Why Elon Musk Is So Focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, ‘America’s Checkbook’
Spending power, privacy concerns and conflicts of interest have put the bureau at the center of a political fight.
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Tesla cars are made in America. So why is Tesla’s stock down so much?
Tesla Inc. EVs are made in the U.S. of mostly U.S. parts, but the company’s stock got dragged down by generalized industry chaos and risk selloff amid President Trump’s tariff plans just the same.MarketWatch - 2d -
Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, ...Wired - 4d -
Why Do Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Begrudge Their Brains?
Blunt language and brute force are the currencies of the MAGA moment.The New York Times - 6d -
Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like Zelle or Venmo.CNBC - Jan. 28 -
Elon Musk’s X Partners With Visa to Provide Financial Services
The social media company said it would start a peer-to-peer payments service, moving to expand the app’s abilities.The New York Times - Jan. 28 -
Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad
Under Donald Trump, the United States Digital Service is morphing into Elon Musk’s cost-cutting machine.Wired - Jan. 22 -
Why Vivek Ramaswamy is ditching Trump’s ‘DOGE’ commission led by Elon Musk
Hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, Vivek Ramaswamy officially stepped down from the “Department of Government Efficiency”MarketWatch - Jan. 20 -
Walter Isaacson on why Elon Musk is embracing Donald Trump
Walter Isaacson, who wrote an autobiography about Elon Musk, joins TODAY to talk about the billionaire businessman and what led him to embrace Donald Trump for his second run for the Oval Office. ...NBC News - Jan. 20 -
Elon Musk is boosting the AfD. But why is Germany’s mainstream helping him?
After years of politicians and media figures normalising far-right ideas, the billionaire’s meddling is falling on fertile ground. When Elon Musk endorsed the far-right Alternative für Deutschland ...The Guardian - Jan. 8
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USPS Reverses Decision to Halt Parcel Service From China
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Trump Wants to Know Why U.S. Cars Are Rare in Germany. Here Are a Few Reasons.
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