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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Dials Donald Trump, Elon Musk Joins Call – NDTV

Elon Musk has been a near-constant presence on the side of US President-elect Donald Trump. It was proven again when Google CEO Sundar Pichai dialed Trump and Musk joined the call, reported The Information. Mr Pichai called Trump to congratulate him on his victory over Kamala Harris in the recently concluded US Presidential Election.
In the past, Musk has alleged biases in Google’s search results, suggesting that upon searching for Trump, news related to Harris surfaced.
Musk even found a […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Dials Donald Trump, Elon Musk Joins Call – NDTV

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Musk, Ramaswamy float 'large-scale firings' for federal workforce – USA Today

WASHINGTON — Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy outlined a plan Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump to oversee a massive reduction in the federal workforce, arguing the employees won’t be needed after Trump eliminates “thousands of regulations” in his next administration.
Musk and Ramaswamy, who Trump last week named co-heads of a new Department of Government Efficiency, singled out in a Wall Street Journal op-ed federal employees “who view themselves as immune from […]
Musk, Ramaswamy float 'large-scale firings' for federal workforce – USA Today

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Grimes says she was 'going bankrupt' during custody battle with Elon Musk – Business Insider

Grimes says she was “going bankrupt” during her custody dispute with Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk, with whom she shares three children.
Grimes, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, became embroiled in a custody dispute with Musk in 2023 over X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus. Grimes and Musk filed separate lawsuits against each other that year in California and Texas, respectively. The case was sealed from the public last December, so it’s unclear if it is still […]
Grimes says she was 'going bankrupt' during custody battle with Elon Musk – Business Insider

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U.K. to Summon Elon Musk to Testify About X's Role in Southport Riots – Rolling Stone

British MPs will summon Elon Musk to testify in U.K. parliament about the misinformation spread by X, formerly Twitter, following the Southport attack in July.

The summons will be part of a parliamentary inquiry into the mass riots that transpired after a man stabbed several people at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the seaside town of Southport, killing three children. MPs are expected to also call senior executives from Meta and TikTok for questioning in the inquiry, according […]
U.K. to Summon Elon Musk to Testify About X's Role in Southport Riots – Rolling Stone

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Trump and Musk's awkward body language decoded… and it's bad news for one of them

Watch: Body language expert picks apart the subtle gestures and poses as the two men watched the SpaceX launch

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been virtually joined at the hip since the president-elect’s election victory two weeks ago.
The Tesla billionaire has accompanied Mr Trump for family meals at his home in Florida, travelled with him to a meeting with congressional Republicans in Washington, and watched a UFC fight in New York with him.
But their most recent outing, at the […]
Trump and Musk's awkward body language decoded… and it's bad news for one of them

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Expert Warns That Elon Musk May Gut NASA – Futurism

Now that president-elect Donald Trump has solidified his bromance with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the role of NASA could start to look dramatically different.
Trump has put Musk in charge of a so-called "Department of Government Efficiency," where the mercurial CEO has promised to excise $2 trillion from the national budget — meaning that he'll be evaluating contracts for his own company, SpaceX.
That conflict of interest could come at great cost to NASA, as Progressive Policy […]
Expert Warns That Elon Musk May Gut NASA – Futurism

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Elon Musk: Uncrewed Starship payload to include Cybertrucks, Optimus bots – Teslarati

Elon Musk noted in a post on social media platform X that he is confident an uncrewed Starship mission to Mars would be possible in two years. And as per the CEO, the payload in these uncrewed missions would include the Tesla Cybertruck and Optimus robots. 
Musk’s comments were shared on X following the sixth test flight of Starship. In later posts, the CEO noted that the biggest technology challenge for Starship is its full reusability and capability to launch without refurbishment. With […]
Elon Musk: Uncrewed Starship payload to include Cybertrucks, Optimus bots – Teslarati

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7 key details from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE plan – Business Insider

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have outlined their vision for the Department of Government Efficiency in a lengthy op-ed, spelling out how the duo plan to slash government spending.
On Wednesday, Musk and Ramaswamy outlined their vision for DOGE, which Musk previously said would cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.
Their opinion piece, published in the Wall Street Journal, is lengthy and dense, filled with Supreme Court rulings and decades-old statutes. Here are the main takeaways.
Since […]
7 key details from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE plan – Business Insider

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Photos show Donald Trump and Elon Musk's post-election bromance – Yahoo

In the two weeks since the election, Elon Musk and Donald Trump have been pretty much inseparable.
Musk spent at least $119 million to boost Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
The Tesla CEO is set to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency in Trump's second term.
It's been two weeks since President-elect Donald Trump won another four years in the White House. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been by his side for much of that time.
Over the past fourteen days, Musk has hopped on the […]
Photos show Donald Trump and Elon Musk's post-election bromance – Yahoo

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Elon Musk shares Milton Freidman's loathing of government bloat | Fox Business

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, tapped by President-elect Trump to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, spoke at the America First Policy Institute at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Thursday.
Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy are already looking at what parts of the government could be slashed as they team up to lead President-elect Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Tesla CEO on Wednesday pointed to famed economist Milton Friedman's opinion from decades […]
Elon Musk shares Milton Freidman's loathing of government bloat | Fox Business