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Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government ...

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

Democratic lawmakers are speaking out against Elon Musk having access to the Treasury Department over fears of ...

Elon Musk, the billionaire part entrepreneur and part Cabinet member known for his groundbreaking and disruptive innovations, including Tesla, SpaceX and Neuralink, has recently been vocal about ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Elon Musk's backing of right-wing parties in the European Union "really disgusting". The tech mogul, who is a close ally of US President Donald Trump ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paid nearly $1 million to settle a sexual misconduct case brought by one of the employees at his ...

Maye Musk, mother of tech billionaire Elon Musk, is urging her son to sue CNN and other news outlets for peddling the "Nazi salute" narrative against him. At President Donald Trump's inauguration ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The U.S. Agency for International Development is on the cusp of being shuttered, according the Trump administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk — who ...

Elon Musk's X is suing more companies, alleging they joined a group of advertisers illegally conspiring to boycott the social media platform. On Saturday, Musk's lawyers filed an amended complaint ...

handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending. The new authority follows a standoff this week with a top Treasury official who ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including ...