Rep. Chellie Pingree says the tech billionaire’s access to sensitive personal information and aggressive efforts to cut federal spending have caused a flood of calls to her office from ‘panic-stricken’ Mainers.
Elon Musk
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists, regardless of what he meant
Many social media users noticed that the gesture looked like a Nazi salute, and Musk only fanned the flames by not explicitly denying those claims.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World
Musk ascends as a political force beyond his wealth by tanking budget deal
Elon Musk’s role in taking down a bipartisan budget deal shows his ascendance as a political force.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court
A judge in Philadelphia has put a state challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes on hold while lawyers for the billionaire and his political action committee try to move the lawsuit to federal court
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Philly DA sues to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania
The suit is the first legal action challenging the controversial sweepstakes launched earlier this month by the X and Tesla executive’s America PAC.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Trump’s Madison Square Garden event turns into a rally with crude and racist insults
Several of Trump’s allies have used crude and extreme rhetoric toward Harris and other Trump critics before the former president was to take the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories
Less than 2 weeks before Election Day, a resurgence of misinformation and conspiracy theories about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are run.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world
X missed a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to name a legal representative in Brazil, triggering the suspension.
Posted inBusiness
Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing
The technology’s problems have led many observers to become skeptical that Tesla’s system will ever be able to operate safely on a broad scale.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Strategist who ran DeSantis’ ill-fated bid working with Musk to help organize voters for Trump
Donald Trump’s campaign is largely leaving paid canvassing and get-out-the-vote efforts to outside groups like America PAC, funded in part by Elon Musk.