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

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As the 2025 tax season progresses, taxpayers are left to try to navigate this uncertain landscape. Hopefully, the confusion surrounding Elon Musk’s Treasury payment systems and shakeups at the IRS don ...

Musk, who also runs SpaceX and a number of other companies, has been known to make big often exaggerated promises. For ...

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

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

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

Elon Musk is on top of the world – literally. With a net worth over $400 billion, he's the richest person alive, breaking ...

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.”- The late Senator Everett Dirksen on ...

The new administration has empowered a handful of extremely rich people to exert disproportionate influence over the ...

CEO of Tesla Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are the two wealthiest people in the world and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway ...