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Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian libertarian MP Marius Nilsen, who tossed the Tesla ...

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which refers to a cryptocurrency championed by Musk, was set up by Trump in ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump took office in 2025, his inauguration celebrations were marked by controversy over a gesture ...

Musk makes his first federal political contribution in 2003, the same year he becomes chairman of Tesla. According to Federal ...

USAID, which has become the focus of Elon Musk's DOGE efforts in recent days, was led by Obama admin alum Samantha Power from 2021 until Trump took office in January.

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump has issued a number of orders which included establishing the ...

Trump has granted Musk and his DOGE colleagues access to a trove of federal data with little transparency requirements.

The immediate past president of the United States of America spent $1.9 trillion on regulatory costs, the Elon Musk-led Department of Government ...

Ethics laws make it a federal criminal offense to take actions that benefit family businesses — even for so-called special ...