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Govt denies Reuters takedown order; Elon Musk's X insists it happened

X says blocking done on government request, while the IT ministry claims no such request was made

Centre refutes claims, says X took 21 hours to unblock Reuters accounts

The clarification came after X blocked accounts of several news platforms including Reuters and Reuters World on July 5

Elon Musk confirms xAI's Grok 4 launch for July 9: Where to watch, features

Elon Musk announces that its AI entity xAI will launch the Grok 4 on July 9 at 8PM PT via livestream. The new xAI model will bring enhanced reasoning, coding features, and dual-model capabilities

Jeffrey Epstein 'client list' does not exist, says Justice Department

Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a client list, the Justice Department acknowledged Monday as it said no more files related to the wealthy financier's sex trafficking investigation would be made public despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi that had raised the expectations of conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists. The acknowledgment that the well-connected Epstein did not have a list of clients to whom underage girls were trafficked represents a public walk-back of a theory that the Trump administration had helped promote, with Bondi suggesting in a Fox News interview earlier this year that such a document was sitting on my desk for review. Even as it released video from inside a New York jail meant to definitively prove that Epstein killed himself, the department also said in a memo that it was refusing to disclose other evidence investigators had collected. Bondi for weeks had suggested more material was going to be revealed "It's a new administration and ...

Wall Street falls as fears over Trump's new tariffs weigh on markets

Stocks fell on Wall Street as the Trump administration stepped up pressure on trading partners to make deals before punishing tariffs imposed by the US take effect. The S&P 500 lost 0.8 per cent Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 0.9 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.9 per cent. Tesla tumbled as the feud between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump reignited over the weekend. Musk, once a top donor and ally of Trump, said he would form a third political party in protest over the Republican spending bill that passed last week. US stocks are losing ground in afternoon trading Monday as the Trump administration steps up pressure on trading partners to make deals before punishing tariffs imposed by the US take effect. The S&P 500 was down 1.2 per cent in the first day of trading in the US after a holiday-shortened week. The benchmark index remains near its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 641 points, or 1.4 per ...

Trump calls Musk's America Party 'ridiculous', says doomed to fail

Trump's remarks came a day after tech billionaire Elon Musk officially launched the America Party, a political platform he said was aimed at challenging what he called a 'one-party system' in the US

Tesla's money man Vaibhav Taneja joins Musk's America Party as treasurer

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja appointed Treasurer and Custodian of Records for Elon Musk's newly launched America Party, aimed at offering an alternative to the two-party political system

'What's Truth Social?' Musk hits back after Trump slams America Party

As Donald Trump calls Elon Musk a 'train wreck' over America Party announcement, the Tesla CEO mocks him with a jab on Truth Social, reigniting their war of words on social media

Trump-Musk feud: Elon should stay out of politics, says Bessent

Musk announced on Saturday that he is establishing the "America Party" in response to Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which Musk said would bankrupt the country

Elon Musk announces new 'America Party', but can he be US president?

Elon Musk announces the launch of the America Party to challenge the US two-party system, sparking speculation over a possible 2028 presidential bid

Elon Musk launches 'America Party' opposing Donald Trump's tax Bill

Making the announcement on X, Musk cited a poll he conducted showing that 65.4% of respondents supported the idea of launching an 'America Party' right after Trump signed his 'big, beautiful' tax Bill

Time to retire the ISS? Musk pushes for Mars as next big space destination

SpaceX boss Elon Musk reignites Mars exploration debate after Trump's tax bill allocates $1.25 billion to International Space Station, shifts focus to future colonisation missions

Tesla's deliveries drop again as competition, Musk backlash hit demand

Still, shares of the electric automaker jumped 3 per cent in early trading as the decline proved less severe than the bleakest analyst projections

'So tempting to escalate': Musk fires back as Trump hints at deportation

US President Donald Trump threatens to review Elon Musk's citizenship and EV subsidies as tensions over a Republican tax bill mount; Musk hints at retaliation but says he'll hold off - for now

Last-minute twist in xAI deal brings Barclays, MUFG, and UBS on board

Barclays Plc, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and UBS Group AG were added to the recent bond and loan sale for Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup

Musk risks losing govt contracts worth billions as Trump feud reignites

Elon Musk may find out what happens when DOGE bites man. The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner who catapulted his zealous embrace of President Donald Trump into a powerful position slashing government spending now risks sweeping cuts to his own bottom line after resuming the feud that led to their very public bitter split last month. Musk's renewed heckling of Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, threatens to put billions of dollars of his government contracts in jeopardy if Trump retaliates. The rupture of their tenuous peace has resulted in a wobbling of the stock price of a market-moving company and led the president to muse about deporting Musk to his native South Africa. In a Frankenstein-style twist, as Musk volleyed fresh critiques about the cost of Trump's signature legislation, Trump mused Tuesday about turning Musk's Department of Government Efficiency back on its creator. DOGE is the monster that might have to go back an

Musk threatens new political party against Trump | One Big Beautiful Bill | Trump vs Musk | US News

As the US Senate debates Donald Trump’s tax and immigration bill, Elon Musk launches a blistering attack, calling the bill “insane” and vowing to launch a new political party if it passes.

Elon Musk threatens new political party if GOP backs Trump's policy Bill

That was the saber-rattling declaration of Elon Musk, should Republicans on Capitol Hill pass President Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill

Without subsidies, Musk would probably have to head to South Africa: Trump

Donald Trump made these remarks after Elon Musk criticised cuts to clean energy credits in the Senate version of the EV bill and hinted at launching a political outfit

Musk threatens to form new party over Trump's 'insane' $5 trn spending bill

Elon Musk criticises Trump's debt ceiling bill as 'fiscally reckless', warns Congress members of primary losses