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In a Vanity Fair interview, President Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has delivered a scathing assessment of Elon Musk's conduct during his time as the head of DOGE. She labeled Musk as an "odd, odd duck" whose actions were often far from sensible.

After years of insisting the company would remain private until it was sending regular flights to Mars, Musk recently hinted that SpaceX may be going public. The move, expected as early as 2026, could value the company at an astronomical $1.5 trillion. While the listing would provide the massive funds needed for Musk's most ambitious projects, it also guarantees an unprecedented personal windfall for the world’s richest person.

Elon Musk is known for using his social media platform to promote controversial and inflammatory ideas. Recently he has been sharing and supporting claims suggesting that "White people are on the verge of extinction," and that Somali immigrants have "no right to be in America."

Recently, Elon Musk declared that giving money away is “very hard.” This statement comes off after Tesla has agreed to give a  pay package to Musk that is worth an unprecedented $1 trillion. 

While this information was intended to help users judge if an account was legitimate or spreading misinformation, the actual results were explosive. Users quickly applied the feature to accounts that often trended politically in the U.S. What they found was a digital masquerade. Accounts with overtly patriotic American names, claiming to speak for U.S. voters, were exposed as being run from foreign locations. 

When Elon Musk launched his AI-generated encyclopedia, Grokipedia, he promised it would "purge out the propaganda" he claimed infested Wikipedia. However, as time progresses, it is becoming clear that instead of correcting bias, Grokipedia is evolving into a massive platform for racial pseudoscience and the normalization of fringe and extreme beliefs related to white nationalism.

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is officially facing a major legal crackdown in Europe. Ireland’s media regulator has launched a formal investigation into the platform, citing serious concerns that X is failing to protect users and properly handle reports of harmful content. This probe is a sharp and critical response to Musk’s leadership and decisions to gut content moderation teams since he took over. 

Elon Musk launched his artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, with a promise: it would be "maximally truth-seeking" and free from the alleged "woke" biases of rival AIs. However, that promise looks increasingly hollow after Grok recently generated the false claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 US Presidential election.

After Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that SpaceX is "behind schedule," Musk launched a barrage of personal insults on X. In one post, Musk stated, “The person responsible for America's space program can't have a 2 digit IQ."

The promises made by Elon Musk about cars driving themselves have once again run into the cold, hard reality of road safety. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the U.S. government’s top road safety regulator, has opened a formal investigation into Tesla's latest and most aggressive software setting for its driver-assistance system: the so-called "Mad Max" mode.

Two of the largest proxy advisor firms, organizations that give suggestions to major institutional investors, are urging Tesla stockholders to reject Elon Musk’s $1 trillion compensation plan. The compensation plan has been labeled by critics as too much, too risky, and a sign of poor oversight by the Tesla board.

Elon Musk’s security clearance is coming under scrutiny from a recent court ruling that has opened a door for details about Musk’s clearance to become public. Musk’s SpaceX holds massive U.S. government defense contracts despite several factors that make Musk a potential risk to national security. This ruling could shine a light on how the government handles national security risks posed by high-profile individuals.

As the first American Pope, Pope Leo has been watched closely for signs of what priorities will shape his papacy. In one of his first public interviews, conducted with several Catholic outlets and international news organizations, he singled out Musk’s 1 trillion dollar pay deal as an example of distorted moral values.

Many of his children were born with the help of in vitro fertilization (IVF). However, an overwhelming number of his children born through IVF are male due to IVF’s ability to select the child’s gender. The rest of Musk’s children have a much more balanced gender ratio.  

Musk has publicly acknowledged that he has a prescription for ketamine, which he said he uses "a small amount" of about once every two weeks to treat depressive moods. "If you've used too much ketamine, you can't really get work done, and I have a lot of work," he told journalist Don Lemon in a March 2024 interview.

Under Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plotted and implemented significant job cuts within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The impacts of these cuts are being felt by veterans across the nation.

The Trump administration is set to restore staffing levels at the National Weather Service (NWS) following cuts implemented under former DOGE chief Elon Musk. The approval to hire hundreds of new employees comes amid criticism of the agency’s performance during recent severe weather events.

Tesla's board approved a $30B pay plan for Musk amidst legal turmoil over his original $56B award, pending shareholder approval.

In an unexpected turn of events during the autumn of 2022, an order from Elon Musk resulted in the disruption of essential satellite internet service in Ukraine, which coincided with a pivotal Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Elon Musk, known for his influential role in the electric vehicle industry, is facing scrutiny over his environmental footprint due to a specific incident involving his private jet.