Trump's White House
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump v Musk is the final battle before a catastrophe
The sight of two of the world’s richest and most powerful men breaking up and exchanging insults has been entertaining but, beneath it all, lies a rather more serious matter.
- Jeremy Warner
Latest
‘Acts of a dictator’: Governor hits out at Trump as officers clash with protesters in Los Angeles
Law enforcement officers have fired tear gas and rubber bullets after hundreds of people gathered downtown in response to the US president’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard.
- John Gittelsohn and Alicia A. Caldwell
Nine news reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA
U.S. Correspondent Lauren Tomasi has been caught in the crossfire as the LAPD fired rubber bullets at protesters in the heart of Los Angeles.
Marines on high alert after Trump sends National Guard to Los Angeles
The president’s decision follows protests in the city that were sparked by immigration raids aimed at fulfilling his promise of mass deportations.
- Sandra Stojanovic and Omar Younis
- Analysis
- Analysis
Musk break-up shows it’s getting harder for Trump to keep the gang together
Donald Trump won office last year with a much broader coalition than in 2016. But the Elon Musk bust-up shows Trump is not finding it easy to hold his motley crew together.
- Nate Cohn
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Like Frankenstein on steroids, Musk and Trump both created monsters
The spectacular falling out between the US president and the world’s richest man has been both jaw dropping and entirely predictable.
- Maureen Dowd
Musk deletes explosive posts about Trump as US president issues threat
Billionaire Elon Musk appeared to have deleted several of his explosive social media posts on Saturday that targeted the US president, including one that insinuated Trump was in the Epstein files.
- Nandita Bose and Ellen Connolly
Build-up to a blow-up: Inside the Trump-Musk meltdown
How a moment of irritation signalled simmering tensions between the two men that would explode into the open days later, and end one of the most extraordinary alliances in American politics.
- Tyler Pager, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer and Ryan Mac
- Updated
- Immigration
El Salvador returns mistakenly deported man to face people smuggling charges in the US
The US Supreme Court had ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return saying the Trump administration had cited no basis for what it called his “warrantless arrest”.
- Sarah N. Lynch and Luc Cohen
- Opinion
- Elon Musk
By fighting Musk for the dark soul of MAGA, Trump has finally met his match
In a chilling post aimed at the heart of MAGA, Musk pointed out that: “Trump has 3.5 years left as president, but I will be around for 40+ years.”
- Melanie La'Brooy
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