Washington DC: Ahead of the Monday deadline, the Trump administration in the United States is reportedly backing off from Elon Musk’s weekend mandate for all government employees to submit five things they accomplished in the last week or face dismissal. President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Musk on Saturday posted on his social media platform, X, … Read more
Washington: US government workers who have been buffeted by President Donald Trump’s chaotic return to power face more uncertainty on Monday, when many of them will be required to justify their jobs to Elon Musk, the chainsaw-wielding billionaire tasked with slashing the federal budget. Musk’s demand for the nation’s civil-service workers to submit a summary … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like his billionaire advisor Elon Musk to get “more aggressive” in implementing his reform agenda cutting back the federal government. “Elon is doing a great job, but I would like to see him get more aggressive,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Remember, we have … Read more
Washington: Elon Musk has said he would work with US President Donald Trump for as long as he “can be helpful,” as the pair dismissed concerns over possible conflicts of interest due to the tech tycoon’s work with the White House. “I’ll be as helpful as long as I can be helpful,” Musk said when … Read more
Paris: Artificial intelligence developer OpenAI is “not for sale”, a senior executive said Tuesday in response to a reported $97.4 billion bid from competitor Elon Musk. “OpenAI is not for sale and any such suggestion is really disingenuous,” the company’s Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said on the sidelines of an AI summit in … Read more
New Delhi: An offer of $97.4 billion backed by Elon Musk to take over the non-profit that controls OpenAI has added to the long-standing feud between the Tesla chief and Sam Altman, CEO of the ChatGPT maker, over the future of the start-up they co-founded in 2015. In a new twist, Altman rejected the offer … Read more
Washington DC: A US judge early on Saturday temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing records from the Treasury Department containing sensitive personal data of millions of Americans, including their social security and bank account numbers. US district judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued the preliminary injunction after 19 Democratic states sued … Read more
Washington DC: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the American capital on Wednesday as part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration’s move to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) – Â a department that was the largest bilateral donor in the world just three weeks ago. The protest outside the Capitol building in … Read more
Tesla chief Elon Musk, who heads the US Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration, has updated his profile bio on X (formerly Twitter). It now reads “White House Tech Support”. Elon Musk’s X bio Musk, who has been considerably active on X since acquiring it and often shares memes, had changed his bio … Read more
Washington: Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Donald Trump’s controversial close advisor, said Monday the giant USAID humanitarian agency will be “shutting down” as part of his radical — and critics say unconstitutional — drive to shrink the US government. Employees at the US Agency for International Development, which runs aid programs in … Read more
New Delhi: A group of Elon Musk’s close associates, including former interns and trusted sidekicks, has taken control of the General Services Administration (GSA), the federal agency which manages government offices and technology. The team is attempting to use White House security credentials for unusual access to GSA tech, deploying AI software, and restructuring the … Read more
Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Donald Trump administration 2.0, was reportedly eyeing his office inside the Oval Office, West Wing of the White House. However, US President Donald Trump has clarified that a separate office has been set up for Tesla chief Musk and his team. And it … Read more