Elon Musk and Tim Walz had an intense face-off on X. "The richest man in the world is sitting at the Resolute desk, about to defund your public school. Trump should stop him," Kamala Harris' vice presidential candidate Walz wrote criticizing Elon Musk and his DOGE's interference in administrative matters against which several Democratic leaders have spoken out expressing concern.

Sales of Tesla cars have nosedived across some of the EV manufacturer’s most valuable European markets—and experts are blaming Elon Musk. Sales in Germany, where Tesla has a factory, dropped a staggering 59 percent in January compared to the same month last year,