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A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion
A Debate Unfolds About
the Cybertruck Explosion
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Jan 5, 2025 6:29 AM CST

A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion

Did the vehicle limit the damage, or was it because of the low-grade explosives?

(Newser) - Why didn't the Tesla Cybertruck explosion cause more damage? It's one of the questions investigators in Las Vegas are trying to answer given that the man blamed was a highly skilled special ops soldier. The debate unfolding has split into two camps: Either Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger chose...

Musk Goes After UK's 'Keir Starmtrooper'

X owner posts series of scathing tweets against British PM, supports nation's far-right Reform Party

(Newser) - Elon Musk has made a nonsubtle shift to the hard right—first through his increasingly close relationship with Donald Trump, as well as via his support for Germany's AfD party , which has neo-Nazi ties. Now he's stepping into the fray of British politics, slamming new Prime Minister Keir...

Explosives Found Inside Cybertruck That Detonated at Trump Hotel

Police are probing the incident as possible terrorism

(Newser) - Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism, the AP reports. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and...

Cybertruck Explodes at Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

One person is killed, seven injured after vehicle catches fire

(Newser) - One person was killed and several injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames and exploded near the entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The victim was in the vehicle, NBC News reports, while the injured were nearby. Two people were treated at a hospital. The...

Elon Musk Rebrands Himself on X
Elon Musk
Rebrands
Himself on X
Jan 1, 2025 6:25 AM CST

Elon Musk Rebrands Himself on X

He changes his name to 'Kekius Maximus'

(Newser) - Elon Musk is no longer going by that name on X . The BBC reports Musk "has sparked speculation" after changing his profile name to "Kekius Maximus" and pairing it with a profile photo of an armored Pepe the Frog, who appears to be holding a gaming console. Fortune ...

Report: Musk Has Hunkered Down in a Mar-a-Lago Cottage

It's called Banyan

(Newser) - Elon Musk and President-elect Trump aren't just political bedfellows—they're also neighbors, reports the New York Times . The Times reports that since Election Day, sources say Musk has spent much of his time living at Mar-a-Lago in one of the rental cottages on the Florida property. Specifically, he...

Musk Goes Further in His Support of Far-Right Party

He claims party with neo-Nazi links is Germany's last hope

(Newser) - Elon Musk on Saturday endorsed Germany's far-right AfD party for the second time in little more than a week, this time going further than his initial X post backing the party , which has links to neo-Nazis. In a guest opinion column for the Welt am Sonntag, a major German...

Trump Sides With Musk in Rift Among Allies

President-elect voices support for H-1B visas as an internal MAGA debate intensifies

(Newser) - President-elect Trump appears to have picked a side in a fierce debate unfolding among his most prominent allies, and it's the side with Elon Musk. In an interview with the New York Post , Trump voiced support for H-1B visas, used by many Silicon Valley companies to bring in skilled...

Trump: Bill Gates Asked to Visit Mar-a-Lago

President-elect says so in message that some think was meant to be sent privately to Elon Musk

(Newser) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent weeks to break bread with Donald Trump, as have Meta's Mark Zuckerberg , Apple's Tim Cook, and, of course, X owner and DOGE chief Elon Musk . Now it looks like another tech giant has requested to pay a visit,...

Issue of H-1B Visas Inspires MAGA 'Civil War'
Debate Over Visas Ignites
a Rift in Trump World
THE RUNDOWN
Dec 27, 2024 10:50 AM CST

Debate Over Visas Ignites a Rift in Trump World

Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, Laura Loomer all jump in to MAGA 'civil war' on H-1B visas, migrants

(Newser) - A "civil war" of sorts broke out over the weekend in MAGA world, pitting far-right Trump supporters against the billionaire tech-bro contingent. The fight started Sunday when President-elect Trump announced he'd chosen venture capitalist and India native Sriram Krishnan as a senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence. That...

