3-man crew undocks from space station, wrapping up 8-month stay

Russian Soyuz crews are now spending eight months aboard the space station instead of six to stretch supplies and lower costs.

• Dec 9, 2025

Elon Musk's X fined $140 million for violating EU transparency rules

European regulators said​ X breached transparency rules under the Digital Services Act, a sweeping EU law intended to protect internet users.

• Dec 5, 2025

X's new feature reveals surprising origins of some popular accounts

Over the weekend, Elon Musk's X unveiled a feature that lets users see where an account is based — and it led to some surprises.

• Nov 25, 2025

Blue Origin's New Glenn launches twin Mars probes

Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, plans to challenge SpaceX with the powerful, partially reusable New Glenn rocket.

• Nov 13, 2025

Tesla shareholders approve CEO Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package

The vote comes after a top shareholder, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, said it would vote against the pay package.

• Nov 6, 2025

Tesla shareholders to vote on Musk's pay plan

Tesla shareholders are set to vote on a $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk. CBS News Moneywatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more.

• Nov 6, 2025

Trump re-nominates billionaire Jared Isaacman to run NASA

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.

• Nov 4, 2025

Tesla investors set to vote on Musk's proposed $1 trillion pay package

Shareholders to decide this week whether to grant Musk, the world's richest person, one of the richest compensation packages in corporate history.

• Nov 4, 2025

Elon Musk's "partisan actions" hurt Tesla sales, Yale study finds

Elon Musk's partisan stances and foray into politics in recent years have dented the electric vehicle maker's business, Yale researchers say.

• Oct 29, 2025

White House rehires workers laid off by DOGE

The Trump administration is rehiring hundreds of federal employees who were laid off during cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi has more details.

• Sep 24, 2025

TechWatch: Elon Musk joins Twitter's board

Elon Musk has joined Twitter's board of directors and is already hinting at making "significant improvements" to the platform. CBS News tech reporter Dan Patterson has more about how the addition of Musk could impact the social media company.

• Apr 6, 2022

TechWatch: Elon Musk accused of market manipulation

In TechWatch, there is a new twist in the Elon Musk-Twitter saga. The company's largest stakeholder is now facing a lawsuit accusing the billionaire of market manipulation. The suit alleges that the world's richest man illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the company in order to purchase more shares at a lower price. CBS News technology reporter Dan Patterson has more.

• Apr 13, 2022

DeSantis to announce 2024 bid with Elon Musk

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday in a Twitter Spaces chat with the platform's owner Elon Musk, three sources confirmed to CBS News. Elaine Quijano has more.

• May 23, 2023

SpaceX rocket explodes minutes after launch

SpaceX's uncrewed Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, failed in a midair explosion a few minutes after clearing the launch pad in a test flight Thursday. CBS News senior space analyst Bill Harwood has more.

• Apr 20, 2023

Trump, Schumer and Jeffries to discuss budget

President Trump is expected to meet this week with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries amid a looming government shutdown, sources tell CBS News. Eleanor Mueller, Congress reporter for Semafor, and Daniella Diaz, Congress reporter for NOTUS, join "The Takeout" to discuss.

• Sep 22, 2025

Musk, Bezos' competition for space dominance

Today's quest for dominance in outer space looks quite different from the first space race between the U.S. and Russia in the 1950s. The new book "Rocket Dreams" looks into the new era, including the trillion-dollar competition between Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Author Christian Davenport joins "The Takeout" to discuss.

• Sep 17, 2025

Tesla's stock surges after CEO Elon Musk buys $1 billion worth of shares

Tesla's stock is climbing after Musk on Monday disclosed the purchase of more than 2.5 million shares worth approximately $1 billion.

• Sep 15, 2025

Elon Musk is no longer the world's richest person, new ranking says

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison took the title of world's richest person from Elon Musk after stock in the software giant shot up on Wednesday.

• Sep 10, 2025

Tesla offers new $1 trillion pay package to CEO Elon Musk

Tesla is asking shareholders to approve a pay package that would award 423 million shares to CEO Elon Musk if he hits certain milestones.

• Sep 5, 2025

Tesla grants CEO Elon Musk $29 billion pay package

The new package comes just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his $56 billion pay package.

• Sep 5, 2025

Trump hosts dinner with tech giants at the White House, but without Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk did not attend the dinner.

• Sep 5, 2025

SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship launches 10th test

SpaceX launched its Super Heavy-Starship from Texas on Tuesday for the rocket's tenth test flight. The previous three launches ended in catastrophic in-flight failures. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.

• Aug 26, 2025

SpaceX resets Super Heavy-Starship's 10th test flight again, for tonight

SpaceX hopes to pick up the pace with Super Heavy-Starship test flights amid concern the rocket may not be ready in time for a planned 2027 moon landing.

• Aug 26, 2025

SpaceX scrubs Starship test due to weather

For a second straight day, SpaceX scrubbed the 10th test launch of its Super Heavy-Starship rocket, this time due to weather conditions. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.

• Aug 25, 2025

Elon Musk accuses Apple and OpenAI of stifling AI competition in antitrust lawsuit

Elon Musk on Monday targeted Apple and OpenAI in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence.

• Aug 25, 2025

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