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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is now the sole leader of President Donald Trump’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy stepped down from the commission just hours into Trump’s second term. DOGE, a cornerstone of Trump’s “Save America” agenda, is tasked with identifying ways to …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday, accusing him of failing to properly disclose his acquisition of Twitter stock in 2022. The regulator alleges the lapse allowed Musk to purchase shares at “artificially low prices,” resulting in a $150 million shortfall for investors …

Elon Musk, co-head of President-elect Donald Trump’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tempered expectations on Wednesday for the ambitious $2 trillion in federal budget cuts he initially promised. In an interview with political strategist Mark Penn, Musk acknowledged that achieving the full amount was unlikely and described it …

A fierce debate has erupted over high-skilled immigration within the MAGA movement after comments from two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump ignited backlash over the H-1B visa program. The controversy underscores deep divisions in Trump’s camp regarding immigration policy and the future of U.S. innovation. The conflict began when …

Billionaire Elon Musk played a pivotal role in President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, pouring over $250 million into pro-Trump initiatives, according to new Federal Election Commission filings. Musk’s contributions included $20.5 million to a mysterious super PAC, RBG PAC, which launched a controversial ad campaign linking Trump to the late …

Jimmy Williams Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, key advisers to incoming President-elect Donald Trump, are advocating for an end to remote work for federal employees, describing it as a “Covid-era privilege.” In an opinion piece published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal, the tech leaders suggested that requiring employees to …

Jimmy Williams President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday the creation of a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a special advisory agency designed to reduce federal bureaucracy and streamline government spending. The department will be led by tech billionaire Elon Musk and conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both of whom supported Trump …

Jimmy Williams The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a warning to Elon Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, over its controversial $1 million daily giveaway in key battleground states. The DOJ’s Public Integrity Section, which handles election-related cases, has raised concerns that the super PAC’s initiative could violate federal election …

Anna Massoglia, Open Secrets An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump. Building America’s Future, the dark money group at the helm of the network, …

Jimmy Williams The Michigan Secretary of State’s office has launched an investigation into America PAC, a political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk. The inquiry focuses on the PAC’s efforts to collect voter data during the voter registration process. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has publicly stated …

Jimmy Williams If a voter in Michigan searches for voter registration information on Google, they might encounter a startling ad. This ad, produced by America PAC, begins with a young man lying in bed late at night when he receives a text: “Hey you need to vote,” followed by a …

Elon Musk has reinstated former President Donald Trump’s account on Twitter, nearly two years after Trump was banned from the social media platform for inciting violence. Trump’s account reappeared on Twitter on Saturday after Musk, the platform’s new owner, ran a poll on the social media site that showed narrow …

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former President Donald Trump, confirming what many had expected. Musk said at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car conference that permanent bans lessen users’ trust in Twitter, and banning Trump was a “morally bad decision,” the Wall …

A report from ProPublica, an investigative newsroom, reveals that the richest 25 people in the United States have a “true tax rate” of almost nothing. The nonprofit organization received IRS data from an unidentified source. “Looks like the biggest tax story of the year, if not the decade,” Gabriel Zucman, …