8 h. ago Trump news live: President insists Elon Musk and Marco Rubio have great relationship after reports of cabinet bust

President’s comments follow turbulent week on Wall Street over tariff uncertainty

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9 h. ago Republican leadership tells party to stop holding public events – what impact will that have?

While it might save some politicians from public humiliation, it could also deprive Americans of opportunities to interact with their elected officialsAfter Roger Marshall, a senator from Kansas, was hounded out of his own town hall event last week, Republican party leaders had had enough. Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, and Richard Hudson, the chair of the GOP’s fundraising body, decided the embarrassment had to end, and they told Republicans to stop holding the public events.But while that might save some Republican politicians from public humiliation, it could also deprive Americans of opportunities to interact with their elected officials, experts said, and prevent people from letting their representatives they are not happy with the increasingly divisive direction of the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago ‘Nothing like this in American history’: the crisis of Trump’s assault on the rule of law

Even if the supreme court were to resist the president’s onslaught, it has little means to enforce its decisionsWhen the chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts, delivered his bombshell ruling last July granting Donald Trump absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts, he laid out his vision of an expansive presidency. The executive, he wrote, should be “vigorous and energetic”, and free to carry out duties “boldly and fearlessly”.If that sums up Roberts’ ideal occupant of the Oval Office, then he has certainly got what he wants in the 47th president. In his first month back, Trump has vigorously fired tens of thousands of federal workers; energetically ignored congressional statutes; boldly run roughshod over the constitution; and fearlessly unleashed Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, in a slash-and-burn campaign against the US government. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago SNL mocks peacemaker Trump after Elon Musk and Marco Rubio clash in cabinet meeting

The billionaire is ‘doing incredible things in terms of explosions and with regard to rocket debris’

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21 h. ago Donald Trump's wild social media outburst after rumors about brutal Musk

Donald Trump broke his silence on his 'First Buddy' Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio getting into a huge argument in the Oval Office.

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25 h. ago 'Elon Musk effect' has stargazers peering at Mars, Saturn and Uranus in record numbers

Telescope sales are on the rise partly due to the 'Elon Musk effect' with demands for telescopes growing as space fans want to get a glimpse of Mars, Saturn and Uranus

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25 h. ago Musk’s DOGE team gets access to sensitive child support database despite objections from officials

DOGE’s efforts to probe separate IRS data are currently on hold

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25 h. ago Coe targets Musk and Zuckerberg talks over ‘pond life’ abuse of female athletes

IOC presidency candidate wants discussions if elected‘It is vital that women feel that sport is a safe space’Sebastian Coe will demand urgent talks with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to stop “pond life” abusing female sports stars with impunity if he becomes International Olympic Committee president.Speaking after a week in which Emma Raducanu spoke about not being able “see the ball through tears” after being approached by a stalker, and Eilish McColgan faced a blizzard of hate after posting a video of her running on social media, Lord Coe pledged to create a taskforce to find better ways to protect female athletes. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Elon Musk protestors clash with cops in chaotic scenes after occupying Tesla showroom

A protest in Manhattan has become the latest in the US to target a Tesla site amid Elon Musk's continued DOGE role in Donald Trump's administration

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33 h. ago Donald Trump responds to 'clash' between Elon Musk and senior cabinet officials

Elon Musk is said to have thrown insults at top members of Donald Trump's cabinet during a fiery meeting in the White House - the US president has now responded to the reports

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33 h. ago Where do Britain stand in the global space race? ...The Standard podcast

Plus, we hear from Castrol on their AstroAnt lunar robot

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33 h. ago ‘Major brand worries’: Just how toxic is Elon Musk for Tesla?

With sales down and electric vehicle rivals catching up, the rightwing politico’s brand is driving into a stormGlobally renowned brands would not, ordinarily, want to be associated with Germany’s far-right opposition. But Tesla, one of the world’s biggest corporate names, does not have a conventional chief executive.After Elon Musk backed Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) – calling the party Germany’s “only hope” – voters are considering an alternative to Tesla. Data released on Thursday showed that registrations of the company’s electric cars in Germany fell 76% to 1,429 last month. Overall, electric vehicle registrations rose by 31%. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans

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38 h. ago Molly Mae's 'playful' star sign could show real feelings for Tommy Fury as pair 'spotted'

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Mae Hague and Tommy Fury dramatically split in August 2024 leaving many Love Island fans shocked - but will they get back together? Well, it might be written in the stars

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39 h. ago ‘Musk? He’s horrendous’: Martha Lane Fox on diversity, tech bros and International Women’s Day

The investor and former Twitter board member believes rejecting DEI initiatives is simply denying US firms talentAs Elon Musk grinned in the Oval Office, one of Britain’s most influential tech investors looked on in horror. “He is absolutely horrendous. I have said it multiple times: I think it is horrifying what is happening,” says Martha Lane Fox.For the British peer and ex-Twitter board member, the sight of Musk holding forth from the bully pulpit of Donald Trump’s White House shows the Silicon Valley dream has gone sour. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Mike Johnson dramatically SPLITS from Elon Musk and DOGE: 'It's going to be corrected'

House Speaker Mike Johnson has distanced himself from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), vowing that controversial government cuts will be 'corrected.'

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47 h. ago Marco Rubio unleashes his fury on Elon Musk in heated cabinet meeting, report says

Trump silently watched much of the exchange between his Secretary of State and DOGE leader, the report says

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48 h. ago Inside Trump's explosive Cabinet meeting where he spectacularly snubbed Elon Musk

Elon Musk clashed with multiple senior Trump administration officials at the the hastily called Cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to a new bombshell report.

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48 h. ago Elon Musk's social media platform X refused to hand over account details of hundreds of users in the wake of last summer's far right riots

Figures published by X showed it refused 53 per cent of the Government's requests for non-public information in the second half of 2024 related to last summer's far-Right riots.

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50 h. ago New photos offer rare glimpse of Elon Musk's Texas empire, where he keeps his favorite baby mama VERY close... as neighbors spill on how billionaire really lives

With its six bedrooms, a pool, and modest garden, Elon Musk's $6million Austin mansion is an unlikely home for a billionaire who could afford to live in a palace if he chose.

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