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Elon Musk's handpicked young tech experts, known as the "Muskrats" or "nerd army," are targeting US bureaucracy, with a ...

A made-up story about Musk helping a Starbucks barista's daughter originated on YouTube, then took on new life thanks to ...

Elon Musk is now considered a “special government employee” by the White House. But exactly what kind of access that provides ...

In 2025, economic powerhouses like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg dominate the wealth rankings. Forbes lists Musk ...

Colbert got to that first by describing Musk, who holds no government position but has been illegally given access to dozens ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa needed to call Elon Musk on Monday evening. So his adviser, Bejani Chauke, called ...

Trump on Sunday accused South Africa of confiscating land and badly treating "certain classes of people". Ramaphosa responded on Monday that the government had not confiscated any land and the policy ...

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

Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having ...

China countered President Donald Trump’sacross-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports. It will also launch an antitrust investigation into Google and other trade ...