Elon Musk moves $1 million voter lottery lawsuit to federal court

Musk under fire over $1mn prize offer for voters who sign petition

Pennsylvania governor says officials should consider whether billionaire’s raffle breaches electoral law

Business - Financial Times - October 20

DOJ warns Elon Musk that $1M giveaways to voters may be illegal

The Justice Department has sent a warning letter to Elon Musk, who’s actively campaigning for Donald Trump, over his million-dollar giveaways to registered voters in swing states in the final days ...

Politics - NBC News - October 24

DOJ sends warning to Elon Musk's PAC over checks to voters

The DOJ sent a letter to Elon Musk's America PAC, warning that the $1 million checks he's giving to registered voters may violate federal law. According to the PAC's website, Musk is randomly ...

Elon Musk spreads debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud

At a rally last weekend, tech billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about voting machines and encouraged voters to share any potential signs of fraud on social media. CBS News ...

Trump makes latest bid at moving hush money case to federal court

Former President Trump’s attorneys on Monday made their latest bid at moving his hush money criminal case to federal court, telling an appeals panel that a lower judge’s refusal to do so was ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Musk’s $1 Million Offer Raises New Legal Questions

Some election lawyers said the giveaway may run into laws that prohibit paying people to register to vote.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Justice Department Warns Musk That His $1 Million Giveaway Might Be Illegal

Elon Musk’s super PAC, which supports Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is giving cash prizes to registered voters who sign a petition.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 23

Trump again asks appeals court to move New York hush money case to federal court

Former President Trump has again asked an appeals court to move his New York hush money case into federal court in a bid to stall his sentencing or toss his conviction.

Appeals court rules 4 Trump co-defendants can’t move Georgia election charges to federal court

An appeals court ruled Thursday that four people charged alongside former President Trump in his Georgia election racketeering case cannot move their charges from state to federal court. Known as ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

More than 1 million voters cast early ballots in North Carolina

Nearly 1.01 million North Carolinians have already voted in the November general election, state officials reported Sunday. The North Carolina State Election Board said 1,008,123 ballots have ...

Politics - The Hill - October 20

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options

Tech - ABC News - Yesterday

Elon Musk loaded $75 million into his pro-Trump super PAC in 3 months

Elon Musk has personally contributed at least $75 million to his pro-Trump America PAC since July as he pushes for the former president to return to the White House, according to new campaign ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Elon Musk has given nearly $75 million to his pro-Trump super PAC

Elon Musk has given nearly $75 million to America PAC, the super PAC that he created to support Donald Trump, according to a campaign finance filing.

Elon Musk’s pro-Trump Pac pouring millions into Facebook ads instead of X

America Pac is targeting users interested in the Boy Scouts of America, Kelsey Grammer, Kid Rock and Joe Rogan. Elon Musk’s Pac is spending far more on ads on Facebook and YouTube than on X, Musk’s ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and his super PAC to stop million-dollar giveaway

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil suit to block Elon Musk’s million-dollar giveaway to registered voters on Monday.

Elon Musk raises payment offer to $100 for voters who sign petition for gun and speech rights

Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition.

Elon Musk promises to award $1m every day to voters as he steps up campaigning for Trump

The billionaire’s Trump-supporting Pac will give the money to those who sign a petition that encourages Republicans to register to vote. Elon Musk said his Trump-supporting political action ...

World - The Guardian - October 20

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday that tech mogul Elon Musk’s plan to give money to registered voters in Pennsylvania is “deeply concerning” and “it’s something that law enforcement could ...

How Trump ally Elon Musk is using social media to prime voter mistrust

CBS News analysis finds tech billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk has amassed billions of views in posts on X about election fraud conspiracies.

Is it wrong for Elon Musk to offer voters $1m a day to get Trump elected? That’s a tough one | Marina Hyde

The great and good of US media and politics can’t decide if the lavish giveaway is unethical or illegal. I’m no expert, but it seems off to me. For a guy who has spent his entire life making “I am ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

DOJ warns Elon Musk's America PAC that $1M voter giveaways could be illegal

Elon Musk's America PAC has been giving away $1 million daily, an effort it debuted in conjunction with Musk's push to register swing-state voters.

Ben Jennings on Elon Musk’s offer to give $1m to one US voter a day – cartoon

World - The Guardian - October 24

Philadelphia prosecutor sues Musk over $1mn daily giveaway to swing-state voters

Lawsuit alleges world’s richest man and his political action committee are operating ‘illegal lottery scheme’

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk and America Pac over $1m voter giveaway

Lawsuit claims that tech billionaire and his Super Pac are ‘running an illegal lottery’ in swing state Pennsylvania. US politics live – latest updates The Philadelphia district attorney’s ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Elon Musk asks voters to brace for 'hardship' as billionaire plans deep spending cuts from potential Trump cabinet post

In the home stretch of the 2024 election, voters who’ve been weighing both campaigns’ proposals to tackle living costs are now hearing a new pitch from the Republican side: accept some short-term ...

Meet the Candidate: Elon Musk

The billionaire is spending a fortune to support former President Donald J. Trump. But at a town hall event in Pennsylvania, he looked an awful lot like a politician himself.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

Elon Musk's many hats

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story What a Trump win could mean for Musk's businesses Elon Musk is wearing multiple hats this election ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers

A student loan cancellation program for public service workers has granted relief to more than 1 million Americans — up from just 7,000 who were approved before it was updated by the Biden ...

Obama says ‘you can count on Kamala’ at Philadelphia rally – as it happened

This blog is closing now, thanks for following along. You can find all of our US elections coverage here . . Outcry over Trump’s hint at ‘little secret’ with House Republicans Share your ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

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