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Biden says foreign Twitter funding is worthy of scrutiny

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Twitter signage is seen outside Twitter headquarters on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in San Francisco. Twitter began widespread layoffs Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the company, raising concerns about chaos enveloping the social media platform and its ability to fight disinformation just days ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Tech platforms in trouble: Social media companies downsizing, facing government scrutiny

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Wallops Island. Va. The rocket is scheduled to deliver a supply capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Solar panel trouble on cargo capsule bound for space station

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

SpaceX nails booster landings after foggy military launch

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

The contrail of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen in the sky, from Pasadena, after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., carrying 53 Starlink satellites into orbit, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

SpaceX launches 53 satellites into orbit from California

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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 suggested in a Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk's tone and wording also raised the possibility that the irascible Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Musk backtracks on threat to cut Ukraine online links unless U.S. ponies up

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has proposed a peace plan for Ukraine that would involve holding repeat votes under the U.N. auspices in Russia-occupied regions, triggering a showdown with Ukrainian Twitter users who have rejected his proposals in a stream of furious comments. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Official: Musk seeks US funding of Ukraine satellite network

By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. multimillionaire Dennis Tito gives a thumbs-up shortly after his landing in the Central Asian steppes, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakstan on May 6, 2001. The world’s first space tourist has signed up to spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. For Dennis Tito, it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip 21 years ago to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

World’s 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

Protesters gather outside the UN headquarters in Erbil on Sept. 24, 2022, to protest the death of Masha Amini, who had fallen into a coma for three days after being detained by the morality police in Tehran, Iran. Iran has accused Kurdish opposition groups in exile of orchestrating the wave of protests across the country over the past two weeks. But Kurdish activists say the government is just trying to scapegoat them to distract from the domestic anger fueling the unrest. (AP Photo/Hawre Khalid, Metrography)

Kurdish exiles back Iran protests but deny organizing them

By Salar Salim - Associated Press

A SpaceX Falon 9 rocket is launched Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today/Florida Today via AP)

United Arab Emirates announces lunar rover will launch on SpaceX rocket in November

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022, in this file photo. According to a new CNBC report, there are shortages of office spaces, phones, parking spaces and office materials at the electric carmaker’s offices that are making it difficult if not impossible to have the entire office workforce in-person simultaneously. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Elon Musk to ask for sanctions exemption to provide internet to Cuba, Iran

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

U.S.-China Space Race Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pentagon says China will beat America in new space race

By Brandon J. Weichert

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. The rocket is carrying a batch of Starlink satellites. Spacex's newest fleet of Starlink satellites are tumbling out of orbit because of a geomagnetic storm. In an online update Tuesday, Feb. 8, Elon Musk's company reported that up to 40 of the 49 small Internet-service satellites launched last Thursday have either re-entered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

Regulators scrap bid by Musk’s Starlink for $885 million in subsidies to deliver rural broadband

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by NASA, backdropped against clouds over Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7, 2011. It was announced Friday, July 15, 2022, that NASA astronauts will go back to riding Russian rockets under a new agreement. At the same time, Russian cosmonauts will launch aboard U.S. rockets to the International Space Station beginning this fall. (NASA via AP, File)

U.S., Russian astronauts will swap seats on rockets again

By Marcia Dunn - Associated Press

This image provided by SpaceX shows SpaceX's giant Starship rocket standing at its Texas launch pad. SpaceX’s Starship program suffered a major setback Monday night after a test of prototype Super Heavy boosters ended in flames Monday night. (SpaceX via AP) **FILE**

‘Not good’: SpaceX Starship engine catches fire during test

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk appealed a federal court ruling Wednesday, June 15, 2022, that upheld a securities fraud settlement over Musks tweets claiming that he had the funding to take Tesla private in 2018. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Twitter sues Elon Musk over attempt to end planned acquisition

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seen here at a media event held in MIami on June 16, 2022, to promote the upcoming 2022 Florida Python Challenge. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Musk effect? DeSantis’ presidential odds strengthen after praise from the world’s richest man

By Seth McLaughlin - 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. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Musk was right: Liberals are targeting him with ‘dirty tricks’

By Joseph Curl

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Elon Musk is the left’s newest target

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Shares of Tesla and Twitter have tumbled this week as investors deal with the fallout and potential legal issues surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his $44 billion bid to buy the social media platform. Of the two, Musk's electric vehicle company has fared worse, with its stock down almost 16% so far this week to $728. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Musk says Twitter algorithm is manipulating people online in ways they don’t see

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times