Tag: Musk
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Jeff Bezos denies Elon Musk claim he urged people to sell their Tesla, SpaceX stock because Trump would lose
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have for years duked it out for the unofficial title of the world’s richest person. Now, with Donald Trump heading back to the White House, they seem to be competing for who can win — or at least not lose — the president-elect’s favor. Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX founder…
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What to know about Musk and Ramaswamy’s op-ed with details on their efficiency department
What to know about Musk and Ramaswamy’s op-ed with details on their efficiency department – CBS News Watch CBS News Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy shed some light on their plans for the “Department of Government Efficiency” in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe…
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Musk, Ramaswamy details plans for “Department of Government Efficiency”
Musk, Ramaswamy details plans for “Department of Government Efficiency” – CBS News Watch CBS News Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal detailing their plans for their “Department of Government Efficiency” and revealing some of the programs they might target. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more…
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Trump administration picks Matt Gaetz, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth and Elon Musk have sexual misconduct allegations in their past
Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Elon Musk are all in line to serve as top government leaders. All have faced varying degrees of sexual misconduct allegations. The president’s picks to carry out his agenda reflect an incoming administration hostile to the norms of the “Me Too” movement. Behavior that might have gotten…
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Trump joins Musk for rocket launch as he continues staffing up administration
Trump joins Musk for rocket launch as he continues staffing up administration – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump continued announcing picks for Cabinet positions and administrative roles, including tapping banking CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department. Trump also joined Elon Musk in Texas on Tuesday for a SpaceX rocket launch.…
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Rep. Jim Himes says he’s “skeptical” that Elon Musk has “any clue” on government efficiency
Rep. Jim Himes says he’s “skeptical” that Elon Musk has “any clue” on government efficiency – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut says he’s “skeptical” that Elon Musk has “got any clue” about government efficiency, despite that President-elect Donald Trump selected Musk to oversee a department on it. Be the…
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Elon Musk recently met with Iran’s ambassador to U.N.
Why does Musk want to join Trump? Why does Musk want to join Trump during second term as president? 03:04 Elon Musk recently met with Iran’s ambassador to the U.N., Amir Saeid Iravani, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. The meeting took place at the ambassador’s residence in New York. There’s no indication…
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Democratic senators ask Pentagon and DOJ to investigate any Elon Musk contact with Putin and other top Russians
Two top Democratic senators are asking the Pentagon and the Justice Department to investigate billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk’s reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials in recent years. Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a top member of the Senate Armed…
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What to know about Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
Donald Trump is vowing to reduce wasteful federal spending by tapping two billionaires — Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — to spearhead the initiative, which the president-elect is calling the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The appointments, announced by Trump on Tuesday, raise a host of questions about the effort, including…
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Trump announces Musk, Ramaswamy will lead newly-created Department of Government Efficiency
Musk took part in call between Trump, Zelenskyy Report: Musk took part in call between Trump, Zelenskyy 03:04 President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that billionaire Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy will head up a new agency known as the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump in a statement said the two “will pave the way…