Twitter bird logo from SF headquarters sells for over $34K in auction

The iconic blue bird that once sat atop of the headquarters of Twitter, Inc. on San Francisco's Market Street has been sold, fetching a price of a little over $34,000 in an auction ending on Thursday.

DOGE cuts threaten IRS free tax-filing program: What to know

IRS Direct File is only in its second year of letting taxpayers file directly with the IRS online, but it may be a casualty of Elon Musk’s DOGE.

Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings  across multiple agencies.

Trump says he’ll buy new Tesla to support Elon Musk as stock falls

The president selected a new red Tesla on the White House driveway in the hopes that his purchase could improve Tesla’s stock.

DOGE accused of accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

Labor unions are trying to stop Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Social Security data for millions of Americans. "They cannot explain why they want this data," lawyers said.

Social Security employees banned from reading news websites at work

The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from the agency that handles benefits for 72.5 million Americans.

Elon Musk says Postal Service, Amtrak should be privatized

Elon Musk said he believes that the U.S. should “privatize anything that can be privatized," including Amtrak and the Postal Service.

Trump tariffs projected to raise car insurance rates in California

Californians are expected to see an extra hike in auto insurance rates, due to the 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports imposed by Donald Trump, a new report finds.

Elon Musk welcomes baby 14; his fourth with Shivon Zilis

Elon Musk and Neuralink Director Shivon Zilis recently announced that they welcomed their fourth child together, a son named Seldon Lycurgus.

Watch: Mike Myers plays Elon Musk in SNL Trump-Zelenskyy cold open

SNL made fun of President Trump’s unprecedented thrashing of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in this weekend’s cold open, with Mike Myers appearing as Elon Musk.

Musk's business interests and government power raising ethics questions

Elon Musk raised ethical concerns, as he publicly blasted Verizon, a competitor to his Starlink satellite communications company under the parent company SpaceX.

Federal employees react to Trump memo ordering more cuts

President Donald Trump's administration has issued a memo saying federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions.

DOGE workers quit: 21 federal technology staffers resign

Twenty-one federal technology staffers who were recently integrated into DOGE’s government-slashing effort resigned en masse from their jobs Tuesday. Here’s what they said.

DOGE latest: Nearly 40% of canceled contracts may save no money, data shows

DOGE claims to have found $65 billion in federal government savings so far, but more than 400 contracts worth millions of dollars are drawing questions.

Elon Musk email to federal employees targeted in lawsuit

Here's the latest on the email fiasco that developed over the weekend involving Elon Musk and hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

Elon Musk email to federal employees met with resistance

From the Pentagon and the FBI to Republican lawmakers, here’s how agencies and officials are responding to Elon Musk’s email to federal employees requesting to know “what they got done last week."

Elon Musk says federal employees must email ‘what they got done last week’

Elon Musk said all federal employees will be asked to report “what they got done last week," and that failure to reply would be considered a resignation.

Elon Musk responds after former space station commander calls him a “liar"

A high-flying war of words is underway after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claimed two NASA astronauts had been stranded in space for political reasons.

Federal workers protest outside Tesla showroom in San Francisco; Musk defends cuts

Federal workers were among those protesting the cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, on Wednesday night outside a Tesla showroom in San Francisco.