Elon Musk’s social media company X has asked the Supreme Court to shield its users from US law enforcement, intervening in a case that could force the federal government to produce a warrant to access private data.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence group xAI has purchased social media platform X for $45bn, as the billionaire entrepreneur brings together two of his flagship businesses.

Elon Musk wasted no time dunking on the Financial Times after the newspaper backtracked on a bombshell report published last week that implied Tesla had a $1.4 billion hole in its books. “Turns out @FT can’t do finance,

Musk and X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have set a goal that aims to boost advertising revenues back to 2022 levels, according to two people familiar with the matter. They believe this is the minimum X should be bringing in without the hit caused by brands “boycotting” or avoiding the platform over its political bent, the people said.

The UK’s Royal Society will take no disciplinary action against its fellow Elon Musk over complaints about his conduct, arguing that judgments potentially seen as political would do “more harm than good”.

Plus, Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to cement its dominance this year, but his ties to US President Donald Trump are shifting from an asset to a liability. The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon,

Elon Musk revealed that authorities are set to arrest a high-level suspect involved in the theft of 400,000 Social Security numbers. He linked the fraud to illegal immigrants exploiting U.S. welfare systems and criticized Democrat policies for enabling it.

Protesters against billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on