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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk is offering to buy Twitter, Thursday, April 14, 2022. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Twitter announces sale to Elon Musk for estimated $44 billion

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Musk’s attempted takeover of Twitter reaches new phase

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk and his lawyers are escalating their fight with U.S. securities regulators, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. A Musk lawyer has accused regulators of leaking investigative information, and Musk is alleging on Twitter that government corruption is being exposed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Liberal group suggests Twitter cut a deal with Musk to keep Trump off platform

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he’s trying to negotiate an agreement with the company. The Tesla CEO says in documents filed Thursday, April 21, 2022 with U.S. securities regulators that he’s exploring a tender offer to buy all of the social media platform’s common stock for $54.20 per share in cash. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Musk says he has $46.5B in financing ready to buy Twitter

By Tom Krisher and MattO'Brien - Associated Press

The Twitter icon is displayed on a mobile phone in Philadelphia on April 26, 2017. Twitter said in a statement Friday, April 15, 2022, that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company and take it private. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Shareholders await Musk’s next move in Twitter takeover bid

By Tom Krisher and Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

FILE - Elon Musk founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX speaks during a news conference after a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket test flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Jan. 19, 2020. Musk won't be joining Twitter's board of directors as previously announced. The tempestuous billionaire remains Twitter’s largest shareholder. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Three things Elon Musk should do to restore free speech on Twitter

By Alex J. Lorusso

Twitter has rotted minds

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Twitter said in a statement Friday, April 15, 2022, that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company and take it private. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ defense in Musk takeover bid

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 22, 2022. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Elon Musk outlines vision for Twitter buy, teases a ‘Plan B’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk is offering to buy Twitter, Thursday, April 14, 2022. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, turn it into private company

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Elon Musk’s Twitter investment takes new twist with lawsuit

By Michael Liedtke

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the &quot;Cyber Rodeo&quot; grand opening celebration for the new $1.1 billion Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, on Thursday April 7, 2022. Musk says the company will build an electric vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi. Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will "look quite futuristic." (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Musk says Tesla will build vehicle designed to be a robotaxi

Associated Press

Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform. Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing that it entered into an agreement with Musk on Monday, April 4, that will give the billionaire a seat on its board, with the term expiring at its 2024 annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Twitter adding Elon Musk to board of directors, CEO says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk, who is now Twitter's largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have thoughts on a long-standing request from users: Should there be an edit button? On Monday evening, Musk launched a Twitter poll about whether they want an edit button. More than 3 million people have voted as of Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The poll closes Tuesday evening Eastern time. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP)

Twitter testing edit button, a day after Elon Musk poll

By Tali Arbel - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Elon Musk is taking a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Musk purchased approximately 73.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Suddenly, Tesla’s Elon Musk is Twitter’s biggest stakeholder

By Michelle Chapman and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin. Activists are appealing to Tesla Inc. to close a new showroom in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

GOP excited over Elon Musk becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Elon Musk is taking a 9.2% stake in Twitter. Musk purchased approximately 73.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Babylon Bee CEO: Twitter’s Bee lockout may have been ‘last straw’ for Elon Musk

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. Musk has purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter, approximately 73.5 million shares, according to a regulatory filing, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk makes social media splash with large stake in Twitter stock

By Ryan Lovelace

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. U.S. securities regulators say, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla and CEO Elon Musk about his tweets. The Securities and Exchange Commission also says in court documents that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

SEC claims authority to subpoena Elon Musk about tweets

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Elon Musk's Space War Against Russia Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Elon Musk is winning the space war against Russia

By Brandon Weichert