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New Delhi, Updated At : 08:34 PM Jul 06, 2025 IST

Elon Musk floats 'America party'

US tech billionaire Elon Musk said he has formed a new political party to give Americans their freedom back, after a dramatic falling out with Donald Trump. He announced his plans on his social media platform X that he had set up the 'America Party' to challenge the two-party system in the country.

“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom," Musk said in a post on X.

"When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said.

Musk did not say where the party may be registered. To legally form the party would require it to register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Musk first raised the prospect of forming a party during his public feud with Trump, which saw him leave his role in the administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and engage in a vicious public spat with his former ally.

During that row, Musk posted a poll on X asking users if there should be a new political party in the US.

Referencing that poll in his post on Saturday, Musk wrote: "By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! Musk, the largest individual donor to Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, was a close adviser to Trump until recently.

Reuters' X account withheld in India, Centre says "no requirement from Govt"

There has been no requirement from the Indian government to withhold the Reuters account on the social media platform X, the Centre said on Sunday An official spokesperson for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) today said, "There is no requirement from the Government of India to withhold Reuters handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem." The X handle of the international news agency Reuters is currently unavailable for users in India with a message stating that its account has been withheld in India "in response to a legal demand." Users who attempted to access the Reuters account in India encountered the message- "Account withheld. @ Reuters has been withheld in IN in response to a legal demand." The X handles of Turkiye's TRT, China's Global Times also encountered the same "account withheld" message.

On its help centre page, the Elon Musk-owned platform X explains such messages "about country withheld content" means that X was compelled to withhold the entire account specified or posts in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order or local laws.

"If you see the above message, it means X withheld content based on local law(s) in response to a report filed through specific support intake channels," the X page detailed.

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Elon Musk floats 'America party'

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