27 h. ago Insider reveals how MAGA really feels about Elon Musk and which lawmaker is closest to Trump in second term

President Donald Trump continues to shake up Washington, DC in his second term but one MAGA senator is thrilled with the accomplishments of the first 100 days of his administration.

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4 d. ago Voters to decide if the Texas home of Elon Musk's SpaceX should become an official city: Starbase

Voters are deciding if the South Texas home of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will become an official city known as Starbase

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5 d. ago US robot makers hope to beat China in humanoid race. Tariffs could affect their ambitions

Tariffs weren’t on the official agenda of this week’s Robotics Summit in Boston

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6 d. ago How Elon Musk had sleepovers at the White House, raided ice cream from the fridge and compared himself to Buddha

Elon Musk reflected on his 100 days in government service, which included playing video games in his West Wing office, sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom, raiding the White House freezer for Haagen-Dazs.

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6 d. ago Musk slept in Lincoln bedroom and shared ice cream with Trump during his ‘intense’ 100 days reshaping DC

Billionaire says he spent as much as seven days a week in the U.S. capital as he established the Department of Government Efficiency

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6 d. ago 'Elon Musk or Donald Trump: who's the worst businessman of all time?'

The title of worst businessman in history definitely belongs to one of them, says Fleet Street Fox. But who has cost the most?

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6 d. ago Trump tariffs cause fastest slump in British factory export orders in five years – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK manufacturers report falling export orders and China signals openness to US trade talks Fhaheen Khan, senior economist at Make UK, a lobby group for British manufacturing, said:UK manufacturers are caught in the eye of a perfect storm, with rising costs and international trade uncertainty undermining growth prospects. While actual changes in trade have been limited, the unpredictability, particularly around US tariff policy, is doing significant damage and paralysing decision makers. Many firms are delaying major investment decisions until greater clarity emerges, while being forced in the meantime to cut costs through redundancies while pushing through price increases.This has left manufacturing experiencing its most severe slowdown in years, with the UK at a competitive disadvantage compared to our European peers who are weathering current challenges relatively better. As a result, it is now vital that gover...

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6 d. ago Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge roleOne hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted agencies and public services that took decades to build while accumulating immense political power.Musk’s role in the Trump administration is without modern precedent. Never before has the world’s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk’s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has embedded its members in key roles across federal agencies, gained access to personal data on millions of Americans and fired tens of thousands of workers. SpaceX, where he is CEO,...

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6 d. ago China hints at openness to trade talks with US; Tesla denies board search for Musk successor – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Chinese state-controlled social media says US has approached China for trade talksLloyds Banking Group has reported a 7% drop in pre-tax profit to £1.5bn in its first quarter, and is bracing for the ripple effect from Trump’s tariffs on its balance sheet.The high street bank said that it has set aside £309m to account for possible bad debts, compared with previous guidance of £274m, as it added a £35m net charge to prepare for the possible impact on the economic outlook from President Trump’s tariffs.The US has proactively reached out to China through multiple channels, hoping to hold discussions on the tariff issue.Yuyuan Tantian is not among China’s most authoritative state media outlets. The Global Times, which is owned by the newspaper of the governing Communist Party, People’s Daily, has often been first to report China’s next steps in trade disagreements over the past few years.Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson fo...

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6 d. ago Tesla denies board search for Elon Musk’s successor; Trump tariffs to slash growth, says Bank of Japan – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as US electric carmaker says report board is looking for next Tesla boss is ‘absolutely false’National Grid, the FTSE 100 company that owns the UK’s electricity network, has appointed Shell oil executive Zoë Yujnovich as chief executive after the retirement of John Pettigrew.Yujnovich was until recently working at FTSE 100 oil company Shell, where she was director of integrated gas and upstream (oil production) and a member of the executive committee. She previously led the Iron Ore company of Canada, part of Rio Tinto.I firmly believe in the vital function energy companies play in driving change and creating value. On both sides of the Atlantic National Grid has an essential role to play in making energy secure, affordable and reliable for our customers and communities. I’m excited about leading National Grid as it delivers on the growth opportunities ahead. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Appellate court won't lift restrictions on DOGE access to Social Security information

A federal appeals court says it won’t lift restrictions on the access that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has to Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans

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6 d. ago Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency's former building

Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with no immediate word on where it will wind up

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6 d. ago Trump invites Elon Musk to stay in his administration 'as long as you like' as he takes major step back from DOGE

President Donald Trump invited Elon Musk to stay in his administration as long as he wants - an invitation the came as the Tesla founder is on his way out the door.

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6 d. ago Trump says Elon Musk 'welcome to stay as long as he wants' after being treated 'unfairly'

The pair have been speaking at a cabinet meeting about the Trump administration's first 100 days back in the White House, when the President seemingly made a public U-turn after rumours of a fallout

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6 d. ago The home of Elon Musk's SpaceX could become an official Texas city called Starbase

Elon Musk has for years made Texas his business home and playground as he launches rockets and builds cars in the Lone Star state

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7 d. ago Elon Musk's three unhinged moves before quitting the White House

Elon Musk has been a stalwart defender of President Donald Trump, but a White House containing two massive egos was always going to end with one leaving the White House, according to an expert

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7 d. ago Elon Musk is no longer working from the White House, Trump’s chief of staff reveals

‘He’s just not physically present as much as he was,’ shared Susie Wiles after Musk said he would be focusing more time on Tesla

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7 d. ago Elon Musk is leaving Trump. Or is he? What’s next for DOGE’s ‘authoritarian’ wrecking ball

The world’s wealthiest man is ‘significantly’ stepping back from the White House, but the cost-cutting force isn’t going anywhere, Alex Woodward reports

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7 d. ago Trump looking to end the one thing that kept Tesla profitable

So far, the president has been protective and even promotional of his advisor’s brand. That may be about to change

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8 d. ago 'Cruel' Donald Trump's decisions 'will cost lives' as he 'walks away from responsibility'

EXCLUSIVE: The first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency have seen his pal Elon Musk take to government spending with a chainsaw, a metaphor he felt the need to explain to everyone

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