ally and campaign backerDonald Trump warned Elon Musk on Saturday that he faces “very serious consequences” if he funds Democratic candidates following the pair’s epic public bust-up this week.The warning, delivered in an interview with NBC News scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, follows days of feuding and threats after Musk called Republicans’ budget legislation an “abomination”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Elon Musk deletes explosive Trump claim off social media as feud boils over

Elon Musk has sparked a political firestorm after posting — then deleting — a bombshell claim linking Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.

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5 h. ago ‘Okay, wow’: JD Vance reacts to Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet

JD Vance broke his silence on the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview with comedian Theo Von.

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5 h. ago Trump threatens Musk with 'very serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates

Donald Trump says he is "too busy" to speak to "depressed and heartbroken" ex-bestie Elon Musk after the two shared jibes on social media earlier in the week - and threatened 'serious consequences'

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5 h. ago Zia Yusuf announces return to Reform UK two days after quitting as chair

Party chair says he will lead a ‘Doge team’ inspired by Elon Musk and Donald TrumpZia Yusuf has said he will return to Reform UK, just two days after quitting the party.Yusuf was the rightwing party’s chair but resigned on Thursday after suggesting it was “dumb” of the party’s newest MP to ask the prime minister if he would ban the burqa. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s wife, in a ‘tricky situation’ after Musk and Trump’s falling out

Katie Miller worked for Mike Pence when Trump began attacking his then-vice president for not helping him overturn 2020 election

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6 h. ago Elon Musk DELETES social post making wild allegation about Donald Trump

The bromance between the US President and the erratic tech billionaire spectacularly imploded this week - with both sides making wild and unsubstantiated claims about each other on social media

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6 h. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk should not have gone 'nuclear' on Trump but hopes he 'comes back'

Trump's links to Epstein are well documented and he's downplayed them for years, but Musk has dragged them back into the spotlight with a bombshell post on X, which he later deleted

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6 h. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk’s attack against Trump is a ‘huge mistake’

Vice-president was interviewed by comedian Theo Von, who also asked him if he ‘got high’ on election nightJD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling-out between the two men.But the vice-president, in an interview released on Friday after the very public blowup between the world’s richest person and arguably the world’s most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk’s blistering attacks as an “emotional guy” who got frustrated. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago JD Vance reveals how President Donald Trump really feels about his Elon Musk bromance feud

JD Vance revealed how Donald Trump truly felt after his spectacular bromance breakdown with Elon Musk, which played out online, as the US Vice President addressed some major accusations

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7 h. ago House DOGE caucus leader says ‘everybody knew’ Elon Musk was exaggerating his cost

Utah representative Blake Moore said that behind the scenes, many were skeptical about the bold claims of the world’s richest man

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7 h. ago JD Vance breaks his silence on Trump and Musk feud after seeing Elon’s Epstein tweet during Theo Von interview

Comedian Theo Von was the first person to show Vice President JD Vance a tweet by Elon Musk accusing President Donald Trump of being in the Epstein files.

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8 h. ago Elon Musk deletes controversial tweet alleging Donald Trump was 'in the Epstein files'

The US president said the Tesla founder has ‘lost his mind’ after falling out over his spending plans

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9 h. ago A US territory's colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship

A criminal case in Alaska involving nearly a dozen people born in American Samoa is highlighting concerns about birthright citizenship and voting by people who are not U.S. citizens, issues that have been prominent in the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term

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9 h. ago ‘They’re perfect – until they aren’t’: why are people so interested in the Beckxit beef?

Coverage of the three-year family ‘feud’ has been extraordinary, and nothing seems off the table in the mediaIf the biggest feud of the week belongs to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, then the longest running is arguably “Beckxit”.The name given to the fallout between one of the most famous couples in the world – David and Victoria Beckham – and their less famous eldest son, Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Anne Peltz, was coined by the Daily Mail this year. But it covers a broader conflict that began in 2022, when Peltz wore Valentino instead of Victoria Beckham to her wedding, and brings us to this week’s lavish cover-shoot for German Glamour magazine in which the junior Beckhams discuss their “occasionally messy, very real love” and whether they might open a restaurant – without a word about her in-laws. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Stephen King puts the Trump and Musk feud into perspective with one scathing question

‘The world actually has problems,’ complained the author when addressing the fallout between the pair

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10 h. ago Republicans dismiss threat to Trump’s tax bill from Elon Musk

Party closes ranks after billionaire’s attacks on legislation prompt dramatic fall out with president

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10 h. ago What it would take to convert a jet from Qatar into Air Force One to safely fly Trump

President Donald Trump grew impatient with how long it was taking to finish new planes to serve as Air Force One, so he started to look for other options

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12 h. ago Why are Elon Musk and Donald Trump fighting? A timeline of their bitter feud and fallout

The pair’s relationship has spectacularly imploded in the past 10 days

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