Elon Musk

The billionaire’s latest venture into U.S. politics points to cracks in the two-party system—even if it might flop.

The President’s flirtation with another forever war threatened to fracture his coalition, alienating the likes of Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson

Without Elon Musk, what is the Department of Government Efficiency going to do?

What are the consequences of calling in troops to quell what the President has deemed “the enemy within”?

Does the Trump-Musk breakup resemble an ancient Greek myth or a Godzilla movie? Either way, mere mortals will likely get trampled.

The President has kept the upper hand so far, partly because of his bully pulpit, and partly because he has remained relatively understated.

The world’s richest man and its most powerful leader channel their inner middle schooler in a breakup for the ages.

In Jesse Armstrong’s new satire, tech is never morally in the black, and the people who create it are no better than despots—inept ones, at that.

Musk looks like the latest victim of a common Trump-era dynamic: the impossibility of sharing the President’s spotlight.

The obits for the tech mogul’s time at the Department of Government Efficiency are, justifiably, vicious.

As the Sage of Omaha announces his retirement, the Trump family’s crypto ventures and Musk’s DOGE cuts illuminate darker aspects of the system.

Fast and loose in Memphis, as in D.C.

With cuts comes leverage comes power.

As Tesla’s profits drop, a group called Everyone Hates Elon is going viral for plastering London with fake advertisements for the company, infiltrating a car showroom, and inviting the public to trash a Model S.

An organizer in the grassroots protest effort discusses why she joined the movement, and describes protesters’ fears of government interference.

Jill Lepore says that the SpaceX C.E.O., an avid sci-fi fan, misreads cautionary tales as instruction manuals—and that his obsessions will shape America’s future.

The Massachusetts Democrat argues that Trumponomics is wrecking the American economy.

“It’s ironic that, as a pro-democracy and pro-climate group, we’re protesting against electric cars,” one activist said. “But you cannot sacrifice our democracy for one piece of the thing.”

Tuesday’s election, as the only statewide race in the country before November, is a crucial test for the growing backlash against the Trump Administration’s agenda.

Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe.