Elon Musk tells court he was a “fool” for funding OpenAI

April 29, 2026 / 6:37 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Elon Musk told a court on Wednesday that he was a “fool” for providing funding to launch ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Testifying in a case he brought against OpenAI, the billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX said he continued to finance OpenAI after receiving assurances from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that the company would remain a nonprofit. However, Musk said he began to have doubts about the company’s direction and said he later felt betrayed.

Musk alleged in his civil lawsuit that OpenAI, Altman, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman reneged on the AI company’s founding agreement by prioritizing profit over a promise to keep OpenAI as a nonprofit dedicated to human progress.

The trial, playing out in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, started Monday and is expected to last about four weeks.

Court sketch of Elon Musk on the witness stand in a courtroom in Oakland, California. Musk accuses OpenAI of betraying its founding mission to remain a nonprofit dedicated to benefitting humanity. Vicki Behringer

Musk contributed $38 million in funding to OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017. The AI company is now valued at more than $85 billion.

Lawyers for OpenAI reject Musk’s allegations, saying that company leaders never promised it would remain a nonprofit forever. The company has argued Musk’s legal challenge is aimed at undercutting OpenAI’s rapid growth and bolstering Musk’s xAI, which he launched in 2023 as a competitor.

Heated cross-examination

During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly pushed back on questions. OpenAI lawyer William Savitt asked about emails Musk wrote before OpenAI’s founding in 2015, including whether it would be better to make it a standard for-profit company and whether tax deductions would apply to his donations to the nonprofit.

“Your questions are not simple,” Musk said. “They are designed to trick me essentially.” Any simple answer, he said, would be misleading the jury.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stepped in, asking Musk to answer whether it’s true or false that OpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in December 2015. Musk said in that case, the answer was yes, but added that it is not always simple, comparing it to asking “have you stopped beating your wife?”

“We are not going to go there,” the judge replied, to laughs in the courtroom.

High stakes

Despite moments of levity, the stakes are high at the trial, which could sway the balance of power in artificial intelligence. Musk’s lawsuit seeks to oust Altman from OpenAI’s board. If Musk wins, it could also derail OpenAI’s plans for an initial public offering.

Musk’s decision to stop funding the company contributed to a bitter falling out between the former allies that’s been evident throughout the trial. On Wednesday, Musk said his views on Altman and his OpenAI cofounders had three phases — from initial excitement to losing confidence to a period in late 2022 when he thought “wait a second, these guys are betraying their promise.”

Lawyers for OpenAI have said Musk sought to control the company for himself.

Musk repeatedly testified that while he initially sought a majority stake in OpenAI and control of four out of seven board seats, this would eventually be diluted when OpenAI grew and gained more shareholders. He compared it to his stake in Tesla, which he said is now around 15% after he initially had a majority stake when the electric car maker was founded over two decades ago.

OpenAI, however, claims there were no assurances that he would eventually relinquish his board majority.

Trump EPA chief vows he won’t take ‘morality lessons’ from Dem senator after heated clash

April 29, 2026 7:02pm EDT / Fox News

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Democratic senator trades barbs with Trump’s EPA administrator over the cost-benefit of closing coal plants

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claps back at Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, for suggesting country’s cost benefit would be improved by eliminating “polluting” energy sources.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., traded barbs with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin in a fiery Senate hearing on Wednesday over cost-benefit analysis of coal plants — and whether the EPA, under Trump’s leadership, had enough to weigh whether hospital bills and insurance claims should factor into the calculus.

The heated back-and-forth left Zeldin taking a thinly-veiled dig at Whitehouse long after the Democratic environmentalist had concluded his line of questioning.

“We just want to stick to the truth,” Zeldin said.

“We want to stick to the science. If you don’t agree with them, you don’t follow their logic, then they’ll want to vilify you… and I’m not going to take morality lessons from people who join all-white country clubs,” he added, referring to reports of Whitehouse’s family membership at Bailey’s Beach Club, a beach club formerly known as Spouting Rock Beach Association.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2025.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“I think the people who are running the place are still working on that and I’m sorry it hasn’t happened yet,” Whitehouse said in 2017, referring to allowing minority members. “It’s a long tradition in Rhode Island and there are many of them and we just need to work our way through the issues.”

The interaction comes as lawmakers weigh President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget request for the EPA, a framework that has alarmed Democrats for its proposed 50% slash to the agency’s funding.

Zeldin’s clash with Whitehouse also underscores sharp divisions between the administration and Democrats in Congress over what threat, if any, climate change poses and what resources the U.S. should devote to combating it.

Whitehouse, who panned the proposed budget, argued that Zeldin was ignoring secondary costs brought on by fossil fuels.

