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Tech billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $270 million to help Donald Trump win the US presidency, according to new federal filings, making him the country’s biggest political donor. As SpaceX and Tesla CEO Mr Musk is the world’s richest person and was an ardent supporter of Trump’s White House campaign – funnelling money into door knocking operations and speaking at his rallies. His financial backing, which has earned him a cost-cutting advisory role in Trump’s incoming government, surpassed spending by any single political donor since at least 2010, according to data from non-profit OpenSecrets. Elon Musk’s enormous donation has made history. Picture: Jim WATSON / AFP The Washington Post reported that Musk spent more this election cycle than Trump backer Tim Mellon, who gave nearly $200 million and was previously the Republican’s top donor. Mr Musk donated $238 million to America PAC, a political action committee that he founded to support Trump, filings late Thursday with the Federal Election Commission showed. An additional $20 million went to the RBG PAC, a group that used advertising to soften Trump’s hardline reputation on the key voter issue of abortion. President-elect Donald Trump. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Picture: RYAN COLLERD / AFP But controversially, the group’s website said Mr Trump and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg agree on the abortion issue, which was slammed by Ms Ginsburg’s granddaughter Clara Spara, who told The New York Times that the message was “nothing short of appalling.” Mr Musk’s election effort including bankrolling a controversial multimillion-dollar cheque giveaway which some saw as brazen promotion for Mr Trump. He also appeared on stage with Mr Trump at rallies – at some points upstaging him with his high-energy antics. Mr Musk has been an ever-present sidekick for Trump since his election victory in November, inviting him to watch a rocket launch in Texas by his SpaceX company. Mr Musk now calls himself Mr Trump’s ‘first buddy’. Picture: Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP Trump has selected the South African-born tycoon and fellow ally Vivek Ramaswamy to head the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, through which the pair have promised to deliver billions of dollars of cuts in federal spending. However, with Mr Musk’s businesses all having varying degrees of interactions with US and foreign governments, his new position also raises concerns about conflict of interest. The president-elect has nominated several people close to Mr Musk for roles in his administration, including investor David Sacks as the so-called AI and crypto tsar. Meanwhile, billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman, who has collaborated with Musk’s SpaceX, was named the head of US space agency NASA. Mr Musk, co-chair of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), carries his son "X" on his shoulders. Picture: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) According to NBC, two sources have told the broadcaster that Mr Musk’s “near-constant presence” at Mar-a-Lago since Election Day is beginning to wear thin on Trump’s inner circle and the presidential transition team. He has reportedly been at Mar-a-Lago “at all hours, sitting with Trump,” and joining several calls and meetings. “He’s behaving as if he’s a co-president and making sure everyone knows it,” one of the people said of Mr Musk. “And he’s sure taking lots of credit for the president’s victory. “He’s trying to make President Trump feel indebted to him. And the president is indebted to no one,” this person added. More Coverage ‘Avengers’: Trump entourage divides internet Brielle Burns Donald Trump is turning on Elon Musk Benedict Brook Originally published as Musk makes history with $270m move Read related topics: Donald Trump Innovation Don't miss out on the headlines from Innovation. Followed categories will be added to My News. Join the conversation Add your comment to this story To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? Register Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout More related stories Mining Big miner issues blunt warning to Aussies A leading mining figure has delivered a dark speech warning that Australians will need to “do more, move faster and work harder” to maintain prosperity. Read more Technology Huge AI washer, dryer even takes a phone call It’s the AI powered washing machine and dryer that will take a phone call, turn your TV off and even automatically open its door so your clothes don’t get smelly. But it comes with a hefty price tag. Read more

