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Starlink turbocharges lethal jihadist group in Africa
In the Sahel region of West Africa, an ascendant jihadist group is using Starlink, SpaceX's high-speed satellite internet service, to increase its…
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Caleb Ecarma
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The Week in Musk: Regrets
Not long after launching a series of indignant and accusatory broadsides at Donald Trump last week, Elon Musk began to show signs of regret.
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Caleb Ecarma
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Trump-Musk feud could shatter the "Golden Dome"
The fallout between Donald Trump and Elon Musk could imperil a missile defense program that is the defining defense priority of Trump's second term.
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Caleb Ecarma
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The week in Musk: From bromance to blood feud
Gone are the days of Elon Musk professing that he loves Donald Trump as much as "a straight man can love another man." In a whirlwind back-and-forth on…
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Caleb Ecarma
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The real reason Musk left the White House
When Elon Musk announced his departure from the Trump administration last week, he attributed the change to unavoidable bureaucratic rules.
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Caleb Ecarma
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May 2025

The Week In Musk: Early retirement
The drawn-out White House retirement tour that Elon Musk began six weeks ago may finally be over.
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Caleb Ecarma
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Musk's fixation on South African "white genocide" traces back to Starlink expansion
Donald Trump scolded South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House last Thursday, falsely claiming that the country is allowing a…
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Caleb Ecarma
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The Week in Musk: "I think I've done enough"
Elon Musk used a number of interviews this week to usher in his renewed commitment to his businesses over politics.
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Caleb Ecarma
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Inside the Musk-Saudi alliance
In August 2018, Elon Musk's excitable temperament led to a falling out with his wealthy investors in Riyadh.
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Caleb Ecarma
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The Week In Musk: Grok gone wild
When xAI launched its Grok chatbot in 2023, Elon Musk promised an "edgy" truthteller unencumbered by the "woke" inclinations that had supposedly…
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Caleb Ecarma
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Musk promised budget cuts. He delivered a panopticon.
The Department of Government Efficiency, the secretive White House initiative founded by Elon Musk, was sold to the American public under the guise of…
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Caleb Ecarma
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"The world's richest man killing the world's poorest children"
In this week’s Musk Watch roundup: Bill Gates condemns Elon’s DOGE cuts, the Trump administration uses tariffs to help Starlink, and SpaceX forms a…
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Caleb Ecarma
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