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China countered President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports. It ...

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Elon Musk may be the most divisive man in Washington — and in President Trump’s White House. In one camp stand Trump allies ...

To be clear: It’s not that I was wrong about the conflicts of interest Musk would be subject to — there is virtually nothing in government that doesn’t affect Musk’s businesses, which span electric ...

The president said Musk won’t have the unfettered ability to dismantle the government, but for now their relationship is ...

What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and ...

Now that Elon Musk has been classified as a "special government employee," he will get greater access to U.S. government ...

Trump on Tuesday told reporters he opposed “many” of billionaire Elon Musk’s ideas to tackle government inefficiency, but praised his effort to shut down USAID.

Newsweek contacted Elon Musk via Tesla for comment on how his companies have been affected via email. Trump and Musk have been close allies for the last year, and the billionaire businessman plays an ...