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I'M A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star Jane Moore has taken on her first Bushtucker Trial - and managed to keep her cool. The Sun columnist, 62, joined all the campmates for the nail-biting challenge, which fell on the evening of Maura Higgins ' 34th birthday. But while most of them screamed in terror, Jane managed to stay calm and even comforted her Loose Women co-star GK Barry . Called The Fright Bus, the Bushtucker Trial was dropped on all the celebs as they finished eating their dinner around the camp fire. Moments earlier, they were seen discussing why the lights were still on in the jungle. GK Barry said: "Predictions... I think we're going to have songs, a little boogy and a bit of birthday cake." READ MORE ON I'M A CELEBRITY Tulisa added: "They're not going to do something negative for Maura's birthday. It's only going to be a treat." But Danny read a laminate to the group: “Tonight, you will all have the chance to win treats. "However, to be in with a chance of winning, you will all need to take a trip on The Fright Bus!” Each campmate was handed a ticket before being told to go and stand by a bus stop in the jungle. Most read in I’m A Celebrity 2024 Jane told her campmates: "I think there's going to be extra passengers..." The doors then opened and the celebs began filing on, with Jane being left at the front with GK - aka Grace - and Oti Mabuse . "Front row, front row!" she exclaimed. "The seat that everybody wants!" The challenge was simple: the campmates had to endure the bus and work within their rows of three to escape it, passing four stops on its journey. To do this, each row would wait until their stop to manoeuvre three tokens across the bar to the stop button as fast as they could. Every token won, would equate to one piece of luggage. As the gang were told to put their safety goggles on, GK told Jane: "Oh my God, I'm so on edge!" But tapping her knees in anticipation, Jane simply nudged her and replied: "No, come on, we can do this!" She then gently rested her head on GK's shoulder before the task really got going, while wishing everyone luck. Extremely shrill screams is all that could then be heard as creepy crawlies and critters began falling from the roof of the bus onto its famous passengers. In a first for this series, the Bushtucker Trial ended on a major cliffhanger as hosts Ant and Dec revealed the rest of it would be shown in Tuesday night's episode. However, on spin-off show I'm A Celebrity: Unpacked, it was revealed that the nightmare is not yet over for Jane. i'm A Celebrity is back for its 24th series, with a batch of famous faces living in the Aussie jungle. The Sun's Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars on the show this year.. Coleen Rooney - Arguably the most famous name in the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney , has made a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to be on the show this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever. Tulisa - The popstar and former X Factor judge has made her triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year's I'm A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz , Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal. Alan Halsall - The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street , was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he has become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities. Melvin Odoom - The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. Melvin has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet - the Aussie jungle . GK Barry - The UK's biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women . She has even gone on to endorse popular brands such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers. Dean McCullough - A rising star amongst this year's bunch of celebs , Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live. Oti Mabuse - The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She originally found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV's Dancing On Ice . Danny Jones - The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle , after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he's now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice , along with bandmate Tom Fletcher . Jane Moore - The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist is braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge - having recently split from her husband . It will be Jane's first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past. Barry McGuigan - Former pro boxer Barry is the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan . It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to bowel cancer . He told The Late Late Show in 2021: "She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache." Maura Higgins - The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard . Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year. Rev. Richard Coles - Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is a late arrival on I’m A Celebrity , and he's ready to spill the beans on his former employer. The former Communards and Strictly star , said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year. An insider said: "Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth." Together with Maura, Jane will also be taking on the next Bushtucker Trial; Fright At The End Of The Tunnel. The underwater challenge will require the ladies to be "trapped in a pair of petrifying pipelines" with critters waiting for them. They will then have to complete words and crack locks to win stars - aka meals - for camp. Big Brother host Will Best , who is this week's celebrity panellist on Unpacked, only had positive words for Jane. READ MORE SUN STORIES He told presenter Joel Dommett: "I feel like she is going to be stoic and get through it." I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! continues at 9pm, ITV1/ ITVX, Tuesday November 26Extradite Hasina for trial, B’desh writes to India

