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Elon Musk's Father: My Son 'Made a Mistake'

Errol Musk chalks up Elon's fight with Trump to stress, predicts they will reconcile

(Newser) - Elon Musk's father thinks his son will eventually patch up his relationship with President Trump and blamed an overload of stress for their recent falling out. Errol Musk spoke with Russia's Izvestia newspaper while on a visit to Moscow. Highlights:
  • "Elon made a mistake, I think, but
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Heavyweight Champ Has a Challenge for Trump

Come live in my house for a week, says Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk

(Newser) - World heavyweight boxing champ Oleksandr Usyk has an unusual offer for Donald Trump: Come live at my place in Ukraine for a week—rockets overhead included. Usyk issued the challenge in separate interviews with CNN and the BBC .
  • "Only one week," he told the BBC. "I
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Analysis: This Is the Fight Trump Wanted

Allies see immigration protests in Los Angeles as a crystallization of why he was elected

(Newser) - Three days of protests in Los Angeles over the Trump administration's aggressive crackdown on immigration is exactly the fight President Trump was looking for, writes Tyler Pager in a New York Times analysis. By calling in the National Guard over the objections of state and local officials, Trump is...

ICE Detains TikTok's Biggest Star in Nevada

Khaby Lame was allowed to leave the US voluntarily, however

(Newser) - The world's most popular TikToker was detained in Nevada by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday. After a social media influencer broke the news on X that Khaby Lame had been detained by ICE, the agency confirmed the news in a statement to AFP and Men's Journal . "...

Trump's New Travel Ban Is Now in Effect

Visa applications from affected countries will now be rejected, with narrow exceptions

(Newser) - President Trump's new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect on Monday, the AP reports. The new proclamation, which Trump signed on Wednesday, also imposes new travel restrictions on people from seven additional countries who are outside the...

LA Protesters Shout 'Shame' at National Guard

California governor, Los Angeles mayor decry president's deployment of troops

(Newser) - Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting autonomous vehicles on fire as local law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to...

Newsom Calls Threat to Use Marines 'Deranged'

Los Angeles is mostly calm, but National Guard and immigration enforcement protesters clash at federal complex

(Newser) - National Guard members sent tear gas into a crowd of protesters outside a federal detention center in Los Angeles on Sunday, while President Trump and his aides escalated their threats to use force against demonstrators opposing immigration enforcement . Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that active-duty Marines stationed at...

ABC Suspends Correspondent for Post Ripping Stephen Miller

Terry Moran, who was attacked by Trump in an interview, called White House aide 'a world-class hater'

(Newser) - ABC News on Sunday suspended correspondent Terry Moran, whom President Trump attacked for asking "a stupid question" and generally "not being very nice" during an interview in April, over a post about White House aide Stephen Miller. Vice President JD Vance called Moran's post, which described Miller...

Trump Deploys National Guard to LA to Quell Protests

Move comes over Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections

(Newser) - President Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor's objections to Los Angeles where protests Saturday led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators. The White House said Saturday that Trump was deploying the Guardsmen to "address the lawlessness that has been allowed to...

Trump Warns Musk Not to Back Democrats

President says he has no plans to mend fences with former ally

(Newser) - When Elon Musk broke with President Trump over his " outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill," the billionaire hinted at opposing Republicans who voted for it in the 2026 elections. After thinking about that possibility for a few days, Trump warned his former ally on Saturday that funding Democrats in...

Judge: Trump Can Go Ahead With Library Cuts

Richard Leon denied ALA's ask to halt dismantling of Institute of Museum and Library Services

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday denied a request by the American Library Association to halt the Trump administration's further dismantling of an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the country, saying that recent court decisions suggested his court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. US District Judge Richard...

Trump Reacts to Wrongly Deported Man's US Return

President says he wants the US court system to 'show how horrible' Kilmar Abrego Garcia is

(Newser) - President Trump has weighed in on the return to the US of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador who's become a centerpiece of resistance to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Trump told reporters Friday on Air Force One that it...

No Phone Call, but Musk, Trump Seem to Move On

Neither returns to attack mode

(Newser) - Speculation about a peace-making call between President Trump and Elon Musk appears to have fizzled, but the Hill reports that both men nonetheless appear to be trying to change the subject on Friday. Musk returned to his X platform in the early afternoon and began tweeting, but not about the...

Trump-Musk Fight Puts JD Vance in a Jam

Vice president can't afford to alienate either man

(Newser) - The feud between President Trump and Elon Musk has put a number of Republicans in a difficult spot, but an analysis at Politico finds that Vice President JD Vance "could be the biggest loser of the blowout." The reason isn't hard to suss out: Vance is an...

Trump Might Sell His Tesla
Trump May Sell His Tesla
Jun 6, 2025 10:03 AM CDT

Trump May Sell His Tesla

President bought one in March as a sign of support for Elon Musk

(Newser) - Months before their relationship fell apart in spectacular fashion , President Trump made a high-profile purchase of a Tesla from Elon Musk. Now, Trump is considering selling the vehicle, a senior administration official tells CBS News and the New York Times . When he bought the $80,000 car in March as...

House Dems Are Pretty Curious About Musk's Epstein Claim

Letter asks AG Bondi, FBI's Patel if Epstein files are being held back because Trump's in them

(Newser) - As the sudden President Trump - Elon Musk war continues another day , Democrats are focusing on one Musk "bomb" in particular: his insistence that the US president "is in the Epstein files," and that those files are being held back from the public because of it. House...

Trump-Musk Truce? Reports Are Conflicting

President says he is 'not particularly' interested in a phone call

(Newser) - The big question on Friday in regard to President Trump and Elon Musk is whether they are ready to call a truce. Some of the conflicting signals:
  • Phone call? Politico reports that White House aides have scheduled a phone call between the two men for Friday. And the outlet spoke
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Late Night Weighs In on Trump-Musk Feud

'I thought these two billionaires with the world's biggest egos would work it out amicably'

(Newser) - Late-night hosts were gleeful and giddy Thursday after tensions between President Trump and Elon Musk boiled over. "I knew this day would come and yet somehow it's even better than I imagined," Jimmy Kimmel said. "It's like coming down the stairs on Christmas morning and...

Steve Bannon on Musk: 'Hey, Told You'

He says Trump should 'seize SpaceX'

(Newser) - The messy public feud between President Trump and Elon Musk may be calming down, but when hostilities were at their height on Thursday, Steve Bannon relished the chance to say, "I told you so." The former White House strategist, who called Musk a "truly evil guy" earlier...

Musk (Briefly) Threatens to Decommission Key Spacecraft

Musk later walked back his threat, as Trump downplays feud

(Newser) - As President Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station, the AP reports. After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk's SpaceX rocket...

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