Elon Musk’s growing influence in President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was on full display on Saturday as he publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, for Treasury secretary, thrusting the usually private Cabinet selection process into the social media spotlight. Musk voiced support for Lutnick in a Nov. 16 post on X, framing him […]
With just 5 days to go, Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump continue to battle for votes in swing states Arizona and Nevada on Thursday. Follow here for the live updates: Harris to Have Series of Campaign Stops in Michigan Harris is heading to Michigan on Sunday for a series of campaign events […]
PHILADELPHIA—A lawsuit brought against Elon Musk over his $1 million giveaways to randomly selected registered voters who sign a petition supporting the First and Second amendments of the Constitution has been placed on hold after lawyers for the billionaire removed the case to federal court. Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Angelo Foglietta said […]
A social media post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk warning employees that they could lose stock options if they unionize constitutes protected speech and does not have to be deleted, a divided federal appellate court ruled on Oct. 25. In a 9–8 ruling, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2021 order from the […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has denied allegations that he worked illegally in the United States in the early days of his career. An Oct. 27 report from The Washington Post alleges that Musk began his career working illegally in the U.S. for a period in 1995 while he was building a Silicon Valley startup, Zip2, […]
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway to swing state voters. The suit, filed Monday in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia, accused the tech billionaire and his America PAC supporting former Prwsident Donald Trump’s candidacy of “running an illegal lottery in Philadelphia, as well as throughout Pennsylvania.” The […]
Businessman Elon Musk has donated nearly $75 million to his political action committee (PAC), America PAC, to support former President Donald Trump’s bid for the White House, according to a campaign finance filing with the Federal Election Commission. Musk, who heads electric vehicle company Tesla and spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX, contributed a total of $74,950,020 to […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased on Thursday a long-awaited robotaxi with two gull-wing doors and no steering wheel or pedals and surprised with robovan, betting on a shift in focus from low-priced mass-market cars to robotic vehicles. At a glitzy unveiling, Musk reached the stage in a “Cybercab” to be produced from 2026—eventually in high […]
Elon Musk said on Oct. 3 that he will attend former President Donald Trump’s upcoming rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “I will be there to support!” Musk wrote on X, the social media platform that he mostly owns. Trump has a rally scheduled for Saturday at the Butler Farm Show, where he was struck by a […]
SYDNEY—An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for Elon Musk’s X to pay a fine of A$610,500 ($418,000) for failing to cooperate with a regulator’s request for information about anti-child-abuse practices. X had challenged the fine but the Federal Court of Australia ruled it was obliged to respond to a notice from the eSafety […]
Elon Musk’s X has named a legal representative in Brazil, according to the firm’s lawyers, complying with one of the original orders made by the Supreme Court in the process that led to the shutdown of the platform. On Saturday Andre Zonaro and Sergio Rosenthal, who were recently appointed as X’s lawyers in Brazil, told […]
SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X. Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years “when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.” The CEO on […]
Business magazine Forbes again ranked Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk as the world’s richest man in its monthly top-10 richest people in the world with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos coming in second place, followed closely by luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault. The South African-born, the American, and the Frenchman have been populating the top […]
Elon Musk’s internet service, Starlink, has announced that it will comply with a Brazil Supreme Court order to shut down X while vowing to pursue “all legal avenues” to allow the recently banned Musk-owned social media platform to operate in Brazil. The move, announced by Starlink in a statement on Sept. 3, marks an apparent […]
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on Monday ruled to uphold a countrywide ban as well as fines on Elon Musk’s X social media platform amid a high profile spat between the billionaire and the court. Of a five-member panel of the country’s’ high court, three judges formed a majority to upheld Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s previous […]
The Supreme Court of Brazil has ordered the full suspension of Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country for refusing to name an in-country legal representative. Brazil’s Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order on Aug. 30, putting millions of users of the platform in Latin America’s biggest economy on track to be […]
The Brazilian Supreme Court has said it will suspend social media platform X unless Elon Musk appoints a new legal representative within 24 hours. In a court order published on X at 6 p.m. local time Wednesday, Justice Alexandre de Moraes demanded that Musk appoint a new legal representative for X Brasil in response to a […]
Sandro Gozi, the senior EU representative of the French president, has issued a stern warning to Elon Musk’s social media platform, X. He says X could be banned across Europe if it fails to comply with the Digital Services Act. Gozi emphasized that non-compliance could lead to massive fines and potential blockage by continental operators. […]
Elon Musk has announced that he is moving the headquarters for two of his businesses from California. Aerospace company SpaceX and social media company X will be relocating to Texas. The founder said a new law in California spurred the decision. NTD spoke with site selection expert John Boyd about the move. He takes a […]
Elon Musk said on Tuesday he is moving the headquarters of two of his companies—social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX—to Texas from California, citing a new gender-identity law there as the “last straw.” With these moves, Mr. Musk will have relocated most of the businesses he controls to Texas. He transferred SpaceX’s incorporation […]
