3 h. ago Trump live updates: Elon Musk issues ultimatum to federal workers; Hegseth defends firing top military leaders

Musk has asked all federal employees to explain what they’ve been working on or resign – a method to keep all leaders on the same page

Politics

3 h. ago ‘We are pissed’: opposition to Trump, slow to energize, now shakes off its slumber

The slash-and-burn approach of Trump and his ‘Doge’ head Elon Musk has reinvigorated resistance to the Republican administrationOn a bright winter’s day this week, a group of protesters fanned out along a palm tree-lined thoroughfare in the picturesque city of Palm Desert to demand that their Republican congressman stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn effort to reshape the American government. “You work for us, not Musk!” read one sign. “Remember your oath,” another warned, as a mobile billboard circled nearby, featuring the president and the billionaire tech mogul, with the message: “When he’s snooping through your bank accounts, you dump him.”The group, dozens strong, cheered wildly when the driver of a white Tesla turned the corner and laid on his horn. A smaller contingent of constituents had attempted to secure a meeting with the congressman, Ken Calvert, but found the door of his regional office locked and the blinds drawn. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘Heinous actions’: opposition to Trump, slow to energize, shakes off its slumber

The slash-and-burn approach of Trump and his ‘Doge’ head Musk has reinvigorated resistance to the administrationOn a bright winter’s day this week, a group of protesters fanned out along a palm tree-lined thoroughfare in the picturesque city of Palm Desert to demand that their Republican congressman stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn effort to reshape the American government. “You work for us, not Musk!” read one sign. “Remember your oath,” another warned, as a mobile billboard circled nearby, featuring the president and the billionaire tech mogul, with the message: “When he’s snooping through your bank accounts, you dump him.”The group, dozens strong, cheered wildly when the driver of a white Tesla turned the corner and laid on his horn. A smaller contingent of constituents had attempted to secure a meeting with the congressman, Ken Calvert, but found the door of his regional office locked and the blinds drawn. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements

Agency reportedly seeking guidance from DoJ as Musk’s demand sparks confusion across key government agenciesThe new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding to an email from the Donald Trump administration asking them to list their accomplishments in the last week as tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the federal government’s size.Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they achieved to the office of personnel management (OPM), sparking confusion across key agencies that included the US’s top law enforcement agency. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Disturbing reason NASA 'abandoned' stranded astronauts in space, according to experts

During a Tuesday interview, Elon Musk stated that NASA's decision to delay the return of the Starliner astronauts influenced by politics. Experts weigh in on that controversial idea.

Technology

5 h. ago Elon Musk will sack every US government employee if they don't do one thing in the next 48 hours

The richest man in the world has indicated he is ready to end the careers of millions of federal government workers if they can't reply to an email within 48 hours

Politics

7 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

Technology

7 h. ago Chain, chain, chain: political theatre confirms Elon Musk’s Maga hero status at jubilant CPAC

Emboldened and exultant, speakers put less emphasis on baiting liberals and more on spreading the Maga gospelWhat do you give the man who has everything? A ballroom full of cheering conservative activists found out this week when Elon Musk was presented with a chainsaw by Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, who has used the power tool as a symbol of his push to impose fiscal discipline.Wearing sunglasses, a black Maga baseball cap and a gold necklace, Musk giddily wielded the chainsaw up and down the stage. “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” he declared. Members of the audience shouted: “We love you!” Musk replied: “I love you guys, too!” And he quipped: “I am become meme.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'World's hottest gamer' says Elon Musk is a 'fraud' as she throws down challenge

EXCLUSIVE: Keera Kawaii, the 'world's hottest gamer', says she wants to play Elon Musk at Diablo and reckons she has a secret weapon to take down the billionaire SpaceX owner

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8 h. ago Musk tells US federal workers to explain what they achieved last week or be fired

‘Cruel and disrespectful’ request to employees sparks confusion across key government agenciesHundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the past week, sparking confusion across key agencies as the tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of government.Musk, who serves as President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, telegraphed the extraordinary request on his social media network on Saturday. Continue reading...

