Tonight, Democrats are pushing back over President Trump's efforts to sharply reduce federal spending recommended by his Department of Government Efficiency. President Trump said he also wants to abolish the Department of Education 'immediately.
The U.S. government has not awarded Tesla a contract to produce “armored” electric cars, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday, clarifying a budget document that appeared to detail the agency’s plan to spend $400 million on vehicles from Elon Musk’s automotive giant. The spokesperson told MSNBC that the Biden administration asked the State Department to “explore interest from private companies to produce electric vehicles.
Then, hours after the articles were published, the State Department appeared to remove the word “Tesla” from the spreadsheet and uploaded a revised version to the agency’s website, though a version of the list including Tesla was still online on another State Department web page as of Thursday afternoon. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, threw cold water on the issue. “I’m pretty sure Tesla isn’t getting $400M. No one mentioned it to me, at least,” he wrote on X at 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday.
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