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Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves back to state court

Nov. 01, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A legal fight over Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes is back in state court in Pennsylvania, a loss for the billionaire, after a federal judge said Friday that he doesn't have jurisdiction. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wants to...

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Nov. 01, 2024 17:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a measure of the influence the world’s richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech and business titan, has spent...

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Nov. 01, 2024 16:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week's presidential election isn't just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It's also a measure of the influence the world's richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech and business titan, has spent at least...

Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court

Oct. 31, 2024 16:58 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor's effort to shut down Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moved to federal court on Thursday after a state judge let both sides debate their grievances in a hearing skipped by the world's richest man. Judge Angelo Foglietta...

A knock at the door, a chat with a neighbor, a text: Campaigns make final swing-state push

Oct. 31, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (AP) — At this stage of the election, the arguments have been made, the airwaves flooded with ads, the inboxes and doorsteps stuffed with flyers. What’s left is to get out the vote. It’s a crucial step that can make or break campaigns, turning Americans into...

Judge sets hearing on $1M-a-day sweepstakes from Elon Musk PAC helping Donald Trump

Oct. 30, 2024 20:13 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge has set a hearing Thursday morning in the city prosecutor’s bid to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes in battleground states. The giveaways come from Musk’s political organization, which aims to boost Donald Trump’s presidential...

Musk's pro-Trump super PAC uses vulgarity demeaning women to describe Harris

Oct. 29, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

Elon Musk's political action committee created an ad attacking Vice President Kamala Harris that includes multiple references to a vulgarity often used to demean women as well as calling her a communist. In a 35 second video dated Oct. 25 and posted on Musk's X platform, a narrator...

Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk's America PAC over its $1 million giveaway

Oct. 28, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

The district attorney of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit Monday to halt Elon Musk 's $1 million giveaways as part of his political organization's effort boosting Donald Trump 's presidential campaign. The suit by Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner is the first legal action to be...

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 22, 2024 05:06 AM EDT

GUADALAJARA JALISCO, Mexico (AP) — GUADALAJARA JALISCO, Mexico (AP) — Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV (PAC) on Monday reported profit of $104.9 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico-based company said it had net income of...

Musk offers voters $1 million a day to sign PAC petition backing the Constitution. Is that legal?

Oct. 20, 2024 18:10 PM EDT

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who's gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump's candidacy for the White House, has already committed at least $70 million to help the former president. Now he's pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his...