The record, by subject
The dismantling of USAID
What Elon Musk said and did as USAID was shut down in 2025, what researchers estimate it cost in lives, and what courts have ruled.
On the page: The shutdown. What researchers estimate. Deaths and losses reporters have documented. Denials and court rulings.
DOGE
What Elon Musk promised DOGE would save, what it did to federal workers and government data, and what auditors and courts have found.
On the page: Who ran DOGE. Promised savings and the record. The federal workforce. Government data. Conflicts of interest. How it ended.
Politics
What Elon Musk has spent on elections, what he has said, what officials and courts answered, and how his candidates fared.
On the page: From Democrat to Trump. Money in elections. Influence in Washington. What he said, and the answers. Abroad. Public opinion.
Twitter and X
How Elon Musk bought Twitter, what he did to the company, how his free speech promises compare with the record, and what courts and regulators found.
On the page: The purchase. The company and its workers. Speech: promises and practice. What researchers and regulators found. His own posts.
AI and Grok
Elon Musk's warnings about AI, his fight with OpenAI, xAI's money and power plants, what Grok has said and made, and what courts and regulators found.
On the page: His warnings, and what he did next. OpenAI. xAI's money, and Tesla. The data centers and their gas turbines. Grok in the federal government. What Grok has said. Sexualized images of real people.
Tesla
Elon Musk's record at Tesla: public money, the "funding secured" tweet, his pay, the factory's workers and the cars, with what courts and regulators found.
On the page: The company and public money. What he told investors, and his pay. Workers. Factories and cars. Tesla and his politics.
Autopilot
What Elon Musk promised about self-driving Teslas, how Autopilot was sold, what crash investigators and regulators found, and what juries decided.
On the page: The promises. How it was sold. What crash investigators found. The federal safety regulator. In court. The robotaxi service.
SpaceX
Elon Musk's record at SpaceX: public money, Starlink and foreign governments, the Mars promises, who controls the company, its workers and its regulators.
On the page: The start, and public money. Starlink and governments. Mars and Starship. Who controls it, and its money. Workers. Launches and the aviation regulator. The Texas launch site.
Family
Elon Musk on birth rates and children, his marriages, his daughter Vivian Wilson, and custody and paternity cases, from the public record only.
On the page: What he says about children and population. Marriages. His daughter Vivian Wilson. Custody and paternity cases. A child at official events. His father.
Early career
Elon Musk's early years: South Africa, the emerald mine story, his degrees, his immigration status, Zip2, X.com and PayPal, and the image built on them.
On the page: South Africa and the family's money. Degrees and immigration. Zip2, X.com and PayPal. The image.