SpaceX filed a permit to construct a new Montessori-style private school in South Texas. Known as Ad Astra (Latin for "to the stars"), the South Texas school will be for students from infancy to grade 12,

Musk, who is serving in an undefined White House role, has been advising Trump since he won the 2024 election and spearheading the Trump administration's efforts to slash the federal workforce. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, distinguished as the richest person in the world, has been especially controversial since Trump's inauguration.

The general consensus was clear: To a person, everyone said they love their Tesla. But, whether they like Musk or hate him, they said they are being plagued by social pressure, random targeting and, sometimes, deeply personal ethical battles over keeping their cars.

Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett gave a simple but scathing two-word answer when she asked what she would say to Elon Musk if she could speak to him directly. Crockett, who is not one to mince her words and famously read her Republican colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene to filth last year,