Trump-linked venture fund 1789 Capital tops $1 billion in assets

With Donald Trump Jr. as a partner, 1789 Capital is drawing a flood of new investments and landing stakes in hot emerging tech firms – including xAI and two other Elon Musk ventures – as it executes plans to cash in on a MAGA “parallel economy.”

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Without Musk, DOGE likely to fizzle out, says ex-staffer

Without billionaire Elon Musk in the Trump administration, his cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency project is likely to sputter out, a former DOGE staffer said in his first interview since leaving the team.

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Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE expanding his Grok AI in US government, raising conflict concerns

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans.

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Trump’s Plan to Take Jet From Qatar Heightens Corruption Concerns

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Musk lays groundwork for big donor role in midterm elections as time with DOGE ends

As billionaire Elon Musk scales back work for U.S. President Donald Trump, he’s laying the groundwork for a major role as a Republican political megadonor in next year’s midterm elections, according to four people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Musk lays groundwork for big donor role in midterm elections as time with DOGE ends

As billionaire Elon Musk scales back work for U.S. President Donald Trump, he’s laying the groundwork for a major role as a Republican political megadonor in next year’s midterm elections, according to four people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say

Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

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Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say

Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

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In Wisconsin court race, megadonor Musk's role helps fuel Democratic turnout

Elon Musk poured millions of dollars into a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and even donned a local cheese-shaped hat at a political rally, only to have his candidate soundly defeated in a race viewed as an early referendum on Donald Trump's presidency.

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Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage

President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International Hotel project, and pushed back on calls for the country’s president to resign.

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People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a gro...

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Insight: Musk rallies the far right in Europe. Tesla is paying the price.

For the past two months, tech billionaire Elon Musk has promoted Germany’s far-right party in at least two dozen posts on his X platform, interviewed its leader, and told his 219 million followers it was the country’s “only hope.”

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Ultimatum to federal workers raises tensions between Musk, White House staff

U.S. President Donald Trump’s top aides are struggling to contain disputes at the White House and across the administration following billionaire Elon Musk's ultimatum to federal workers to list their accomplishments or lose their jobs, said three government officials familiar with the tensions.

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Trump Administration Live Updates: News on Elon Musk, Russia Peace Talks and RFK Jr.

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Insight: Elon Musk’s tactics frustrate some senior White House officials

As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal agencies, frustration is growing among some top aides to President Donald Trump, who want more coordination from Musk's team as he slashes the U.S. government, according to four people aware of the tensions.

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US Defense Department contract "inaccurately represented" on social media, says Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters said on Thursday its business with the Department of Defense was "inaccurately represented," in response to accusations on social media by Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump that the company played a role in "large scale social deception" for the government.

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Insight: Elon Musk’s tactics frustrate some senior White House officials

As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal agencies, frustration is growing among some top aides to President Donald Trump, who want more coordination from Musk's team as he slashes the U.S. government, according to four people aware of the tensions.

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For one Honduran single mom fleeing threats, Trump dashes American dream

Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone started buzzing with news that the app she had used to book her U.S. asylum appointment was down.

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Some migrants turn to pricey smugglers or riskier routes after Trump clampdown

After Honduran migrant Alex Diaz' U.S. asylum appointment was canceled following Donald Trump's immigration and border crackdown, the 23-year-old former bus driver began considering what he had been determined to avoid: entering the United States illegally.

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For one Honduran single mom fleeing threats, Trump dashes American dream

Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone started buzzing with news that the app she had used to book her U.S. asylum appointment was down.

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For one Honduran single mom fleeing threats, Trump dashes American dream

Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, Honduran migrant Denia Mendez's phone started buzzing with news that the app she had used to book her U.S. asylum appointment was down.

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Trump’s Cryptocurrency Surges to Become One of the World’s Most Valuable

The new business venture by the Trump family has turned into an overnight phenomenon, generating a windfall on paper but also intensifying criticism.

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Albania Gives Jared Kushner Hotel Project a Nod as Trump Returns

The project is one of several that family members of President-elect Donald J. Trump have with foreign countries that have pending policy matters with the United States.

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Opinion | Scott Bessent’s funny math would make his GOP predecessors blush

The more economic growth a politician promises, the worse his or her economic plan probably is.

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The migrants on the frontline of Trump’s mass deportation plan

Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States illegally.

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