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Elon Musk had an affair with a college SpaceX intern, and then put her on his executive team: report

When Elon Musk isn’t running one of his six companies, he’s apparently busy pursuing women who work at them, a Wall Street Journal report said.

The Journal detailed a number of Musk’s alleged sexual relationships with SpaceX employees, including one with a college student interning at the company. Musk reportedly later asked the former engineering intern to join his executive team, where he proceeded to make advances on her again.

His personal personnel forays also include, one woman alleged, asking a direct report on numerous occasions to have his babies and, according to one SpaceX flight attendant, offering her a horse in exchange for sex acts.

One could argue the alleged relationships are morally heinous and professionally irresponsible. Not to mention that the subsequent legal actions required seem very time-consuming, mentally draining, and expensive for a man who’s trying to convince shareholders he needs to be paid a record sum of money.

His personal personnel forays also include, one woman alleged, asking a direct report on numerous occasions to have his babies and, according to one SpaceX flight attendant, offering her a horse in exchange for sex acts.

One could argue the alleged relationships are morally heinous and professionally irresponsible. Not to mention that the subsequent legal actions required seem very time-consuming, mentally draining, and expensive for a man who’s trying to convince shareholders he needs to be paid a record sum of money.

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Big four airlines sink as Transportation Secretary Duffy says parts of US airspace could close if shutdown continues

The US may close parts of its airspace as early as next week if the government shutdown continues, according to comments made by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday.

“If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you will see mass chaos. You will see mass flight delays. Youll see mass cancellations, and you may see us close certain parts of the airspace, because we just cannot manage it,” Duffy said at a news briefing on Tuesday.

The shutdown, which entered its 35th day on Tuesday, has fueled already problematic shortages of air traffic controllers. This week, airlines said 3.2 million passengers have faced delays or cancellations because of the shortages. Last week, about 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA agents received their first $0 paycheck amid the shutdown.

Shares of the big four US airlines all sank on Duffy’s comments, with United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta Air Lines all down more than 5%.

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Jon Keegan

Trump’s deal offering top Nvidia chips to China was nixed at last minute, the WSJ reports

Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, really wants to sell the chipmakers most powerful Blackwell GPUs to China. He almost had his way.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, President Trump was ready to put Blackwell chips on the negotiating table for his meeting with Chinese President Xi to seek relief from Chinas decision to block crucial rare earth exports to the US.

But according to the report, Trump advisers presented a unified front and were able to dissuade him from giving up the most powerful chips to China at the last minute. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were among those opposed to the chip deal. After the meeting, Trump said he did not talk with Xi about Nvidia’s “super duper” chips.

Reportedly those opposed to the deal cited national security concerns, as well as wanting to keep a competitive edge as China seeks to challenge the US’s current dominance of the AI industry.

But according to the report, Trump advisers presented a unified front and were able to dissuade him from giving up the most powerful chips to China at the last minute. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were among those opposed to the chip deal. After the meeting, Trump said he did not talk with Xi about Nvidia’s “super duper” chips.

Reportedly those opposed to the deal cited national security concerns, as well as wanting to keep a competitive edge as China seeks to challenge the US’s current dominance of the AI industry.

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