On this week’s episode ofDecoder, we’re talking about Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Tesla — and I have to say, it feels like the first of many episodes about these three characters that we’ll be doing over the course of the next four years. Musk’s efforts to get Trump elected ...
What did the OPM do? I’d surely love to hear the response to Ramnath’s question. Daniel V. Shannon, Camarillo .. To the editor: Thanks to Ramnath for exposing this latest gambit from Elon Musk for the nonsense that it is. We have been told that the so-...
Washington — President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have set their sights on the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, overseeing a disruption of the more than 60-year-old organization that provides humanitarian aid to more than 100 countries. The Trump administration'...
Donald Trump is vowing to reduce wasteful federal spending by tapping two billionaires — Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — to spearhead the initiative, which the president-elect is calling the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The appointments, announced by T...
"Somebody graduates at the top of the class, they can't even make a deal with the company because they don't think they're going to be able to stay in the country. That is going to end on Day 1," Trump said. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the leaders of Trump's new Department...
The Trump administration has also used two other methods to cull the workforce: an executive order from Trump directing agencies to undertake a reduction in force and the “Fork in the Road” program offering federal workers a buyout. Under tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government...
It also remains unclear whether the US plans to cut Ukraine off from Starlink, the satellite-based communications network owned by Elon Musk. Last month, it was reported that the US had threatened to cut Ukraine off from the network if President Zelenskyy did not agree to sign a deal over...
Although Musk didn't confirm or deny the intent, some right-wing personalities praised the action. "Did Elon Musk just Heil Hitler at the Trump Inauguration Rally in Washington, D.C…" right-wing commentator Evan Kilgore posted on X. "This is incredible." ...
Experts say Twitter, now called X, has become a home to a host of hateful Far-Right voices that can sometimes run unchecked. And now the owner of this platform, Elon Musk, has the ear of President elect Donald Trump in a way no tech leader has ever had before. So amid Trump's ...
The only president to serve more than two terms, Roosevelt remade government, used his bully pulpit and realigned political coalitions, all things Trump sees himself doing. Trump, working with Elon Musk, wants to re-define Americans’ relationship with government by firing federal workers, dismantli...