Theodore Schleifer, who covers campaign finance and billionaires for The New York Times, explains how Musk, who owns the social network X, is working to re-elect former President Donald J. Trump.

President Trump and Elon Musk “seem to be in a little bit of a spat,” the producer said, displaying on a screen a new inflammatory post from Mr. Musk, the billionaire and owner of X, whose ...

Elon Musk and President Trump in the Oval Office last month. The two openly feuded last week, just days after Mr. Musk left his post as a special government employee. Haiyun Jiang for The New York ...

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 7, 2025, Section A, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: The Inner Workings of the Trump-Musk Alliance.

Elon Musk’s influence over the federal government is extraordinary, and extraordinarily lucrative. Mr. Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, effectively dictates NASA’s rocket launch schedule.

A planned Pentagon briefing, in which Elon Musk would learn military plans for any potential war with China, did not go forward after reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

President Trump and Elon Musk gushed over each other during a joint appearance on Fox News. But the interview was fascinating for all the things they did not explain.

The Bewildering Irony Behind the Trump-Musk Partnership Feb. 27, 2025 Damon Winter/The New York Times Share full article 629 By Jamelle Bouie ...

X has given Mr. Musk an unusual avenue to showcase his unapologetically confrontational approach to cost cutting in a way that appeals to President Trump’s base, tech policy experts said.

Federal agencies have offered exits to millions of employees and tested the prowess of engineers — just like when Elon Musk bought Twitter. The similarities have been uncanny.