Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election was billionaire Elon Musk.

Elon Musk handed two individuals checks valued at $1 million to voters in Wisconsin. This was his way of promoting a petition aimed at stopping "activist" judges. At the same time, both he and Donald Trump endorsed Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court elections.

"Elon's definitely on the hot seat," one veteran Republican campaign strategist with close ties to the White House told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.

On April 2nd Politico, an American news outfit, reported that Mr Trump had informed his inner circle that Mr Musk’s turn in power would be concluding soon. Having the world’s richest man so involved in the gutting of the federal government may prove a liability long after Mr Musk’s departure from Washington—it does not require political genius to write the copy for television advertisements leading up to the 2026 midterm elections.

Elon Musk made himself the face of a humiliating political defeat in Wisconsin on Tuesday night. He’s rubbed cabinet members the wrong way and alienated several advisers close to President Trump. Republican lawmakers face angry questions about Mr.

The White House said on Wednesday that tech billionaire Elon Musk will stay on to complete his mission to slash government spending and downsize the federal workforce, dismissing media reports that he will leave the role soon.

A trio of elections Tuesday provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump at the beginning of an ambitious term, as Democrats rallied against his efforts to slash the federal government and the outsized role being played by billionaire Elon Musk.

All it took was losing $100 billion in three months to make Elon Musk change his tune on government work. The White House on Wednesday called the Politico report “garbage,” and Musk dismissed it as “fake news” in social media post.

DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future.

Tesla is being targeted over Elon Musk's ties to Donald Trump, showing Warren Buffett was right to worry that getting political could hit his company.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race just made it so Republicans could no longer ignore something right in front of their eyes.

European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.