5 h. ago Elon Musk suffers abysmal approval rating... as DOGE nerds trigger Social Security cyber crash

Washington was rocked last week amid reports that President Donald Trump's 'first buddy' Elon Musk was heading out the door.

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7 h. ago The chart that shows how clever Warren Buffett is as rival billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos reel from Trump's tariffs

Warren Buffett made some smart moves in the stock market over the last year, as he became the only billionaire among the world's richest whose net worth increased in recent days.

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19 h. ago Virginia elections will test the backlash against Musk – and Democrats are ready with a plan

Democrats in the state view themselves as on the frontlines responding to Donald Trump’s harmful policiesDemocrats have begun plotting the next phase of their electoral revival with a seven-figure spend in Virginia ahead of a vote they hope will turn into a referendum on Elon Musk.The party, which had been despondent since Donald Trump’s victory last year, got off the canvas last week with a convincing win in a Wisconsin supreme court race and two strong congressional performances in Florida. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Alarm as Republicans in Congress back Trump and Musk’s attacks on US judges

Mike Johnson and Jim Jordan echo president and key ally as experts express fears for ‘bedrock constitutional principles’As Donald Trump and Elon Musk widen their radical attacks on US judges who have stalled some of Trump’s executive orders and Musk’s slashing of federal agencies, they’re gaining backing from top House Republicans and other politicians, including some to whom the tech billionaire made big campaign donations.House speaker Mike Johnson and judiciary panel chairman Jim Jordan have echoed some of Trump’s attacks on judges, and a judiciary subcommittee hearing on April 1 explored “judicial overreach” and ways to curb judges who have stymied some Trump orders or Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) and its draconian cuts to the federal government. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Abigail Disney: ‘Every billionaire who can’t live on $999m is kind of a sociopath’

She is one of the heirs to the Walt Disney fortune – and has long argued for rich people like her to pay more tax. Now she is working out how best to meet the challenge of Trump, Musk and the politics of chaosMy conversation with Abigail Disney opens with the kind of bog-standard line that starts most chats. But because she is a left-leaning American, with a record of righteous criticism of the man now once again in charge of her country, I suspect it might invite a very long answer indeed.Still, out it comes: “How are you?” Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Musk again distances himself from Trump tariffs by scoffing at Lutnick’s attempt to explain duties on penguin island

Tesla and SpaceX boss has already taken shots at the president’s trade czar Peter Navarro and has since said he wants to see the U.S. and Europe move toward zero tariffs

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34 h. ago Best signs from the nationwide Hands Off protests denouncing the Trump administration

Millions took to the streets worldwide on Saturday to protest Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s policies

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36 h. ago Petty Elon Musk hits back at Donald Trump over trade war after DOGE snub

Elon Musk has finally struck back at Donald Trump after reports of snubs and disagreements flying between the two, and the Tesla boss, who has lost $11billion since the new tariffs, shared his thoughts on the trade war

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37 h. ago Under Trump and Musk, billionaires wield unprecedented influence over US national security

Government officials and contractors long controlled spy operations. Now the likes of Musk and Bezos are in controlJust days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its New Glenn rocket, named for John Glenn, the Mercury astronaut who was the first American to orbit the Earth. Around 2am on 16 January, the 30-story rocket powered by seven engines blasted off into the Florida night from Cape Canaveral’s historic launch complex 36, which first served as a Nasa launch site in 1962.The flight’s end was marred by a failure to bring the booster rocket back for further use, but the successful launch and orbit still marked a watershed moment for Blue Origin in its bid to compete with SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk, for dominance over American spy satellite operations. During the Trump administration, it is likely that both companies will play significant roles in placing spy satellites into Earth orbit, ...

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38 h. ago Inside Elon Musk and Donald Trump's White House squabble – and why China is to blame

Donald Trump and Elon Musk, close confidantes since the President's run to the Oval Office, are said to be splitting ways with the Tesla billionaire set to step down from his role

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40 h. ago Trump live updates: Harris praises the ‘working people’ for ‘Hands Off’ protests against Trump and Musk

‘The voices of working people will always be louder than the unelected billionaires,’ the former vice president said

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42 h. ago Trump and Musk constructed an alternate reality and now we’re all living in it

Donald Trump and Elon Musk — a reality star-turned-president and a tech billionaire-turned-senior adviser — have combined forces to build an alternate version of reality that scholars say has never been seen before in modern history, Kelly Rissman reports

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46 h. ago SNL cold open mocks Trump tariffs with ‘Make America Great Depression Again’ line

‘You know, the depression is going to be so great. We'll be the ones eating the cats and the dogs. That's going to be fun’

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54 h. ago Elon breaks with Trump on tariffs as he goes public with White House dissent

Elon Musk expressed hope for a future zero-tariff agreement between the US and Europe in a bold statement made as he steps down from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency.

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56 h. ago Musk lashes out at architect of Trump’s tariffs in first public comments about shock policy

DOGE boss says Peter Navarro being Harvard trained is a ‘bad thing, not a good thing’

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56 h. ago Trump and Musk denounced as thousands protest in cities across US: ‘The politics of Mussolini’

Protesters flooded the streets in hopes of stopping what one dubbed ‘the most brazen power grab in modern history’

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58 h. ago Tens of thousands join protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Demonstrations mark the first big display of public resistance to president’s frenetic second term

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59 h. ago Trump live updates: Millions protesting at ‘Hands Off’ rally nationwide to push back on Trump and Musk agenda

Demonstrators on Saturday are calling for the Trump administration to get its ‘hands off’ Medicaid, Medicare, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ rights

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61 h. ago Donald Trump and Elon Musk told 'Hands Off!' by thousands of anti

Protesters have taken to the streets of cities across the globe, including London, Brussels, Washington, and Portland, over President Donald Trump and Elon Musk

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61 h. ago Half of UK Tesla owners regret buying Elon Musk's cars for the same reason

A new poll shows 75% of drivers are somewhat put off buying a Tesla over Elon Musk's antics and his support of Donald Trump - while 58% are "completely" deterred

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