Elon Musk is on track to become the world's first trillionaire by 2027. He prioritizes skill over degrees for hiring at his companies. Musk's educational path was unconventional, culminating in ...

PERHAPS one of the UN’s most ambitious and longstanding projects  the launching of 17 Sustainable Development Goals ...

Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at ...

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Elon Musk's control of a federal payment system is raising concerns about funding for programs like Social Security and the ...

The billionaire is wielding immense authority over federal agencies, but unlike cabinet members, doesn’t have to publicly disclose his investments or potential conflicts.

But this morning, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released a letter he wrote to Musk declaring ...

Elon Musk has reportedly taken over the Treasury Department’s central payment system, putting him in the position to ...

The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information ...

The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of ...

Musk, who last year said “things that inhibit freedom of exchange or distort the market are not good,” became $12 billion ...

The billionaire and his DOGE agents were granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to ...