The first volleys in the latest US-China trade war made clear that Xi Jinping is taking a more cautious approach than during ...

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, publicly at least, are on good terms. Yet when it comes to the staff in and around the new administration, it’s a different story. Just two-and-a-half weeks into ...

Trump's aides have signaled behind the scenes that Musk still reports to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.

Elon Musk and his allies are harnessing tech units and other agencies that handle daily federal operations to amass sweeping ...

As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency associates barrel through the federal government, former Twitter (now X) employees have seen this all before.

A White House official says Elon Musk is working for President Donald Trump as a “special government employee." ...

The billionaire has used the social media site to boast of victories, lash out at enemies and conduct polls for the ...

Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led ...

Elon Musk’s lawyers faced off with OpenAI in court Tuesday as a federal judge weighed the billionaire’s request for a court ...

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A federal judge said it is a “stretch” that Musk and his company xAI suffered “irreparable harm” from OpenAI’s plan to become a for-profit company.

Melissa Ingle felt an uncanny prickle when a photo landed in her online news feed on Tuesday, which she said encapsulated Elon Musk’s apparent scorched-earth approach in Washington. It showed a simple ...