President Donald Trump has warned Elon Musk of "severe consequences" if he backs Democratic candidates in next year's midterm elections.

Tech tycoon and former DOGE leader Elon Musk has made a shift to the political right since endorsing Trump, including putting himself at odds with the president over legislation.

Elon Musk opposes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ calling for the firing of lawmakers who support it. Some senators, including Mike Lee, say changes must be made before July 4 deadline.

The public feud happened less than a week after they appeared together at the White House and Trump thanked Musk for his brief but tumultuous time in the U.S. government.

The president’s threats to cut Musk’s government contracts would have major impact on business in Texas, where SpaceX, Tesla and his other companies are based.

Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Monday.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who recently left President Donald Trump's administration, has blasted the tax cuts and spending plans backed by the president that passed the House.

President Trump ended his alliance with Elon Musk on Thursday as the two traded barbs in a wild back-and-forth.

Elon Musk leaves his DOGE role after 130 days. While he exits quietly, the White House says the efficiency mission will continue without him.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Donald Trump met privately with White House officials on Wednesday, there was little to suggest that the U.S. president was close to a public break with Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman who helped him win a second term in office.

The world’s most powerful man and its wealthiest began attacking each other in a spectacle that left Washington breathless.

If congressional Republicans approve the rescissions package, they will have enshrined into law the slashing of $9.4 billion in already-approved federal spending targeted by DOGE. More than $8 billion of that comes from the State Department and USAID.