
The Guardian - 6 hours 1 min ago
GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration 's attempts to shrink the federal workforce. As part of efforts by the "department of government efficiency" (Doge), spearheaded by Elon Musk , federal agencies' use of paid administrative leave rose 435% from 2023 to 2025 costing six times what the government spent in 2023...

NY Post - 8 hours 40 min ago
Shares of SpaceX soared over 5% Wednesday on news Elon Musk's company has a new launch date for Starship -- a huge, fully-reusable rocket that's central to the firm's business plans.

Fox News - 13 hours 8 min ago
Chuck Grassley released FBI emails from Crossfire Hurricane, calling Obama and Biden administration operations against Trump worse than Watergate.

Stereogum - 13 hours 45 min ago
Last year, towering figure David Byrne signed to Matador and released Who Is The Sky? , his first album in seven years. Byrne recorded the LP with Harry Styles collaborator Kid Harpoon, and it included collaborations with people like Hayley Williams and St. Vincent. Since that record came out, Byrne has been awfully busy, touring with a mesmerizing, elaborate new live show. He covered Olivia Rodrigo. He wrote a new song of nothing but Elon Musk quotes. Today, he releases a Who Is The Sky? deluxe...

Fox News - 17 hours 17 min ago
AI leaders like Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk urge slowing development, but Trump insists America can't pause with China closing in.

The Guardian - 18 hours 18 min ago
Trump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It's a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safe It is hard to get Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei to agree on much. But over the weekend, all three AI company CEOs called for AI development to slow down in the face of growing, alarming risks. Their employees are sounding the siren too, with one researcher publicly quitting and accusing OpenAI and Anthropic of "gambling with our lives". The combination of dire...

The Guardian - 20 hours 20 min ago
Culture secretary says X didn't even bother to turn up' to meeting about abuse, intimidation and doxxing on social media Good morning. We will be hearing from Andy Burnham today because he is back at work having taken time off following the death of his father. And already we have heard from Lisa Nandy , the culture secretary, who has been doing a media round. She has condemned Elon Musk's social media platform, X, describing it as an "absolute disgrace". I had the social media...

Fox News - 23 hours 29 min ago
James Talarico said Americans should look to Western Europe for democratic inspiration in a resurfaced clip that drew a blunt response from Elon Musk.