Grok 4 Launching Tomorrow, Musk Confirms Elon Musk has officially confirmed that xAI's next big model, the Grok 4, will arrive on July 9. The launch will be live-streamed at 8 pm. Pacific Time. Geekflare · Jul 8, 2025
Stock Index Futures Gain With Focus on Trade Talks as Trump Extends Tariff Deadline September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are up +0.08%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are up +0.17% this morning as initial jitters over U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves eased, giving way to cautious optimism that there’s still ample room for further negotiations. Barchart · Jul 8, 2025
Tesla Short Sellers To Earn Nearly $1.4 Billion In Profits Amid Elon Musk's Political Ambitions: Report In the wake of Elon Musk‘s political aspirations, traders who bet against Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) are projected to earn approximately $1.4 billion due to a resultant drop in the company’s stock. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Elon Musk's 'America Party' Inspires Wild Memecoin Surge — One Token Jumps 129% In 24 Hours Memecoins themed around Elon Musk's ‘America Party' are making a splash on price charts, netting quick gains for volatility-loving degens. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn Trump’s ‘cuts and chaos’ to agencies are opposite of what’s needed for era of worsening weather disasters, experts say The Guardian - US · Jul 8, 2025
Beijing Rejects Elon Musk As A 'Geopolitical Asset': Lukewarm Response To Chinese Diplomatic Overreach, Trump Feud Reportedly Diminishes Musk's Value Chinese officials have reportedly cooled on Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), as a potential geopolitical asset due to his public fallout with President Donald Trump. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
No Epstein List Means No Justice? Survivors and Advocates Slam FBI, DOJ Report for 'Protecting the Powerful' Survivors and advocates blast DOJ and FBI over Epstein memo, citing secrecy and lack of accountability. No client list released, sparking fresh outrage. International Business Times UK · Jul 8, 2025
Tesla China Sales Plunge Over 75% In First Week Of July Despite Strong Q2 Deliveries Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) experienced a sharp drop in sales in the Chinese domestic car market during the week of June 30 to July 6, 2025. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
No Fast Lane For The Rich? Lawyers Say Trump's $5 Million 'Gold Card' Visa Can't Fly Without New Law Donald Trump's much-touted plan to sell $5 million "gold card" visas to the ultra-wealthy may never leave the runway, immigration lawyers and policy analysts say. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Ron DeSantis Warns Elon Musk The 'America Party' Could Hand Congress To Democrats: 'Don't Want To See That Happen' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Elon Musk should drop his plan for a new "America Party" and instead use his money and clout to force fiscal reforms inside the GOP. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Cathie Wood-Led Ark Launches Buffer ETFs For Its Flagship ARKK, Analyst Says It's Like Diet Soda — 50% Loss Protection, But There's A Catch Cathie Wood's Ark Investment Management has filed plans to launch four new exchange-traded funds designed to offer downside protection for investors in its flagship ARK Innovation ETF (BATS:ARKK), while placing a cap on potential gains. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Asian shares rise after Wall Street falls as Trump pressures trading partners with new tariffs Asian shares are mostly higher after stocks fell on Wall Street as the Trump administration stepped up pressure on trading partners to make deals before punishing tariffs imposed by the U.S. take effect The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025
Ross Gerber Slams 'Joke' Tesla Board As Elon Musk Returns To Politics, Dan Ives Says Musk Cannot Start Own Political Party 'And Remain CEO' Veteran investors, like Gerber Kawasaki's co-founder, Ross Gerber and Wedbush Securities' Dan Ives, have criticized Elon Musk's return to politics and questioned the Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Board of Directors (BOD) as company stock declined almost 7% in the last 24 hours. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Kevin O'Leary Says Steve Jobs Was 'Not A Nice Guy' But Taught Him A Success Formula That Elon Musk Now Uses Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary says he learned his most ruthless lesson in productivity three decades ago from Steve Jobs and he's still measuring entrepreneurs against it. Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025
Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025 Elon Musk May Be Callous, Insensitive And 'Extremely Cruel' But 'Black Swan' Author Nassim Taleb Is Praying For His Safety Amid Rift With Trump On Monday, Nassim Nicholas Taleb expressed concern for Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk while criticizing his personality.
Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025 Dave Portnoy Drops $10 Million On Tesla: 'Hoping For 10% Bounce In 2 Weeks Or Less' From #CrazyElon Bet Dave Portnoy, the founder and CEO of Barstool Sports, just announced a bold bet on Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), following a pullback in the company’s shares early this week.
Benzinga · Jul 8, 2025 Tesla, SoFi Technologies, Rocket Lab, Bit Digital, And Circle Internet Group: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today The stock market witnessed a tumultuous day as President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all imports from Japan and South Korea, effective from August 1. This news sent the markets into a tailspin, with the SP 500 dropping 0.9% to 6,229.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling…
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 JD Vance’s old tweets show why the ‘Epstein client list’ is becoming such a problem for Trump ANALYSIS: Trumpworld is trying to put out the flames JD Vance was happy to fan before it was his job to be the authority on the matter, writes John Bowden
Latin Times · Jul 7, 2025 MAGA Influencer Demands Pam Bondi 'Resign' Amid 'Botched' Epstein Files Release: 'The DOJ Is Lying' Laura Loomer again called for U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to resign after the DOJ dismissed the existence of Jeffrey Epstein's client list.
Benzinga · Jul 7, 2025 8 Ways Elon Musk's America Party Could Be Trump's Worst Nightmare Ready or not, Donald Trump may have found himself staring down a political disruptor unlike any other—and it's not Joe Biden. It's Elon Musk, the billionaire technologist whose new America Party is already sparking curiosity, confusion, and quiet panic across the Republican establishment. And while Musk insists it's a movement…
Reason · Jul 7, 2025 The Insanity of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Plus: Trump's E.U. trade deadline, masked ICE agents, and Elon Musk's third party
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 Grimes calls ex Elon Musk’s platform X ‘poison’ and ‘a prison’ in scathing takedown The musician posted the criticism on the same social media site, which was formerly known as Twitter
We Got This Covered · Jul 7, 2025 MAGA in disarray: Laura Loomer demands a sacrifice from Trump just as Elon Musk finalizes their divorce Enjoy the "black-pilled MAGA chaos."
Benzinga · Jul 7, 2025 Can Elon Musk Run For President — Or Even Be Speaker Of The House? Elon Musk announced the launch of the American Party, a rival political faction that could potentially unseat congressional and Senate candidates currently up for re-election or disrupt the 2028 presidential election.