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Trump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary

Nov. 23, 2024 00:10 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time before settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary nominee. The Republican not only wanted someone who jibes with him, but an official who can...

Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip for rocket launch

Nov. 19, 2024 19:12 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — For two weeks, Donald Trump has welcomed Elon Musk into his world. On Tuesday, it was Musk’s turn to play host to the president-elect. Trump flew to South Texas to watch as Musk’s SpaceX launched a Starship rocket near the Mexican border. Trump listened...

Amazon and Elon Musk's SpaceX challenge labor agency's constitutionality in federal court

Nov. 18, 2024 17:31 PM EST

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX argued in a federal appeals court Monday that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional, advancing a legal fight that may last into the Trump administration where Musk is expected to oversee bureaucratic cost-cutting. ...

FACT FOCUS: Election officials knock down Starlink vote rigging conspiracy theories

Nov. 12, 2024 18:05 PM EST

As President-elect Donald Trump begins filling key posts in his second administration, social media users are pushing false claims that the 2024 election was rigged in his favor. One such narrative claims that billionaire Elon Musk facilitated the alleged fraud with his internet...

Elon Musk's PAC spent an estimated $200 million to help elect Trump, AP source says

Nov. 11, 2024 18:02 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk's super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the group's spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO...

The Latest: Trump and Harris make final pushes in key battleground states

Oct. 21, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states. The Republican nominee made three North Carolina stops Monday, including a visit to see...

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

Oct. 13, 2024 13:15 PM EDT

SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon Musk called it “science fiction without the fiction part.” Towering almost 400 feet...

AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day

Oct. 08, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state...

Elon Musk makes his first appearance at a Trump rally and casts the election in dire terms

Oct. 06, 2024 09:58 AM EDT

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during an appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X,...

Elon Musk to join Trump at rally at the site of first assassination attempt

Oct. 04, 2024 10:38 AM EDT

Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at his rally Saturday in Butler, the Pennsylvania city where the Republican presidential nominee survived an assassination attempt earlier this year. “I will be there to support!” Musk wrote on his social platform X on Thursday in a retweet of...