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How Elon Musk Turned on Ukraine

Simon Shuster and Isaac Stanley-Becker

October 28, 2026

Close-up black-and-white photograph of Elon Musk in a suit seemingly seated in a crowd.

What the Loss of Starshield Revealed

Brynn Tannehill

October 16, 2026

A starlink in a field of brown branches

National Security

Zelensky Asked Trump for a Favor From Elon Musk

Simon Shuster, Missy Ryan, and Jonathan Lemire

July 30, 2026

President Zelensky and Trump seated in the Oval Office

Iran’s Next Internet Blackout Is Inevitable

June 5, 2026

Photograph of people on the roof of a building at night time. Three of the figures are black silhouettes. One woman in the middle of them all is looking at a smartphone. Her face is illuminated by the device’s glow.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Endgame

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff

April 21, 2026

An illustration of Elon Musk in front of Earth

National Security

Elon Musk Moves Against the Russians in Ukraine

February 27, 2026

A photo of Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

May 6, 2025

Animated GIF of the Earth with a twinkling network of nodes above it

The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know

Isaac Stanley-Becker

March 9, 2025

A crane is visible on the Potomac River for recovery efforts after the American Airlines crash.

Elon Has Appointed Himself King of the World

January 10, 2025

An image of Elon Musk and Alice Weidel, the head of Germany's far-right AfD party

Elon Musk Has the ‘Off’ Switch

September 5, 2024

A close-up shot of Elon Musk against a dark background

The Answer to Starlink Is More Starlinks

Steven Feldstein

September 12, 2023

A black-and-white illustration shows a satellite in space with the face of Elon Musk.

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

The War on Ukraine Is Testing the Myth of Elon Musk

February 28, 2022

A long-exposure image of Starlink satellites passing overheard in the night sky over Uruguay