Elon Musk, Trump and Jeff Bezos
Billionaires at the Capitol on Monday included Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, billionaire Trump supporter Miriam Adelson, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and others.
Speaking at an inauguration eve rally in Washington, Trump claimed that the forthcoming pardons would make his supporters “very happy,” once again referring to the convictees—who tore through the U.S. Capitol complex in a deadly riot, halting Congress’s certification of votes in delirious support of his failed presidential bid—as “hostages.”
At the same time, Donald Trump’s meme coin, $TRUMP, launched on Friday, plummeted more than 40 percent. His coin had a very auspicious start, becoming the second-largest meme coin based on market cap. But right after his wife’s coin launch, the president-elect’s coin lost more than $7.5 billion in value.
An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in the U.S. government in the name of cost-cutting.
The guest list includes some of America’s most influential tech billionaires and politicians as well as some foreign leaders and celebrities who have embraced Trump.
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, headed by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, says it is hiring "a very small number" of full-time, salaried positions. The solicitation ...
Donald Trump’s indoor inauguration has reportedly turned into a real “shitshow.” Not every lawmaker planning to attend Trump’s swearing-in may not be able to squeeze into the Capitol Rotunda, four lawmakers and aides told Politico Sunday.
A lawsuit will be filed against Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new nongovernmental entity as soon as Donald Trump is officially president.
Donald Trump will take the oath of office Monday, solidifying a political comeback without precedent in American history. Here's what to expect for Inauguration Day.
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.
A raucous victory rally on Sunday highlighted President-elect Donald Trump ’s first full day back in Washington since the election. Republicans are celebrating his return to the White House and projecting defiant optimism despite deep national political divisions on the eve of his inauguration.