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10 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

Technology

12 h. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk’s productivity email as signs of power struggles emerge in D.C.: reports

Elon Musk’s DOGE email ultimatum to federal workers may have revealed internal tensions in Trump administration

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12 h. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk’s productivity email as signs of power struggles emerge in D.C.

Elon Musk’s DOGE email ultimatum to federal workers may have revealed internal tensions in Trump administration

Events

15 h. ago Trump live updates: President and Melania host nation’s governors; Elon Musk issues ultimatum to federal workers

President and first lady hosted the nation’s governors for an annual dinner at White House after Trump gave keynote speech at CPAC

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16 h. ago Elon Musk hits back as he shares baby mama Ashley St Clair's 'pregnancy plot' messages

MAGA influencer Isabella Moody has shared a series of text messages purportedly between she and St. Clair in which Musk's new baby mama appears to discuss seducing the billionaire.

Events

18 h. ago Elon Musk demands federal workers explain their jobs or be sacked

Billionaire steps up efforts to cull government employees with emailed deadline

Politics

18 h. ago Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week

Politics

20 h. ago Elon Musk reveals the dire consequence if federal employees don't respond to email asking 'what they got done'

Elon Musk has threatened all federal employees if they do not reply to his email asking what they've done.

Politics

21 h. ago Elon Musk sends incredible email to ALL US government staff threating sack if no reply

Elon Musk has become a role model in micromanagement after he sends a bizarre email to all US government staff, demanding to know what they have been up to in the last week

Politics

21 h. ago Elon Musk sued by Ashley St. Clair over custody of their son

Conservative influencer is seeking sole custody of the child and requesting a paternity test from DOGE billionaire

Politics

22 h. ago Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as US threat to block Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites fuels wave of alarmKeir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by insisting that Ukraine must be “at the heart of any negotiations” on a peace deal with Russia.The prime minister made the remarks – which run directly contrary to comments by the US president last week – in a phone call on Saturdaywith Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he also said that “safeguarding Ukraine’s sovereignty was essential to deter future aggression from Russia”. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago CPAC provides a safe space for Elon Musk against Bannon and parental responsibility

Analysis: Musk, facing lawsuit from his child’s mother and DOGE outrage, runs to CPAC for a warm embrace, writes John Bowden

Events

24 h. ago Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair shows rare delivery room photo of newborn baby

Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair shared a rare delivery room photo of her and her newborn son that she sent to the billionaire in new court filings as their custody battle begins.

Culture

25 h. ago The intimate getaway where Elon Musk and 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair 'conceived their child'

Elon Musk and his 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair rang in the New Year in St. Barts, where they allegedly conceived their child, court documents said.

Society

25 h. ago Elon Musk's shocking messages to 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair revealed

As part of the exhibits for the paternity petition, the conservative firebrand shared a picture of Musk holding her son, who was born in September of last year, and text exchanges between the two.

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26 h. ago Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair sues him for custody of son and demands he take paternity test

In a petition filed with the New York Supreme Court on Friday, St Clair, 26, says the Tesla CEO and DOGE Chief has had no involvement in the upbringing of their son.

Politics

27 h. ago Trump could ditch US’ $93 billion efforts to return to the moon to fuel Musk’s Mars dreams

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has called the moon a ‘distraction’ and signaled a shift toward Mars

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27 h. ago Elon's VERY different baby mamas: How Musk has welcomed 13 children with polar opposite women from 'anti

The founder of SpaceX , 53, is father to at least 12 children with three different women. Here FEMAIL explores the very different women behind the Tesla CEO's growing brood of children.

Society

29 h. ago Damon Hill declares ‘it’s over’ as F1 legend takes latest swipe at Elon Musk

Damon Hill has had a number of run-ins with Elon Musk over the past few months over the South African's ownership of Twitter and his relationship with Donald Trump

Politics

40 h. ago His increasingly bizarre behaviour is prompting rumours of chronic stress and even ketamine abuse. Now his ex claims their child is seriously unwell

Dressed in his all-black 'Dark Gothic MAGA' hat, black coat, T-shirt and sunglasses, Elon Musk was going for the rock star look as he came on stage on Thursday night in Maryland .

