Elon Musk

A Republican congressman spoke out Monday against SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after the world's richest man called Democratic Senator Mark Kelly—who's also a Navy veteran—a "traitor" following Kelly's visit to Ukraine. Newsweek reached out to Musk via SpaceX for comment. The Context The Trump administration recently paused security assistance to…

Elon Musk said X was hit by a major cyberattack on Monday as outages plagued users of the platform once known as Twitter. “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk said in a post on the platform. Musk blamed a cyberattack, providing no evidence, for crashing the…

X has been hit by a "massive cyber attack", according to Elon Musk. The boss of the social media platform said the attack was carried out "with a lot of resources". Mr Musk claimed that either a large coordinated group or a country was involved, or both. He wrote on…

By Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York. His focus is domestic U.S. politics, but he has experience covering Foreign Affairs, Business and Technology. Peter joined Newsweek in 2024 from Fox News Digital and had previously freelanced at Business Insider. He has interviewed such notable figures…

The Liberal Party came a dismal third place in the seat of Canberra in 2022, suffering a 6% swing against it. And given Peter Dutton’s recent attacks on federal public servants, this year’s result might be even worse. The Coalition’s fatwa against bureaucrats started with its recent suggestion that it…

“Saturday Night Live” promised a night full of Lady Gaga in this week’s episode, but President Donald Trump’s antics and the return of Mike Myers as Elon Musk dominated the hilarious “SNL” cold open once again. After re-enacting the chaotic meeting between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukraine president…

Speaker Mike Johnson is throwing his support behind Elon Musk following President Donald Trump’s tense closed-door meeting with his Cabinet, saying that the role of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is going through a “recalibration” and that Musk will correct his mistakes along the way. “I think the president kind…

Elon Musk’s allegiance to Donald Trump is once again stirring up controversy — this time over Starlink. The satellite internet provider, owned by Musk’s firm SpaceX, has become embroiled in a hot debate among Italian politicians, as Rome weighs its strategic alliances amid mounting tensions between Europe and the US.…

If NPR’s government funding is slashed under Donald Trump’s administration, it would do significant damage to the broadcasting collective’s local stations, Steve Oney tells me. “So in that sense,” he says, “NPR is vulnerable.” “But it’s hard to tell what Donald Trump is going to do right now,” adds Oney,…

Senate Democrats are running out of time to decide whether fighting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s funding freezes is worth forcing a government shutdown. Assuming House Republicans can successfully pass the six-month spending patch they plan to put on the floor next week, GOP senators will need help from…