Kate Conger

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Technology Reporter at The New York Times

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Media Matters Sues F.T.C. Over Advertising Investigation

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Kate Conger |Kenneth Vogel

Media Matters, a liberal advocacy organization, sued the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, claiming that the agency was waging a “campaign of retribution” against the group on behalf of the Trump administration and Elon Musk. The F.T.C. started investigating Media Matters last month over whether the organization had illegally colluded with other advertising advocacy groups to pinch off revenue from X, Mr. Musk’s social media company, and other right-leaning sites.
FTC may hit mega ad merger with unusual rule: No boycotting

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Lauren Hirsch |Benjamin Mullin |Kate Conger |Tiffany Hsu |NYT Business

As the Trump administration considers approving a proposed merger between two of the world’s largest advertising agencies, Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, regulators may impose unusual conditions. A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them, according to two people briefed on the matter.
FTC may hit mega ad merger with unusual rule: No boycotting

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Lauren Hirsch |Benjamin Mullin |Kate Conger |Tiffany Hsu |NYT Business

As the Trump administration considers approving a proposed merger between two of the world’s largest advertising agencies, Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, regulators may impose unusual conditions. A proposed consent decree would prevent the merged company from boycotting platforms because of their political content by refusing to place their clients’ advertisements on them, according to two people briefed on the matter.
Can Anyone Replace Elon Musk?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Teddy Schleifer |Kate Conger |Nicholas Nehamas

Joe Gebbia, a close friend of Mr. Musk's, is expected to be a part of a small council of advisers that will oversee the Department of Government Efficiency. Who wants to lead the Department of Government Efficiency?
After his Trump blowup, Musk may be out - but DOGE is just getting started

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Coral Davenport |Christopher Flavelle |Kate Conger

Elon Musk’s blowup with President Donald Trump may have doomed Washington’s most potent partnership, but the billionaire’s signature cost-cutting project has become deeply embedded in Trump’s administration and could be there to stay. At the Department of Energy, for example, a former member of the Department of Government Efficiency is now serving as the chief of staff.
Retorno de Musk às suas empresas após rompimento com Trump levanta interrogações sobre os negócios

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Ryan Mac |Kate Conger |Rebecca Elliott

Elon Musk recentemente trocou seu bonezinho ‘MAGA’ e seu uniforme de “suporte técnico” do governo por sua antiga camiseta “Occupy Mars”, uma referência à missão de sua empresa de foguetes, a SpaceX, de colonizar o planeta vermelho. Ele embarcou em uma blitz na mídia, concedendo entrevistas a veículos de notícias, que antes evitava, e dizendo que estava concentrado na SpaceX e focado na sua montadora elétrica, a Tesla.
After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out. But DOGE Is Just Getting Started.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Flavelle |Coral Davenport |Nicholas Nehamas |Kate Conger |Zach Montague

President Trump and Elon Musk With members embedded in multiple agencies, the team's approach to transforming government is becoming "institutionalized," as one official put it. Elon Musk's mission for the Department of Government Efficiency - deep cuts in spending, personnel and projects - appears to be taking root, with DOGE staff now in key jobs across the federal government. Credit...
After His Trump Blowup, Musk May Be Out. But DOGE Is Just Getting Started. - The Boston Globe

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Flavelle |Coral Davenport |Kate Conger |Zach Montague

At the Interior Department, DOGE members have been converted into federal employees and embedded into the agency, said a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. And at the Environmental Protection Agency, where a spokesperson said that there are two senior officials associated with the DOGE mission, work continues apace on efforts to dismantle an agency that Trump has long targeted.
Trump and Musk break up, and Washington holds its breath

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Michelle L. Price |Kate Conger |Michael Gold |Ryan Mac

WASHINGTON — Maybe it was always going to end this way, with two billionaires angrily posting about each other on social media, fingers flying across pocket-sized screens as their incandescent feud burned hotter by the minute. But even if the finale was predictable, that didn’t make it any less shocking. After long months when Donald Trump and Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week like a star going supernova.
Trump and Musk's relationship flames out just as it started, intensely and publicly

3 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Lisa Mascaro |Kate Conger |Michael Gold |Ryan Mac

WASHINGTON — The breakup between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man is unfurling much like their relationship started — rapidly, intensely and very publicly. As President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Thursday with Germany's leader, he lamented his soured relationship with Elon Musk, his adviser-turned-social media antagonist.