Musk flexes influence over Congress in shutdown drama

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 07:03 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Musk and Trump quickly derailed a stopgap spending bill, showing their power before the president-elect even takes office.

Bernie Sanders criticizes ‘President Elon Musk’ over effort to derail funding plan

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 17:58 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

‘Billionaires must not be allowed to run our government,’ Sanders says after Musk derides bipartisan deal to prevent government shutdown

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Bernie Sanders has criticized “Presid…

Starmer urged to change donation rules amid talk of Musk bankrolling Reform

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 07:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Exclusive: Electoral Commission wants prime minister to protect elections from foreign interference

Keir Starmer must strengthen the rules around political donations to protect the electoral system fr…

DOGE's Elon Musk issues chilling threat to any Republican who votes for 1,547-page spending bill

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 21:00 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Elon Musk, Donald Trump's pick to hack away frivolous government spending, publicly slammed Speaker Mike Johnson's spending plan after talking to him on the phone about it.

Farage’s photo with Musk and Nick Candy defines his Trump tribute act era

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 14:59 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Eight years after an awkward ‘bad boys of Brexit’ snap at Trump Tower’s lift, Reform’s leader is a Mar-a-Lago insider

As a photo it is visually striking and politically resonant: Nigel Farage, the man…

Elon Musk tweets his backing for Reform after Mar-A-Lago summit and Nigel Farage says X owner is 'right behind' party amid rumours of a $100m donation

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The party leader met Mr Musk at president-elect Trump's Florida headquarters on Monday. Mr Farage said they had discussed money and that there will be 'ongoing negotiations'.

Chris Mason: Is this the clearest proof yet Musk wants to get involved in UK politics?

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Nigel Farage tells the BBC he is in "open negotiations" with Elon Musk but no figure has been agreed on.

EU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 16:44 UTC

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UK not part of Iris2 project described as ‘a significant step towards Europe’s sovereignty and secure connectivity’

The EU has launched an ambitious €10bn (£8.3bn) space programme with a constellation…

Elon Musk tops world's rich list after wealth soared by whopping $200BILLION this year as latest billionaire's list reveals 8 of the top 10 richest are tech titans

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 13:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Elon Musk, 53, has now amassed a net worth of $455billion, Bloomberg reported, a rise boosted by a nearly 71 per cent surge in Tesla stock following the US election.

ANDREW PIERCE: The billionaire with a hotline to Musk who says he'll raise enough money for Reform to make Farage Prime Minister

found 2024 › Dec › 14 (Sat) @ 08:36 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

ANDREW PIERCE: One message on the telephone made Candy smile in particular. It was from Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump.