Before you knock down a fence, make sure you understand why it was put there in the first place. Elon’s response to that, in ...

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Federal employees who resign can stop working and keep their pay and benefits until Sept. 30, the Trump administration said.

Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian libertarian MP Marius Nilsen, who tossed the Tesla ...

To contextualize a chaotic first 10 days for the federal government in President Donald Trump’s second term, some have ...

As he offered his thanks to the crowd during a Trump inaugural event, Musk put his right hand to his heart, then extended his hand to the crowd with his palm slightly raised. He turned around and made ...

Elon Musk’s controversial gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute, drew criticism from Trump’s political ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2025, his inauguration celebrations were marked by controversy over a gesture ...

The world’s richest man is now also one of the most politically powerful. Musk’s journey to mega MAGA funder sheds some light ...

While Elon Musk was onstage at the Capital One Arena, he made a hand gesture that made social media go into meltdown — ...

Jess Phillips has said she has "more important things to be thinking about" than Elon Musk after he accused her of being a "rape genocide apologist". The safeguarding minister has hit back at the ...