Then-President-elect Donald Trump watches SpaceX's Starship rocket lift off for a flight test with Elon Musk from Starbase in Boca Chica on Nov. 19, 2024

Then-President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk ringside during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16, 2024.

tate Sen. Charles Perry addresses the crowd at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the state's new home for sex predators, Billy Clayton Center, in 2015, in Littlefield.

A rendering of what Texas A&M University System's "energy proving ground" at its Rellis Campus in Bryan with advanced nuclear reactors might look like.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presided in the Senate on the first day of the first special session at the Capitol in Austin in 2023.

Follow the money.

Always follow the money.

In 2025, the U.S. State Department planned to spend $400 million on armored electric vehicles. The document initially specified Tesla vehicles but dropped the manufacturer’s name after news outlets linked to it.

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The contract, like much of the State Department’s spending, is on hold. For now.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s conflict of interest is only one example of the opportunity for widespread corruption as Republicans in Washington and Texas exercise unfettered power.

The world’s wealthiest Texan could use help moving Cybertrucks, the only EV model that can resist small-arms fire without modification, though not

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