Axios

Elon Musk and Donald Trump's very public clash is rekindling a debate over gender stereotypes.

Why it matters: The reality is few leaders could get away with feuding on social media. But the debacle revealed competing views about how powerful men — and women — might be expected to communicate.

The Trump administration’s spending cuts and restrictions on foreign students are triggering a brain drain — and American scientists are panicking.

Why it matters: U.S. researchers' fears are coming true. America’s science pipeline is drying up, and countries like China are seizing the opportunity to surge ahead.

DOGE employees can access millions of Americans' sensitive Social Security data, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a party-line decision.

Why it matters: The ruling is a win for the Trump administration, which has charged the Department of Government Efficiency with rooting out alleged waste and fraud at the Social Security Administration.

Elon Musk's breakup with President Trump undercuts his personal empire, but it's good news for a variety of corporate players.

Why it matters: Without close ties to the White House, Musk is less powerful politically.

President Trump is considering selling his new Tesla as his scuffle with Elon Musk escalates, a White House official confirmed to Axios.

The big picture: The feud between the president and the billionaire is costing them billions, and Tesla shares specifically dropped 14.3% as of Thursday at a price tag of just under $20 billion for Musk.

Deel and Rippling are scheduled for a California court hearing in September, to begin hashing out their dueling charges of corporate espionage.

• Until then, it seems the HR software unicorns plan to keep escalating.

The latest: Rippling yesterday filed an amended complaint against Deel, which includes claims that Deel also illicitly targeted four other competitors (only one of which was named).

Generative AI is evolving so fast that security leaders are tossing out the playbooks they wrote just a year or two ago.

Why it matters: Defending against AI-driven threats, including autonomous attacks, will require companies to make faster, riskier security bets than they've ever had to before.

Elon Musk unleashed a fresh round of tweets late Thursday afternoon, calling for President Trump to be impeached and declaring that SpaceX would begin decommissioning a spacecraft essential to NASA's operation — though he later backtracked on this threat.

Why it matters: Trump's threat to cancel billions of dollars of government contracts with Musk's companies has ignited a new round of escalation in the explosive civil war between the two former allies.