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41 h. ago Judge upholds ban on DOGE accessing sensitive Treasury information, for now

A federal judge in Manhattan has extended a ban on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency accessing sensitive Treasury Department information, but rejected broader restrictions sought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general who sued over the issue

Events

43 h. ago ‘Deadbeat dad’: Elon Musk under fire for apparently ignoring pleas from Grimes to help his sick child

Two women who have had children with Musk have been forced to make public pleas for him to respond to their messages

Events

44 h. ago DOGE eyed up by Scottish Labour as another UK party looks to copy Trump ‘waste’ policy

Scottish Labour has become the latest political party to outline plans for a UK equivalent of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, as British politicians look to copy US president Donald Trump's policy of tackling government 'waste'.

Politics

44 h. ago Donald Trump ramps up Ukraine row as senior diplomat backs 'dictator' jibe

Asked at CPAC if he agreed that Volodymyr Zelensky was a dictator, special envoy Rick Grenell indicated that he did - after Elon Musk accused Ukraine's president of 'sending people to the meat grinder for money'

Politics

45 h. ago Investigators find ANOTHER piece of SpaceX rocket in Poland after Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket broke up on 'uncontrolled re

Police and fire services were called out to the Wielkopolskie province after reports of an unidentified object in a forest area.

Technology

47 h. ago Democratic congressman who called Musk a ‘d***’ faces DOJ investigation over controversial fight comments

California Rep. Robert Garcia accused the DOJ of ‘silencing’ him for critical comments he made about Musk during an interview

Politics

47 h. ago Justice department drops discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

Technology

47 h. ago Justice department drop discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrantsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency”, or Doge. Continue reading...

Technology

47 h. ago Elon Musk calls for immediate destruction of NASA's $150 billion prized possession

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has called on NASA to destroy its $150 billion prized possession in a shocking statement.

Economics

49 h. ago Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees

President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce

Politics

49 h. ago Trump administration looks to slash HUD workers tackling the housing crisis

The Trump administration’s proposal to layoff half of federal workers at the nation’s housing agency is targeting employees who support disaster recovery, rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first-time homebuyers, according to two documents obtained by The Associated Press

Politics

49 h. ago DOGE staffer with history of racist posts is now working at Social Security

Marko Elez recently had ‘read/write’ access to massive Treasury Department database

Events

50 h. ago Ooops...We've sacked our nuclear weapons workers! Donald Trump team forced into emergency rehire of key staff

‘This shows a level of absolute incompetence in the firing process,” says Professor Don Moynihan

Events

50 h. ago Anas Sarwar echoes Donald Trump and Elon Musk by announcing Scottish Labour DOGE plan

The Scottish Labour leader said that he would create the department because of "the SNP's wasteful incompetence".

Politics

51 h. ago Senate passes budget funding Trump’s mass deportations; federal workers brace for more firings – US politics live

Senate Republicans approve spending plan that will pay for hardline immigration policies; mass layoffs get all-clear after judge lifts blockMass firings could cause ‘monumental’ bill, say expertsThe defense department will delay a plan to fire civilian employees on probation as it assess whether the move complies with the law and if it affects military readiness, CNN reports.The cuts were to be made as part of Donald Trump’s effort to dramatically downsize the federal government, which is being led by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency”. Here’s more, from CNN:The pause comes after CNN reported on Wednesday that the mass terminations, which could affect over 50,000 civilian employees across the Pentagon, could run afoul of Title 10 section 129a of the US code. Following that report, Pentagon lawyers began reviewing the legality of the planned terminations more closely, the officials said.That law says that the secretary of defense “may not reduce the civilian workforce ...

