Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is facing little media scrutiny after making a one-handed gesture during a California speech Saturday—despite similar gestures from Elon Musk and Steve Bannon being labeled “Nazi salutes” earlier this year. Booker’s move—placing his hand over his heart before extending it outward—mirrored Musk’s widely condemned gesture at a Trump event in February.
U2 frontman Bono faced fierce pushback on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast after claiming the Trump administration’s disbandment of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) caused 300,000 deaths. Rogan and Elon Musk quickly challenged the singer’s claim, calling it baseless and untested.
Democrats are intensifying their scrutiny of Elon Musk following his departure from the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Left-wing media figures are ramping up their attacks on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), calling it “performative vandalism” without results. On CNN’s “Inside Politics” Thursday, The Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg accused Musk of “owning the libs by destroying government institutions without a larger purpose.” The New York Times’ David Fahrenthold echoed the criticism, claiming Musk’s disruption of government operations left little to show for it.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, announced plans to significantly reduce his political spending following substantial contributions to President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.
Brown University sophomore Alex Shieh is under disciplinary review after emailing 3,805 non-faculty staff members, inquiring, "What do you do all day?"
Elon Musk announced plans to scale back his involvement with the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following a sharp 71% decline in Tesla's first-quarter profits.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has advised federal agencies that a directive from Elon Musk—requiring federal employees to submit weekly work achievement lists—is voluntary and noncompliance will not be treated as a resignation. The instruction from OPM came after multiple agencies questioned the legitimacy and enforceability of Musk’s demand, originally sent in late February.
