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Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead department of government efficiency
President-elect Trump has named Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a department of government efficiency. NBC News Vaughn Hillyard has more on Trump's latest cabinet picks and the new agency.Top stories - NBC News - November 13 -
Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Donald Trump has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, a former presidential candidate and ally of Trump, will lead a new "Department of Government Efficiency."Top stories - ABC News - November 13 -
Trump Taps Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead ‘Dept. of Government Efficiency’
The two wealthy entrepreneurs will lead what the president-elect called the Department of Government Efficiency, which he said would seek “drastic change.” But the announcement left a lot unanswered.Top stories - The New York Times - November 13 -
Donald Trump Taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to Lead Nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency
“These two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,” ...Tech - Wired - November 13 -
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tapped to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as new DOGE subcommittee chair
Greene's group will share the DOGE acronym with the entity commissioned by President-elect Donald Trump and led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.Business - CNBC - 5 hours ago -
Elon Musk goes to Washington
Billionaire chief of Tesla and X looks set to take up influential adviser role in White HouseWorld - Financial Times - November 12 -
Elon Musk’s Political Influence
We explore Musk’s agenda and ideology.Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Are Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin Talking?
The billionaire has reportedly been in regular contact with the Russian president, heaping more scrutiny on the power and influence the entrepreneur wields over the U.S. government.Business - The New York Times - October 25 -
Elon Musk Plots His Final Moves for Trump
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the richest person in the world is throwing himself into the effort to elect the former president.Top stories - The New York Times - October 24 -
Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 25 -
Elon Musk’s money and the battle for Pennsylvania – video
Pennsylvania is set to be this election’s most vital swing state, with the world’s richest man injecting tens of millions of dollars into the race to help Donald Trump win. With just days before ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Why a Memphis Community Is Fighting Elon Musk’s Supercomputer
Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid.Tech - The New York Times - October 31 -
Why Elon Musk's Robotaxi Dreams Are Premature
Tesla is pushing to build true self-driving vehicles by 2026. The way its CEO wants to do it seems risky.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 1 -
What's at stake for Elon Musk in the presidential election?
Musk, the world's richest person, has sought to help elect Donald Trump.Top stories - ABC News - November 2 -
A Recent Timeline of Elon Musk Going All In on Trump
Over the past month, Elon Musk has put himself in position to take the credit for a Donald Trump win—or the blame for a loss.Tech - Wired - November 4 -
Elon Musk to watch results with Donald Trump
The tech billionaire has aggressively campaigned for the Republican candidate in swing states across the country.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Trump’s victory will benefit Elon Musk and xAI
Now that Musk helped propel Trump to a victory, expect xAI to join in the list of federally approved AI vendors and possibly even preferred AI vendors.Tech - VentureBeat - November 6 -
Did Elon Musk Win the Election for Trump?
Through his wealth and cultural influence, Elon Musk undoubtedly strengthened the Trump campaign. WIRED unpacks whether it really was his efforts that sealed the deal for the president-elect.Tech - Wired - November 7 -
Elon Musk Joined Trump’s Call With Zelensky
Elon Musk was with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago when the president-elect spoke with Ukraine’s leader. It is not clear if they discussed any change in U.S. policy toward Ukraine.Top stories - The New York Times - November 8 -
Elon Musk Made Appearance on Trump-Zelensky Call
The billionaire owner of SpaceX was on the call briefly and his involvement wasn’t planned, according to those familiar with the conversation.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 8 -
Elon Musk joined Trump's call with Zelensky
Billionaire Elon Musk joined President-elect Trump's call earlier this week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a sign of how Musk's close relationship with Trump could manifest itself as ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Elon Musk weighing in on Trump staffing decisions: Sources
Several people close to Donald Trump have stressed to ABC News the significance and influence billionaire Elon Musk has had in the Trump orbit over the last week.Top stories - ABC News - November 12 -
TechScape: Will Elon Musk fire a third of the US government?
Musk and Donald Trump propose a ‘Department of Government Efficiency’, crypto wins big in the election and a modern equivalent of Lysistrata takes hold on TikTok. • Don’t get TechScape delivered ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
Elon Musk, Ramaswamy land Trump admin roles
President-elect Trump has tapped tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead an advisory group focused on cutting federal spending and reducing the size of the government. Trump ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's 'toxic' X
It has accused X of promoting "disturbing content", and says Mr Musk is using it to "shape political discourse."Top stories - BBC News - November 13 -
Behind Trump's plans for Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy
Donald Trump's plans for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's roles in his government are emerging after he announced they would head a temporary agency known as the Department of Government Efficiency. ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
Examining Elon Musk's influence on Trump's transition process
President-elect Donald Trump announced this week that Elon Musk will help lead a new agency known as the Department of Government Efficiency. Theodore Schleifer, campaign finance reporter for The ...Top stories - CBS News - 6 days ago -
Elon Musk meets with Iran’s UN ambassador – report
Contact was reportedly at Trump-allied billionaire’s request and could be significant for dismal US-Iranian relations. Elon Musk reportedly met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Elon Musk Adds Microsoft to Suit Against OpenAI
In a new legal filing, the Tesla chief executive accuses the A.I. start-up of undermining antitrust law.Tech - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
Elon Musk’s mission to reinvent American government
Donald Trump has given the billionaire the task of slashing the size of the state. Similar efforts have fallen far short in the pastBusiness - Financial Times - 6 days ago -
Elon Musk recently met with Iran's ambassador to U.N.
Elon Musk's meeting comes as the Iranians seek a channel into President-elect Donald Trump's orbit.Top stories - CBS News - 6 days ago -
Elon Musk targets Microsoft in expanded OpenAI lawsuit
Billionaire alleges Microsoft and OpenAI illegally sought to monopolize AI market and sideline competitors. Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Suit Accusing Elon Musk of Rigging Dogecoin Ends
Investors accused Musk of using stunts to trade dogecoin at their expense.Business - Inc. - 5 days ago -
Elon Musk's companies balloon in value, with one exception
Tech giant Elon Musk has successfully expanded several businesses, bolstering his capital and financial prowess to become the richest person on Earth. But the billionaire entrepreneur has seen a ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Elon Musk takes on America’s shrink-to-greatness challenge
Is it possible to slash and grow at the same time? Thanks to President Trump’s ‘first buddy’, America will soon find outWorld - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
An Elon Musk-inspired pivot to Mars would be a mistake
Firming up plans to go to Mars would be fine, so long as it is not done at the expense of returning to the moon.Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Trump to Watch Latest SpaceX Launch With Elon Musk
The president-elect’s appearance in Texas demonstrates the growing closeness between the two billionaires, and Mr. Musk’s increasing influence in Mr. Trump’s orbit.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
What does Elon Musk want from all this politicking?
The billionaire is pledging to give away $1m a day and campaigning hard – is deregulation the driving motivation?. US politics – live updates Over the weekend, Elon Musk pledged to give ...World - The Guardian - October 23