Dave Portnoy argued Elon Musk should answer the same email sent to federal employees by his DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency).

The creation of Direct File was in large part the work of 18F, an in-house government tech consultancy. On March 1st Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who is the new head of the government’s larger Technology Transformation Services,

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy questioned Elon Musk's ability to run Tesla while taking the lead at DOGE while revealing he was asked to join Trump's commerce department.

Over 150 protestors gathered outside the Tesla car dealership in Columbus to rally against Elon Musk and the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.

DOGE is winnowing ranks and canceling cybersecurity protections too, but first: The email arrived at 11:59 p.m. Friday in recipients’ personal email addresses from Thomas Shedd, a Tesla engineer now heading the US government’s Technology Transformation Services office.

DOGE reporter Faiz Siddiqui joins the Sidebar panel and explains the financial significance of Tesla to Elon Musk.

Democratic Representative Marcy Kaptur has questioned Elon Musk 's loyalty to the United States due to the billionaire DOGE head holding citizenship for two other countries. Newsweek reached out to Musk via Tesla and Kaptur's office via phone for comment.

Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

It appears that Tesla sales are slumping in the U.S., too. According to the California New Car Dealers Association, Tesla registered fewer cars in the state in all four quarters of 2024. California is the largest EV market in the U.S. Tesla sales fell by 8 percent in the fourth quarter and 12 percent for the whole year.

EV maker Tesla is getting close to losing all of the stock gains it had made since Donald Trump's election victory in November.

Elon Musk's close ties to President Trump is alienating some motorists. Wall Street analysts say that could hurt Tesla.