The contract, awarded to Elon Musk’s xAI, has a $200 million ceiling. Anthropic, Google and OpenAI also signed similar contracts with the DOD Monday. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) confirmed the contracts in a statement that praised the technology itself while offering little insight into how it might actually be used.

The Texas governor's office cited legal language that it could withhold "intimate and embarrassing" information — in this case, financial information.

Greg Abbott's office won't turn over emails between Abbott and Elon Musk or representatives of Musk-run entities, citing content within that is private, not of interest to the public and potentially "embarrassing" or "intimate.

Elon Musk says he’s starting the America Party to focus on cutting government spending, which he views as essential to U.S. security. But the hold that Republicans and Democrats have on the political system is a formidable barrier.

Elon Musk’s announcement that he plans to form a new political party came easily, with the billionaire simply posting his intentions on his social media platform, X. Now comes the hard part. If the world’s richest man seriously pursues his goal of standing up what he calls the America Party,

Only a small sliver of Americans would consider joining Elon Musk's proposed new political party, a YouGov poll released Monday found. The big picture: Musk has floated the so-called "America Party" since rifting from President Trump over his signature "big,