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Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Elon Musk defeated in Wisconsin Supreme Court race after spending almost $25 million to back losing candidate

By Nicholas Riccardi, Thomas Beaumont, and others

Protesters shout at a Tesla Cybertruck before a town hall with Elon Musk, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Elon Musk groups have spent over $17 million in Wisconsin judge race—the most expensive judicial race in American history

By Thomas Beaumont and The Associated Press

Elon Musk presents a check for $1 million dollars during a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Elon Musk hands out $1 million checks to 2 Wisconsin voters after state Supreme Court declines AG request to stop him

By Thomas Beaumont, Scott Bauer, and others

Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C. on Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

North Carolina GOP House member hit with jeers, boos and pointed questions from voters in visit home: ‘Do your job’

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Makiya Seminera, and others

Vivek Ramaswamy arrives for the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump

Trump’s DOGE department is now down to just one leader after Vivek Ramaswamy steps down

By Thomas Beaumont, Jonathan J. Cooper, and others

FILE – President-elect Donald Trump poses for a photo with Dana White, Kid Rock and Elon Musk at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

‘Welcome to the Elon Musk presidency’: How Musk’s warnings helped tank the budget deal

By Thomas Beaumont and The Associated Press

Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump

Elon Musk’s meteoric rise to the right hand of Donald Trump is a ‘champagne moment’ for investors

By Thomas Beaumont, Sarah Parvini, and others

President-elect Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Elon Musk warns Republicans standing in Trump’s way that he will fund primary challenges to them

By Thomas Beaumont, Juliet Linderman, and others

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 16: President-elect Donald Trump looks on during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

All Trump’s picks for cabinet and White House positions in his upcoming administration

By Thomas Beaumont, Darlene Superville, and others

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Here are Donald Trump’s key administration picks so far

By Thomas Beaumont and The Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures to supporters at a campaign rally at Greensboro Coliseum, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump calls Harris ‘lazy as hell’ for not holding event after more than 14 straight days of campaign travel

By Jill Colvin, Thomas Beaumont, and others

Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance

JD Vance says Trump did not lose the 2020 election: ‘Not by the words that I would use’

By Thomas Beaumont and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 23: Elon Musk, left center, and Wendell P. Weeks, right center, listen to President Donald Trump, right, as he meets with business leaders at the White House on Monday January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

DeSantis strategist who pushed for the disastrous Twitter campaign launch is now working with Elon Musk to help elect Donald Trump

By Thomas Beaumont and The Associated Press

President Joe Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden arrive on Marine One at East Hampton Airport, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in East Hampton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s family tells him to remain in race despite dreadful debate performance, and some are now criticizing how staff prepared him

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, and others

FILE – Members of the Supreme Court sit for a group portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. As the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a major case involving former President Donald Trump, 7 in 10 Americans think its justices are more likely to shape the law to fit their own ideology, rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

70% of Americans think Supreme Court justices are more guided by ideology than fairness and impartiality: ‘The court’s decision-making is so polluted’

By Thomas Beaumont, Linley Sanders, and others