Before you knock down a fence, make sure you understand why it was put there in the first place. Elon’s response to that, in ...

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Kennedy reinforced at his confirmation hearings last week that he is uniquely dangerous: a prodigious disinformation ...

Federal employees who resign can stop working and keep their pay and benefits until Sept. 30, the Trump administration said.

Reform Party Rep. Lee Jun-seok cited U.S. Presidents and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday in a speech widely regarded as his bid for president, calling for a generational change of guard.

Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian libertarian MP Marius Nilsen, who tossed the Tesla ...

Some Democrats view Big Tech’s rightward lurch as a political crisis, one brought on by their own party’s policy mistakes. In ...

To contextualize a chaotic first 10 days for the federal government in President Donald Trump’s second term, some have ...

As he offered his thanks to the crowd during a Trump inaugural event, Musk put his right hand to his heart, then extended his hand to the crowd with his palm slightly raised. He turned around and made ...

Elon Musk’s controversial gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute, drew criticism from Trump’s political ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2025, his inauguration celebrations were marked by controversy over a gesture ...

Sir Winston Churchill died 60 years ago this week on 24 January 1965. His funeral took place on 30 January, following three days lying in state in the Palace of Westminster.