Is Elon Musk taking over the US government? Here’s how ‘state capture’ works – and why we should be concerned
Elon Musk has been accused of attempting a coup or hostile takeover of the US government. His actions could better be described as a form of ‘state capture’. Here’s what that means.
Elon Musk keeps boosting white nationalists on X
To fully understand what Musk is seeing and sharing, it helps to focus on the accounts he has interacted with. Some of the people the billionaire is responding to — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Vice President JD Vance, and Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán — are more or less household names for those who pay attention to politics in the United States.
5 ways Elon Musk is working to dismantle the federal government
President Trump has empowered Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to gut the federal bureaucracy. Here's 5 ways he's starting to carry it out.
How Argentina took a chainsaw to government, a year before Elon Musk's DOGE
At Argentina's Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation, two piles of laws to be streamlined or cut sit on a wooden desk near an Elon Musk biography and a figurine of libertarian President Javier Milei with his iconic chainsaw.
Elon Musk reacts to 'hostile takeover' of US government
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has reacted to the report of leading a "hostile takeover" of the United States government under President Donald Trump.
Elon Musk defends cost-cutting plans and denies ‘hostile takeover’ of the US government
Elon Musk denied leading a ‘hostile takeover’ of the US government while defending his cost-cutting plans in a surprise appearance at the White House. President Trump signed an order granting Musk’s DOGE more authority to reduce the federal workforce.
'Shut them down': What happens to Kari Lake if Elon Musk gets rid of Voice of America?
Elon Musk suggested shuttering Voice of America, the state media outlet that President Donald Trump wants Kari Lake to lead.
Elon Musk's US Department of Defense contracts
Elon Musk's companies have a variety of contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, highlighting the growing relationship ...
Elon Musk in the Oval Office
Dispelling doubts, the billionaire showed off his unprecedented power to disrupt and remake the government — with President Trump’s blessing.
Who Is Steve Caudle? Pastor Pushes to Stop Elon Musk Taking Social Security
A pastor in Tennessee appeared to call for violence towards Elon Musk during his Sunday sermon following efforts by the ...
Elon Musk: We're Processing Federal Bureaucracy On Paper Inside A Mineshaft, How About Anything But That?
Elon Musk spoke about one way to reform the federal bureaucracy during an Oval Office event with President Trump on Tuesday: getting rid of the OPM's Iron Mountain data center. "We were told the most ...
Trump orders 'large-scale' cuts in federal workforce as Elon Musk defends DOGE
Elon Musk joined Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday as the president signed an executive order to shrink the federal ...
Elon Musk embraces X platform as key tool in DOGE transparency amid onslaught of attacks from Dems
President Donald Trump’s first term revolutionized the online relationship between the president and the public. Elon Musk is ...
Elon Musk's latest move shocks tech world
Elon Musk has been extremely busy since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. His position as head of the newly created ...
Elon Musk's mother bombarded with comments calling her a Nazi
Maye Musk, the mother of billionaire Elon Musk, has been bombarded with comments calling her a Nazi after her son did an ...