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Elon Musk attends the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Tesla made smallest annual profit since the pandemic, plans to spend big on robotaxis and robots

Tesla’s annual profit plunged to its lowest level since the pandemic five years ago as it lost the title of the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker to a Chinese rival and boycotts hammered sales.

A banner on the front end of a bus features images of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and China's Xi Jinping with a message that reads in Spanish: "An example for the world," during a government-organized rally opposing U.S. intervention, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Trump has a China problem in Venezuela: What to do with Beijing’s debt and oil stakes

President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela’s oil industry and counter China’s influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing.

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

The Warner Bros. water tower is seen at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix

Paramount has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. The effort announced Monday initiates a potentially bruising battle with Netflix to buy the company behind HBO and CNN, along with the power to reshape much of the nation’s entertainment landscape.

President Donald Trump left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, shake hands before their U.S.-China summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US has warned others to avoid loans from Chinese state banks. But it’s the biggest recipient of all

A new report says China funneled billions in hidden loans to U.S. companies over the past quarter century, some targeting industries key to national security.

Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Musk could become history’s first trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve giant pay package

The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade.

Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Musk the trillionaire? Debate over his Tesla pay package rages

Tesla shareholders will decide soon on whether Elon Musk could have a shot at becoming the world’s first trillionaire.

Intel posts profit even as it struggles to regain market share

Intel posted profits in the latest quarter as the one-time America technology icon struggles to regain market share.

Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Musk’s rollercoaster year: From boycotts and plunging earnings to a potential trillion-dollar payday

Elon Musk literally left a government job with a black eye, has seen profits at his car company sink and must worry about federal regulators disrupting his plans to unleash a fleet of driverless taxis on America’s roads in the next few years.

Tesla vehicles line a parking area at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Tesla’s profit fell in third quarter even as sales rose. Musk sees robotaxi expansion by year end

Tesla, the car company run by Elon Musk, reported Wednesday that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply.

A 2021 Model 3 sedan sits in a near-empty lot at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo. June 27, 2021. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla hit with probe after crashes involving a self-driving feature that Musk has boasted about

Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers.

A Tesla model Y and other Telsla vehicles sit at a dealership, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla offers cheaper versions of 2 electric vehicles in bid to win back market share in tough year

Tesla announced the launch of cheaper versions of two of its electric vehicles Tuesday in hopes of reviving flagging sales.

Tesla vehicles line a parking area at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Parents of two college students killed in a Tesla allege design flaw trapped them in the burning car

Lawsuits filed Thursday by parents of two college students killed in a Tesla crash say they were trapped inside as the car burned and filled with smoke because of a design flaw that makes it difficult to open the doors in fires.

Elon Musk speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Musk reports Tesla sales jump after months of boycotts, but experts suspect more pain is in store

Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30.

Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Sept. 12, 2022. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Web of business interests shows that Kimmel’s future rests on far more than his jokes

The decision about whether to keep Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC show depends on far more than his jokes.

A Tesla model Y and other Telsla vehicles sit at a dealership, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla under investigation after parents say faulty door handles trapped their kids in the back

Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into a possible defect in Tesla door handles that have reportedly left parents unable to reach into back seats to get their children out of the cars.

Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation, sits in the Oval Office of the White House as President Donald Trump signs an executive order, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Musk loses crown as the world’s richest person to Larry Ellison and then snatches it back

The battle among billionaires for bragging rights as the world’s richest person got heated Wednesday with the surprising surge of an old contender: Larry Ellison.

Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trillion dollar man: New pay package could make Musk that much richer if Tesla thrives

Tesla is asking its investors to approve a proposed compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth almost $1 trillion and is based on the electric vehicle maker hitting certain ambitious milestones over the next decade.

Tesla asks court to throw out big damage award in crash by arguing comments about Musk misled jury

The car company run by Elon Musk asked a court Friday to toss out a $243 million damage award to victims of a deadly crash that is being closely watched by the auto industry.

Tesla vehicles line a parking area at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Tesla sales plunge again in Europe as anger at Musk keeps buyers away for 7th month in a row

Europeans upset with Elon Musk still aren’t buying his electric cars, adding to a long losing streak for his company.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s Intel stake sparks cries of socialism from his party, but he vows more deals are coming

Donald Trump has a message for critics who think turning the U.S. government into a major stockholder of Intel is a “socialist” move: More is coming.

Tesla vehicles line a parking area at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Tesla is slow in reporting crashes and the feds have launched an investigation to find out why

Federal auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into why Tesla has repeatedly broken rules requiring it to tell them quickly about crashes involving its self-driving technology that may soon be deployed in millions of its cars on U.S. roads.

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump attend the meeting between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Company advised by Trump sons said it hoped to benefit from fed money, then took it back

A public document filed by a company that just hired President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons as advisers included a sentence early Monday that said it hoped to benefit from grants and other incentives from the federal government, which their father happens to lead.

Dillon Angulo, who was seriously injured in a Florida crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist technology, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Miami, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/David Fischer)

Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash case

A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages.

A Tesla level three Electric vehicle charger is visible, Feb. 2, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla’s profit plunges again as the fallout from Musk’s politics continues to repel buyers

The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits fell sharply again in the latest quarter.

Looming over two cases threatening Musk’s car company is a single question: Can he be trusted?

Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his plan to put self-driving Teslas on U.S. roads or throw up a major roadblock: Can this wildly successful man who tends to exaggerate be trusted?

A Tesla level three Electric vehicle charger is visible, Feb. 2, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Tesla’s Autopilot system is in the spotlight at a Miami trial over a student killed while stargazing

A federal court in Miami began considering Monday whether Elon Musk’s car company should share blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying 75 feet through the air and severely injured her boyfriend.

President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP, File)

Tesla sales plunge again as anti-Musk boycott shows staying power and rivals pounce on the weakness

Sales of Tesla electric cars fell sharply in the last three months compared to a year earlier as boycotts over Elon Musk’s political views continue to keep buyers away.

Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

DOGE eats Musk? Billionaire entrepreneur’s companies at risk as he reignites feud with Trump

Elon Musk may find out what happens when DOGE bites man. The billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner who catapulted his zealous embrace of President Donald Trump into a powerful position slashing government spending now risks sweeping cuts to his own bottom line after resuming the feud that led to the

Eric Trump, Don Hendrickson, Eric Thomas, Patrick O'Brien and Donald Trump Jr., left to right, participate in the announcement of Trump Mobile, in New York's Trump Tower, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trumps drop ‘Made in the USA’ label for new phone and a debate ensues: How to define ‘made’?

The Trump family may be having second thoughts about that “Made in the USA” claim attached to its new Trump-branded phone, which raises an interesting question: How to define “made”?

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