Elon Musk Anoints Himself 'Ozempic Santa'

Billionaire posts a photo of himself looking noticeably slimmer

(Newser) - Elon Musk posted a photo of himself donned in a Santa suit but looking noticeably slimmer, with the caption explaining the change: "Ozempic Santa," he wrote, a reference to the weight loss drug. But as the New York Post notes, Musk also clarified that he's actually taking...

GOP Lawmaker: Elon Musk Is Like America's Prime Minister

Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas calls the situation 'kind of interesting'

(Newser) - America doesn't have a prime minister, but if it did, one Republican lawmaker thinks he knows who it would be. "It's kind of interesting. We have a president, we have a vice president, we have a [House] Speaker. It feels like as if Elon Musk is our...

The Cybertruck Embodies Elon Musk, for Better and Worse

A Texas Monthly writer catalogues the many problems, also finds it 'thrilling to drive'

(Newser) - The headline at Texas Monthly refers to the vehicle as "the most polarizing thing on wheels." And not surprisingly, the accompanying article by SC Gwynne (who once covered the auto industry for Time) is about Tesla's Cybertruck. Elon Musk's version of the pickup looks like no...

No Shutdown: Senate Passes Bill Just After Deadline

Measure went through after midnight, but no agencies were shut down

(Newser) - The Senate passed a spending measure in the early hours of Saturday—technically missing a midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown, but by so little a margin that the disruption will be minimal, reports CNN . The vote was 85-11. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it. Passage came...

Musk Endorses Germany's Far-Right Party

Scholz points out that free speech rights apply to bad political advice

(Newser) - Elon Musk, already busy with US politics , stepped into Germany's on Friday, drawing the attention of millions of X users and leaders who don't share his support of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. "Only the AfD can save Germany," Musk wrote in response to a...

Late-Night Hosts Needle Trump Over Musk
Friendship of Musk, Trump
May Be Getting Tested
the rundown
Dec 20, 2024 9:34 AM CST

Friendship of Musk, Trump May Be Getting Tested

President-elect's team rejects the assertion that Musk is calling the shots

(Newser) - The drama in DC over a possible government shutdown has focused attention on the relationship between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Musk got out ahead of the president-elect earlier this week in urging Congress to reject a spending bill, which "raised an awkward question for Trump of whether he...

Elon Musk Floated as Next Speaker of the House
'Unelected Oligarch,'
or the Next House Speaker?
the rundown
Dec 19, 2024 12:16 PM CST

'Unelected Oligarch,' or the Next House Speaker?

Rand Paul flexes his political muscle, earns praise and scorn

(Newser) - Elon Musk had a big hand in Republicans rejecting a spending bill that would've prevented a government shutdown. And Sen. Rand Paul wants the billionaire Trump ally, tapped to head a department of government efficiency in the incoming administration, to play a much bigger role going forward—as House...

Musk's SpaceX Makes Official Push for a New Texas City

Company asks local officials to make its Starbase launch site an incorporated city

(Newser) - SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city. Billionaire Elon Musk's company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase—the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets—into...

SpaceX Is Worth Twice What It Was Last Year
Elon Musk
Hits a Rich
Milestone
UPDATED
Dec 12, 2024 1:30 AM CST

Elon Musk Hits a Rich Milestone

After SpaceX valued at $350B, Musk is first person to pass $400B in net worth

(Newser) - Shortly after the news that SpaceX has exploded in value came the news that Elon Musk has become the first person to surpass $400 billion in net worth. An estimate by Bloomberg News says Musk, who reportedly owns 42% of SpaceX, is now worth $440 billion. Also adding to his...

Shortlist for Time's Person of the Year Is Out

3 presidential candidates in the US and Mexico, including the 2 victors, make the cut

(Newser) - The year of 2024 was enough to make heads nod, shake, and spin. Time is out with the shortlist of the 10 people around the globe who induced the most of that, and they include some very familiar faces and past winners, along with a few newcomers. In alphabetical order:...

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