Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also are among the world’s richest men.
Han Zheng, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s envoy at Trump’s Inauguration, discussed fentanyl, trade, and technology with Vance and Musk.
The most self-serving, venal, greedy, and entitled members of Silicon Valley are hoping to reshape American governance in their image, with the help of a willing and pliant Trump. The enshittification of America has begun.
President Donald Trump ushered in a new era on Monday—flanked by his broligarchy, a melting pot of masculinity: tech billionaires, far-right media influencers, combat sports stars, and more. “There are only two genders: male and female,
When we saw Elon Musk walking into the Twitter head office with a sink a little over two years ago, did we expect things to escalate this quickly? It is sinking in what an existential threat to democracy we
The coalition is achingly close to achieving a long-held conservative dream — of fashioning a high-low alliance powerful enough to supplant the liberal establishment and remake America. It is a project that might well collapse if one side or the other gets too much of what it wants, and ends up driving the other away.
The trio of late night hosts also commented on Elon Musk's behavior ("a real-life comic book villain") and Big Tech's VIP presence at the Capitol: "Trump is selling the country to the highest bidder."
As Mr. Trump returns for his second tour at the White House, this time thundering about tariffs, reassessing old alliances and taking back territories that “America First” should have control over, there is a deep sense of uncertainty about where that leaves the rest of the world.
President Donald Trump has announced that he's open to billionaire ally Elon Musk buying TikTok. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
Tyler Sweatt, CEO of defense tech startup Second Front Systems, said a huge frustration he’s had with the federal government has been bureaucratic opacity. Founders often can’t even figure out who to contact in the government, much less secure a huge contract.
A deep philosophical rift between the two billionaire leaders of the “Department of Government Efficiency” left Musk to run the group.