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Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House
One hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted…
Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley?
The European Union fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of dollars last week. My colleague Jennifer Rankin reports: The European Commission has fined Apple €500m (£429m) and Meta €200m for breaking rules on fair competition and user choice, in the first penalties issued under one of the EU’s landmark…
I went to a Tesla protest this weekend – here’s what I learned | Zoe Williams
Park Royal is the worst underground station in London and therefore the world. You come out of a stubby 1930s entrance hall that must have been cute once, right on to a dual carriageway. There’s a hotel on the other side of the road, and a tourist will most likely…
Chaos unleashed by Musk’s Doge is starting to wane – what does that mean?
“This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!” screamed Elon Musk, wielding the power tool before a cheering crowd at a rightwing political conference. The tech titan promised to slice and dice the US federal government and save taxpayers a trillion dollars. Oozing confidence, the world’s richest person seemed unstoppable. That was…
Kimmel on Trump’s White House flagpoles: ‘The kind of decision you make when you can’t get an erection’
With many late-night hosts still on holiday, Jimmy Kimmel looks at Donald Trump’s new White House flagpole obsession and Elon Musk’s Tesla woes. Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday marked 93 days of the new Trump administration, “and things are going pretty great. Really good,” Jimmy Kimmel said with deep sarcasm on Wednesday…
First Thing: US lawmakers decry ‘national disgrace’ of student detentions on visit to Ice jails
Good morning. Congressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, as a “national disgrace” during a visit to the two facilities in Louisiana where each are being held. “We stand firm with them in support of…
Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits
The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, said he will start pulling back from his role at the so-called “department of government efficiency” starting in May. Musk’s remarks came as the company reported a massive dip in both profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2025 amid backlash against his…
Opt out: how to protect your data and privacy if you own a Tesla
Welcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border. If you’d like to skip to a section about…
Tesla stops taking orders in China for two models imported from US
Tesla has stopped taking orders in China for two models it previously imported from the US, as companies scramble to adapt to prohibitive tariffs imposed in Donald Trump’s trade war. The manufacturer, run by Trump’s close ally Elon Musk, removed “order now” buttons on its Chinese website for its Model…
Sledgehammer-wielding Musk critics smash up Tesla in London art project
Protective helmets were donned and sledgehammers wielded as Elon Musk critics vented their frustration at the Tesla boss and billionaire by smashing up a disused Tesla bound for the scrapheap. The public art project was organised by the social media campaign group Everyone Hates Elon. A 2014 Tesla Model S…