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51 h. ago Ooops...We've sacked our nuclear arsenal workers! Donald Trump team forced into emergency rehire of key staff

‘This shows a level of absolute incompetence in the firing process,” says Professor Don Moynihan

Politics

51 h. 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...

Politics

52 h. ago Bluesky boosts safety tools as user numbers continue to rise

The social media site has seen its user numbers more than double between November and January as users continue to flee Elon Musk’s X.

Politics

52 h. ago Horror fans react to Elon Musk’s chainsaw stunt: ‘Why is he acting like Leatherface?’

‘This Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake is terrible,’ joked one person

Events

52 h. ago President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to check if there is still gold in Fort Knox

‘It would be cool to do a live video walkthrough of Fort Knox!’ the Tesla billionaire, father of alleged 13, said on X

Politics

53 h. ago Tesla recalling more than 375,000 vehicles due to power steering issue

Tesla is recalling more than 375,000 vehicles due to a power steering issue

Politics

53 h. 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."

Events

54 h. ago Nigel Farage praises ‘hero’ Elon Musk during speech at US right

Nigel Farage heaped praise on Elon Musk in a speech at the right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in America on Thursday, 20 February, one month after the billionaire suggested he should stand down as leader of Reform UK.

Politics

54 h. ago Nigel Farage lavishes praise on Elon Musk at US rally after Trump ally said he should be ousted as Reform leader

Mr Farage used a speech at a pro-Trump rightwing rally in the US to label the X owner a 'hero of free speech' for his efforts to deregulate the social media platform.

Politics

54 h. ago Watch: Elon Musk waves chainsaw on stage in bizarre CPAC appearance

Elon Musk waved a blinged-out chainsaw around on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 20 February.

Politics

55 h. ago Grimes sends desperate plea to Elon Musk about their child's 'urgent medical crisis'

Grimes claimed their child could ‘suffer life-long impairment’ as a result of their health problems in a panicked post

Events

55 h. ago 'A fool for love': a look back at Elon Musk's storied relationship history

Emma Loffhagen takes a look back at the tech billionaire’s storied relationship history

Politics

55 h. ago Elon Musk's MAGA meltdown from struggling to speak to revving up chainsaw

Elon Musk took to the stage last night and the world held its breath – from brandishing a chainsaw to struggling to speak, the billionaire concerned many fans with a supposed 'meltdown'

Politics

55 h. ago Musk waves ‘chainsaw to bureaucracy’ on stage after Argentine president makes CPAC appearance

Elon Musk waved a blinged-out chainsaw around on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 20 February.

Politics

55 h. ago Musk accuses Ukraine leader Zelensky of ‘feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers’ in vicious rant on X

Musk also threatened changes to Community Notes on X as Trump administration has sought to falsely portray Ukrainian president as a ‘dictator’

Events

55 h. ago Who is Grimes? The singer and mother to 3 of Elon Musk's children

Canadian calls out tech boss for not responding to messages

Politics

56 h. ago Elon Musk wants the far right AfD to win the German election

Germany’s leading political figures say Musk will face consequences for his endorsement of the country’s far-right party, Tom Watling and Alicja Hagopian write

Politics

57 h. ago Elon Musk goes on bizarre rant accusing Zelensky of 'feeding off dead Ukrainian bodies'

Elon Musk has increasingly used his social media platform X/Twitter to share outrage at figures who have made negative comments about himself and President Donald Trump

Events

58 h. ago 8 deeply weird things Donald Trump and Elon Musk did while you were sleeping

The Mirror has been reporting from CPAC, the biggest gathering of the MAGA faithful, in Washington DC. Yesterday saw speeches from Liz Truss and Nigel Farage - but the oddest appearances came from Vice President JD Vance and a chainsaw wielding Elon Musk

Politics

59 h. 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’

Events

60 h. ago Japan to court Tesla on Nissan investment in exchange for US factories

Former PM Suga and ex-Tesla board member Mizuno plan to approach Elon Musk to support struggling carmaker

Events

61 h. ago Elon Musk hits out at astronaut with slur after being accused of 'lie'

Elon Musk blew up at former Space X astronaut on social media for calling out his lies, saying that the two astronauts stuck in space are there because of "political reasons"

Events

64 h. 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.