Mariah Carey debunks Spotify video after AI theory: Just ‘bad lighting and a red lip’Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report findsBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, a mixed bag of success for Gov. Jeff Landry, whose original tax revision plans faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists amid hard fiscal realities . The final passage of the bulk of Landry's proposed measures winds down a special legislative session called Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, bring jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January. The package of legislation includes a permanent $2,000 raise for teachers and doubles standard deductions for residents aged 65 and older. It raises the state sales tax to 5%, while granting Landry’s wish for lower personal and corporate income tax rates. It repeals the 0.275% corporate franchise tax, a levy on businesses operating on the state worth more than $500 million in annual revenue. The state's new corporate income tax rate will be a flat 5.5%, reducing the highest tier from 7.5%. Landry had wanted a 3.5% flat rate. Lawmakers approved a flat 3% individual income tax rate and nearly tripled the standard deduction for individuals. Previously, the personal income tax rate had stood at 4.25% for individuals earning $50,000 or more. “What I’m very confident in is that everyone’s going to have more money in their pocket at the end of the day with the personal income tax reductions,” said Republican Rep. Julie Emerson, who spearheaded legislation to flatten the income tax rate. With the personal income tax reductions reducing annual revenue by $1.3 billion, Landry’s original plan had called for applying sales taxes to dozens of services like car-washing, dog-grooming and lobbying. He also sought to eliminate large tax incentives for the restoration of historic buildings and the film industry. Those proposals were defeated, leading to a bigger sales tax hike than Landry initially proposed. Louisiana already had the highest combined state and average local sales tax in the country at 9.56%, according to the Tax Foundation, a think tank favored by conservatives. ___ Associated Press writer Kevin McGill contributed to this report. ___ _____ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Brook on the social platform X: @jack_brook96 Jack Brook, The Associated Press

Laura Benanti Slams Broadway Costar Zachary Levi: 'I Never Liked Him'GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski said Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump 's approach to party unity is to have members "toe the line" and avoid landing on "Santa's naughty list," warning they could face a lack of support in upcoming primaries. At the national conference of No Labels, a nonpartisan political organization, in Washington, D.C., Murkowski spoke about the expected state of partisan politics during a second Trump administration, as well as her own political affiliations. The Alaska senator, who has broken with her party on major issues before, said, "I'm more of a Ronald Reagan Republican than I am a Trump Republican." She added that she is "not attached to a label" but would rather be "that person that is just known for trying to do right by the state and the people I serve, regardless of party." She later said, "I think people in this country are ready for something other than the red or the blue, that there is a path for those in the middle." Murkowski also said it's "going to be hard in these next four years" because the Trump administration's "approach is going to be: Everybody toe the line, everybody line up. We got you here, and if you want to survive you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you." Murkowski, who has held her Senate seat since 2003, won reelection in 2022. Senators serve six-year terms. Newsweek reached out via email to Murkowski's press team for comment on Thursday. On Thursday, she said, "We are seeing that play out in real time right now with the nominees," a reference to the individuals Trump has nominated to Cabinet and top administration positions. "I think we're getting a little bit of a preview now of what it is going to mean to be allegiant to party, and I don't think that is going to help us as a Republican Party ," she added. "I think it's going to energize and charge up the Democrats ." A few of Trump's nominees have raised concerns among some Democratic and Republican senators. They include former Representative Matt Gaetz , who has since withdrawn from consideration as Trump's attorney general, and Pete Hegseth, who has been nominated for defense secretary. Allegations pertaining to sexual misconduct, in Gaetz's case, and questions about Hegseth's qualifications for the position led some senators to question their fitness for the roles. Murkowski specifically mentioned GOP Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, who initially said she was not ready to support Hegseth for secretary of defense. Murkowski said that despite Ernst being "one of the more conservative, principled Republican leaders in the Senate right now, [she] is being hung out to dry for not being good enough, and 'you're going to get primaried.'" On Monday, Ernst issued a statement saying she no longer opposes Hegseth's confirmation. "As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources," she wrote. Ernst faced criticism from Trump supporters for not originally backing Hegseth's nomination. Some social media users suggested she would face a primary challenge in 2026 if she does not support the defense secretary nominee.