Elon Musk is emerging as a new star in Democratic ads and fundraising appeals, as politicians from Virginia to Wisconsin try to seize on the tech billionaire’s role in slashing the federal government to motivate their voters and donors.

"We're coming up to get you." President Trump says he has authorized Elon Musk to bring home the Starliner astronauts aboard the ISS.

For the first time, Donald Trump appeared to take a step toward curbing the powers of Elon Musk and DOGE. The step, however, came with a caveat.

What some are interpreting as Trump putting Musk on a leash may just be a ruse to fool the courts and the public.

Seated diagonally opposite, across the elliptical mahogany table, Elon Musk was letting Rubio have it, accusing him of failing to slash his staff. You have fired “nobody,” Musk told Rubio, then scornfully added that perhaps the only person he had fired was a staff member from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

President Trump is backing a House Republican plan to avert a government shutdown next week. He also played down reports of in-fighting in his Cabinet with advisor Elon Musk. Nikole Killion has the details.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX company attempted a second test flight of its Starship rocket only to have it explode less than ten minutes into the launch.