Events

64 h. 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...

Politics

65 h. ago Musk says his ‘mind is a storm’ as he waves chainsaw on stage in bizarre CPAC appearance

The bejeweled power tool was a gift from Trump ally Javier Milei, the Argentinian president who has often wielded a chainsaw around in public

Events

65 h. ago Elon Musk has crowd in stiches with witty comeback to critics saying he's a 'bought asset of Putin'

DOGE leader Elon Musk sassed at detractors who have called him a Russian asset during his debut at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Politics

65 h. ago Elon Musk praises Doge efforts to cut federal workforce after judge ruling – live

Musk claims Trump administration is ‘finding savings’ amid mass terminations; federal judge won’t block administration from laying off federal workersJudge rules Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workersDonald Trump signed another round of executive orders onboard Air Force One last night, among them one aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally.The order seeks to end “all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens”, according to the White House, although it was not clear which benefits will be targeted. Continue reading...

Events

66 h. ago Trump fans chant ‘four more years’ as president bathes in praise and hypes Elon Musk’s DOGE at Black History Month event

The president’s anti-DEI crusade has thrown federal agencies, schools and institutions into chaos

Politics

66 h. ago Musk echoes Kremlin talking points on Ukraine as he vows changes to X’s Community Notes after Trump

Threatened changes to Community Notes come as Trump administration has sought to falsely portray Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a ‘dictator’

Politics

67 h. ago Elon Musk waves huge chainsaw given to him by Javier Milei at MAGA conference

Erratic tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise appearance with a chainsaw at CPAC, a pro-Trump event - wearing dark glasses and a black MAGA hat alongside Javier Milei

Politics

67 h. ago ‘Donald Trump won’t drive us out of lawless Slab City – there’s too many of us out here’

EXCLUSIVE: Angie Harrell Bragg told the Daily Star she thinks there will be other issues that drive her out of her home in Slab City before Donald Trump and Elon Musk can

Politics

2 d. ago Liz Truss urges ‘Elon’s nerd army of muskrats’ to examine British ‘deep state’

Liz Truss urged Elon Musk and his “nerd army of Muskrats” to examine the “British deep state” as she addressed the right-wing CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) in the US on Thursday, 20 February.

Politics

2 d. ago ICE prosecutor runs white supremacist social media account, report says

An account on Elon Musk’s X platform has been linked to an ICE employee spouting ‘blatantly racist and anti-immigrant views’

Events

2 d. ago Space fight! Elon Musk and famed astronaut trade online insults over ‘stuck’ crew

The astronauts themselves have repeatedly pushed back on the narrative that they are ‘stranded’ or have been left in space

Technology

3 d. ago Trump appears to agree to cut checks to Americans to share portion of savings from Doge cost

‘Department of government efficiency’ head Elon Musk suggested $5,000 checks to US households if targets metDonald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about inflation potentially rising again.Trump addressed the idea in a speech at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday, telling attendees: “There’s even under consideration a new concept, where we give 20% of the Doge savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to paying down debt.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers

While their boss takes a sledgehammer to federal agencies, SpaceX and Tesla are earning big money from government contracts, writes Io Dodds

Economics

3 d. ago Pieces of debris 'from Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket' fall through atmosphere in Poland

A mysterious object believed to be debris from a SpaceX rocket has been found in Poland

Technology

3 d. ago Elon Musk to deliver first US public speech since 'Nazi salute' row

The erratic tech billionaire sparked controversy when he appeared to make a far-right gesture during a speech during a celebration to mark Trump's return to the White House.

Politics

3 d. ago Elon Musk to make first US public speech since 'Nazi salute' row with surprise appearance

The erratic tech billionaire is to give a speech to huge MAGA conference CPAC in Washington today - a month on from his appearance at Donald Trump's inauguration bash

Politics

3 d. ago Trump reveals he removed the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office days after Elon Musk's son X left a 'present'

President Donald Trump removed the Resolute Desk from the Oval Office to be 'refinished' a week after Elon Musk's son X left a 'gift' on it.

