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Struggle Over Americans’ Personal Data Plays Out Across the Government
Last week, Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, sought to reassure Democrats on Capitol Hill…
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Trump Guts Crucial OPM Team as Elon Musk Gains Even More Power
The Trump administration has fired members of the “privacy team” at the Office of Personnel Management, a move that will hinder public…
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Elon Musk Zeroes In on the I.R.S.
The fire hose of Elon Musk news continues: We’ve got more on the controversy over the access to sensitive I.R.S. data that Musk’s…
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Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in…
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Why is Elon Musk Throttling the Signal App?
Self-professed free speech crusader Elon Musk seems to be trying to censor users on his own platform. Matt Binder of Disruptionist reports…
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Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency
Elon Musk is pushing for a massive crackdown on free speech, by taking up the rusty rapier that is Donald Trump’s pitiable crusade against…
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Musk and Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That’s Deliberate.
Most likely, their popularity is precisely what the Trump-Musk administration dislikes about them. For anti-government ideologues, it’s…
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Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency…
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OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s Bid to Gain Control of the Company
OpenAI’s board of directors on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to gain control of the…
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Judge Who Made Life Hell for Trump Will Oversee Case on Elon Musk
The employee said they could not access Politico, The New York Times, or Bloomberg, despite having paid subscriptions to all of them, and…
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Trump Admits He Has No Idea Why Elon Musk Met With India’s Modi
Melania’s upcoming Amazon documentary may be one of the most obviously corrupt deals. The Journalreports that the first lady, the…
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WTF Was Elon Musk Doing Meeting With India’s Modi?
The virulent vaccine conspiracy theorist faced a slew of criticism throughout his confirmation hearings, including condemnation for making…
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Russia Asks Elon Musk for Help Crushing Dissent
It looks like Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government could put people’s lives at risk across the world. USAID provided, among…
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Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Preserves Nonprofit Mission
Elon Musk said in a court filing late Wednesday that he would withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to control OpenAI if the company dropped a…
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Elon Musk Escalates Threat to “Delete” Entire Federal Agencies
The pseudo-president of the United States is calling for entire government agencies to be “deleted.” “I think we do need to delete entire…
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How Trump Is Gutting Regulatory Agencies Like the SEC, CFPB and EEOC
The Trump administration is rapidly delivering wins to American companies by rolling back regulations, pausing investigations and…
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How Elon Musk and the Right Are Trying to Recast Reporting as ‘Doxxing’
For years, journalists have written about the social media posts of government employees to help reveal the positions, motivations and…
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Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is widely known for amassing his fortune through Tesla, his electric car company, and SpaceX, the…
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Elon Musk in the Oval Office
We’ve got some more thoughts on Elon Musk’s $97 billion hostile bid for Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which, we’re told, still hasn’t been…
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Transcript: GOPers Shocked to Learn Their Own Voters Are Angry at Musk
Sargent: Now it’s starting to look very plausible that Trump and Musk will ignore court orders. JD Vance tweeted that judges aren’t…
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Trump Signs Order on DOGE as Elon Musk Stands Next to Him Watching
“There is … a very Christian concept that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and…
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Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a…
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Behind Elon Musk’s Hostile Bid for Control of OpenAI
We have spent much of the past 24 hours on the telephone trying to get to the bottom of Elon Musk’s hostile bid for Sam Altman’s OpenAI.…