6 h. ago Elon Musk backs down in Trump battle as Tesla stocks nosedive and MAGA threatens to kick him out the country

Elon Musk appears to have begun walking back his attacks on Donald Trump barely 12 hours after stunning the world with a social media spree.

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6 h. ago US charges Kilmar Ábrego García with people smuggling as he is returned from El Salvador

US attorney general Pam Bondi says Ábrego García is back on US soil but will be sent back to El Salvador after serving a sentence if convictedTesla shares rose on Friday as investors took some comfort from White House aides scheduling a call with CEO Elon Musk to broker peace after a public feud with President Donald Trump, reports Reuters. The electric carmaker’s shares were up about 5% in Frankfurt on Friday, having closed down 14.3% on Thursday in New York, losing about $150bn in market value.“It’s unlikely that Trump will end subsidies and contracts with Tesla. Those are obviously threats that are unlikely to come into fruition,” Fiona Cincotta, senior market analyst at City Index told Reuters. “I don’t expect this to blow out into anything more serious than a war of words for a couple of days.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García reportedly on his way back to the US to face criminal charges

Federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the US, media report saysTesla shares rose on Friday as investors took some comfort from White House aides scheduling a call with CEO Elon Musk to broker peace after a public feud with President Donald Trump, reports Reuters. The electric carmaker’s shares were up about 5% in Frankfurt on Friday, having closed down 14.3% on Thursday in New York, losing about $150bn in market value.“It’s unlikely that Trump will end subsidies and contracts with Tesla. Those are obviously threats that are unlikely to come into fruition,” Fiona Cincotta, senior market analyst at City Index told Reuters. “I don’t expect this to blow out into anything more serious than a war of words for a couple of days.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Donald Trump hits back in Elon Musk feud saying Space X boss 'out of his mind' and considers selling Tesla

War-of-words between US president and world’s richest man escalates further after explosive public falling-out

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9 h. ago Elon Musk backs down in Trump battle as Tesla stocks nosedive and MAGA threatens to kick him out the country: Live updates

Elon Musk appears to have begun walking back his attacks on Donald Trump barely 12 hours after stunning the world with a social media spree.

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10 h. ago Fears Elon Musk could name Prince Andrew after Donald Trump feud Epstein 'bomb'

Fears are growing over Elon Musk's next possible move after he claimed Trump was named in the Epstein files - There is no suggestion Trump knew of any crimes or participated in any criminal behaviour

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10 h. ago Donald Trump hits back in Elon Musk feud saying Space X boss 'out of his mind' as he considers selling Tesla

War-of-words between US president and world’s richest man escalates further after explosive public falling-out

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10 h. ago Money can’t buy him love: Republicans give Elon Musk the cold shoulder

The billionaire’s acrimonious blow-up with Trump is a time to choose sides – and legislators are toeing the Maga lineUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk may believe his money bought the presidential election and the House of the Representatives for the Republicans. But he is discovering painfully and quickly that it has not bought him love, loyalty or even fear among many GOP members of Congress on Capitol Hill.Faced with the choice of siding with Musk, the world’s richest man, or Donald Trump, after the two staged a public relationship breakdown for the ages on Thursday, most Republicans went with the man in the Oval Office, who has shown an unerring grasp of the tactics of political intimidation and who remains the world’s most powerful figure even without the boss of Tesla and SpaceX by his side. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Savannah Guthrie mocks Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s feud, says it’s ‘giving 7th

Relationship between the president and his former billionaire ally appears to have imploded

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10 h. ago Donald Trump says Elon Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to presidentUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has accused Elon Musk of “losing his mind” as the dramatic breakdown between America’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person escalated into a full-blown feud that could have seismic political and economic consequences.In a series of phone calls to US media on Friday morning, Trump snapped back at Musk, after the tech mogul and Republican financier launched an extraordinary social media attack on the president the day before, which ended with him accusing Trump of being named in the so-called “Epstein files” – documents related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump tries to offload his Tesla as he reveals what's driving Elon Musk's public meltdown: Live updates

Donald Trump moved to sell his Tesla in a parting insult to Elon Musk as he suggested the world's richest man has 'lost his mind.'

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11 h. ago Trump says ‘I’m not even thinking about Elon’ as Musk loses $33bn in net worth amid feud – live

Trump tells CNN Musk ‘has a problem’ and that he does not plan to speak to the Tesla CEO for a whileTrump says Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offeringTesla shares rose on Friday as investors took some comfort from White House aides scheduling a call with CEO Elon Musk to broker peace after a public feud with President Donald Trump, reports Reuters. The electric carmaker’s shares were up about 5% in Frankfurt on Friday, having closed down 14.3% on Thursday in New York, losing about $150bn in market value.“It’s unlikely that Trump will end subsidies and contracts with Tesla. Those are obviously threats that are unlikely to come into fruition,” Fiona Cincotta, senior market analyst at City Index told Reuters. “I don’t expect this to blow out into anything more serious than a war of words for a couple of days.” Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Russia offers Elon Musk political asylum after billionaire's public feud with Donald Trump

Musk and Trump clashed earlier this week in a series of heated exchanges on social media

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13 h. ago Trump refuses to speak to Musk as he says Tesla boss has 'lost his mind'

Donald Trump has said he is "not even thinking about" Elon Musk as the pair's feud continues to spiral. The former allies have become embroiled in a bitter and very public spat

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13 h. ago Musk lost $34 billion in net worth as Tesla stock tanked amid Trump online war

Tesla’s stock plummeted 14 percent on Thursday as Trump and Musk traded barbs online

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14 h. ago Trump says Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Elon Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to presidentUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump appeared to dismiss a peace overture from his former close political ally Elon Musk on Friday, calling him someone who had “lost his mind” as the extraordinary falling out between the two men looked set to continue.The US president and the richest person in the world – who had been tasked with slashing the federal government – fell out in spectacular fashion on Thursday in a series of escalating social media posts that roiled the political world. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Elon Musk takes Trump feud to next level with more Epstein files claims as aides try to broker peace: Live updates

Donald Trump branded Elon Musk 'the man who has lost his mind' as the world's richest man escalated his feud with the president.

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16 h. ago How much money Elon Musk lost because of feud with Donald Trump

Musk's government contracts were on the line as he continued to take part in a savage war with words against Trump, with their partnership breaking down over a tax-cut and spending bill.

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17 h. ago Musk’s tax bill attacks have rattled Republicans. But Trump still reigns supreme | Lloyd Green

In the end, we’re likely to see a legislative pastiche – a Frankenstein’s monster forged by political necessityThe feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is a godsend for Democrats, a headache for the president and a problem for Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House. Between now and the Fourth of July, Trump expects congressional Republicans to deliver a badly needed win. After more than four months back in the Oval Office, he still lacks a major legislative achievement.Republicans control both the House and Senate, but the public sees goose eggs on the scoreboard. Almost daily, the courts upend the president’s executive orders. Slim legislative majorities and government by rage come with drawbacks.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992 Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Blow by blow, how Elon Musk tore apart friendship with Trump with one bombshell post after another on X, from endorsing his impeachment to wild claims about Jeffrey Epstein

The public feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk resembles a dispute between two children in the playground - except one is the leader of the free world and the other the world's richest man

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