USA: What might really be behind failed bid for OpenAI

OpenAI’s board of directors has officially rejected Elon Musk’s nearly $100bn offer for the maker of what is the world’s best-known artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT. But the unsolicited bid…

USA: Trump appeals to Supreme Court over firing of US agency boss

President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to allow him to fire the head of an independent ethics agency that protects whistleblower federal employees. He has filed an…

USA: Scattered anti-Musk protests target Tesla dealerships

Linda Koistinen and her husband Dale stood outside a Tesla dealership in Berkeley, California, on Saturday, protesting. They were not there to take aim at the company’s electric vehicles, but…

USA: Government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago

The US government is trying to rehire nuclear safety employees it had fired on Thursday, after concerns grew that their dismissal could jeopardise national security, US media reported. The National…

USA: Americans weigh Musk’s influence

Seated around a breakfast table in Erie, Pennsylvania, four veterans in their mid-80s – John, Jack, Bob and Don – gather to reminisce about their decades of friendship. But it…

USA: Elon Musk denies ‘hostile takeover’ of government in surprise White House appearance

Elon Musk denied leading a “hostile takeover” of the US government and defended his cost-cutting plans as he made a surprise first appearance at the White House on Tuesday. The…

USA: Musk’s Doge takes aim at US consumer protection agency

The Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have moved to take control of – and possibly shut down – an agency set up to protect consumers…

USA: Musk to rehire Doge aide who resigned over racist posts

Elon Musk has said he will rehire an employee of his newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) who resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. “He…

USA: Member of Musk’s Doge resigns after reports of racist posts

A young member of Elon Musk’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) unit has resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. Media reports tied Marko Elez,…

USA: Elon Musk is remaking government

After days of speculation over the precise role the world’s richest man would play in Donald Trump’s White House – how much power he would hold, whether he is a…