Politics

3 d. ago It’s time for Americans to withhold their taxes | Judith Levine

The point is not to deprive the government of funds. It’s to expose the regime’s criminalityPolitical power boils down to two things: votes and money. But when money buys presidents, senators and judges, votes are merely the sales receipts. What’s left is money, and the purpose of power is to get more of it.Trump’s non-billionaire followers appear thrilled that Elon Musk and his so-called “department of government efficiency” are burning down the government. “Imagine if Trump hadn’t met and talked with Elon Musk that all this progress on efficiency may not be taking place or at such a fast pace needed before the midterms,” comments holy666 on a Fox News story about the mass layoffs of federal employees. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Trump launches 'Operation Whirlwind' probe into potential threats by Democrats against Elon Musk

Top prosecutor sets up 'Operation Whirlwind' to investigate comments about public officials.

Politics

3 d. ago Elon Musk humiliated by own AI as it confirms boss Donald Trump 'living in propaganda bubble'

Putin apologist Trump may have the backing of Elon Musk, but the Tesla and X billionaire has been turned on by his very own AI tool which said the President was living in a Russian propaganda 'bubble'

Politics

3 d. ago Donald Trump's barbed attacks on Volodymyr Zelensky 'to boost' Ukrainian president's popularity

The US president has sparked outrage by blaming Ukraine for starting Putin’s war and branding Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘dictator’

Politics

3 d. ago Donald Trump doubles down on Volodymr Zelensky criticism as 'dictator' row deepens

He criticised him in a rambling speech to a investment forum in Miami, after Sir Keir Starmer backed Mr Zelensky

Politics

3 d. ago Civil servants are leading the American resistance – with GameStop as a guide | Virginia Heffernan

As Elon Musk tries to drive them out, federal workers are initiating a short squeeze on the broligarchyThe most ferocious response to Elon Musk’s coup in the US is also the most disciplined. It’s a sustained act of civil disobedience by the civil service. Amid the malignant lies of the current regime, federal workers are steadily telling the truth.This strategy is more methodical than it at first seems. Yes, the distress and anger among federal workers is palpable. But the more anarchy Donald Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) operation loose upon the world, the firmer the federal employees are standing. Their protest might even be seen as a political short squeeze. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Are millions of dead people collecting Social Security? Fact

Elon Musk says it’s a “HUGE” problem. Is it?

Events

3 d. ago ‘Does everyone know what a condom is?’ Trump asks baffled audience as he repeats contraception aid lie

Even the originator of the fib, Elon Musk, has since denied the whopper. Trump called the issue ‘incenjuary,’ possibly intending to say ‘incendiary’

Politics

3 d. ago Trump boosts Elon Musk’s plan for ‘DOGE dividend’ checks to taxpayers, but experts are skeptical

An idea to send 20 percent of ‘savings’ back to taxpayers is ‘under consideration’

Politics

3 d. ago Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years

Events

3 d. ago Kash Patel called out Elon Musk multiple times for getting rich off taxpayer money in resurfaced interviews

Despite the criticisms, Elon Musk publicly endorsed Kash Patel to lead the FBI this month

Economics

3 d. ago Trump's firing of 1,000 national park workers raises concerns about maintenance and operating hours

The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other functions as part of its broad-based effort to downsize government

Politics

3 d. ago New Social Security chief contradicts claims that millions of dead people are getting payouts

The new head of the Social Security Administration says deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits."

Events

4 d. ago The View throws its support behind Steve Bannon in feud with Elon Musk: ‘I agree with him’

‘I hate to say it, but I agree with Steve Bannon on this one,’ Sara Haines declared on Wednesday.

Events

4 d. ago 'President Musk': Inside Donald Trump and the billionaire's bromance

The 47th President of the United States and the world’s richest man have shown they’re in it for the long haul

Politics