“One plant in Michigan has already cost Michiganders $600 million in excess health costs. That is money out of consumers’ pockets, and into the pockets of your fossil fuel polluters, Trump’s big donors. Are you even tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?” Whitehouse asked Zeldin.

“We’re going to get to talk about math?” Zeldin retorted. “Oh, this is great; I don’t even know where to start.”

“Are you even tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?” Whitehouse asked again. “Answer that question: Are you even tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?”

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Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for EPA administrator, speaks during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2025.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Zeldin began replying that the EPA did, in fact, track consumer costs of energy but was cut off.

“Where are you tracking the consumer costs of those coal plants?” Whitehouse interjected.

Zeldin, setting aside the matter of tracking, turned to confront Whitehouse’s underlying argument about the cost-benefit of coal across the country.

“Are you kidding me? Coal plants even staying open – you think that the math is that it’s better for West Virginia if you close down their coal plants and put these people out of work and tell them to learn how to code?” Zeldin said.

“According to you, in your mind, that’s saving West Virginia? Is it saving them on energy access? Is it saving them on jobs?” Zeldin added.

Whitehouse, running out of his allotted time, closed his line of questioning by proposing that Trump’s administration stood to gain from energy-aligned donors.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., conducts the Senate Budget Committee hearing titled “The Default on America Act: Blackmail, Brinkmanship, and Billionaire Backroom Deals” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 4, 2023.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

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“You’re raising costs on purpose because the money that you get when you raise costs from consumers goes to Trump’s big fossil fuel donors,” Whitehouse said.

The EPA was given roughly $8.82 billion in the 2026 fiscal year. For 2027, Trump has requested just $4.2B for 2027 — a drop that would represent a 52% decrease year over year.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

‘America First’ immigration overhaul bill would codify Trump’s campaign promises once and for all

April 29, 2026 4:13pm EDT / Fox News

The 70-page legislation would also require applicants to sign a pledge supporting the Constitution

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A House Republican bill would codify President Donald Trump’s “America First” immigration overhaul, sharply narrowing legal pathways by prioritizing high-skilled workers, eliminating most family sponsorships, and ending the diversity visa lottery.

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FIRST ON FOX:President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ immigration overhaul would be codified into law under a House Republican bill that would significantly narrow legal immigration pathways by shifting the system toward high-skilled workers, eliminating most family sponsorship categories and ending the diversity visa lottery.

Immigration — both illegal and legal — remains a contentious topic in Washington, with Democrats pushing to expand pathways for migrants to obtain citizenship, while Trump and his Republican allies are seeking to restrict migration, including proposals such as ending birthright citizenship.

Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., introduced the Americans First Immigration Act, which would amend several key provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act, in an effort to “putting American citizens first.”

“My bill draws a hard line – the days of putting illegals, random diversity lotteries and foreign labor ahead of American workers are over,”Moore said in a statement to Fox News Digital.”Our immigration system should serve the American people, not undercut them, and that means selecting individuals who will strengthen our economy, respect our laws, and share our values.”

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Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., participates in the House Judiciary Committee organizing meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 1, 2023.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

The 70-page bill seeks to codify many of the actions already taken by the Trump administration to tighten legal immigration pathways. In December 2025, President Donald Trump paused the green card lottery program in the wake of two shootings on college campuses, and last September, Trump signed an executive order placing restrictions on the issuance of H1B1 visas, a work visa offered for specialty occupations.

“If you want to come to the United States, you should earn it through merit, not diversity lotteries or loopholes. The Americans First Immigration Act restores fairness and accountability by protecting American jobs, prioritizing the nuclear family and ensuring that every immigrant admitted is prepared to contribute and succeed,” Moore told Fox News Digital.

While Moore’s bill seeks to end the diversity lottery visa, it includes a provision to ensure that the allotment of visas for religious workers, equal to 3,000 a year, is preserved.

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19, 2025. The orders established the “Trump Gold Card” visa program and introduced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas. The “Trump Gold Card” allows foreign nationals permanent residency and a pathway to U.S. citizenship for a $1 million investment in the United States.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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Julie Kirchner, a senior advisor at the America First Policy Institute, supports Moore’s bill, particularly the measure to eliminate lottery visas.

“The Visa Lottery has a long, documented history of fraud and national security concerns and should be abolished. Under a merit-based, America First system, any immigrant would have to demonstrate their skills, ability to assimilate, and how they will contribute to the U.S.,” Kirchner told Fox News Digital.

One of the other provisions in Moore’s bill seeks to put “American workers first” by overhauling the current employment-based immigration visa program and replacing it with a points-based merit system. Under the new points-based system, applicants are ranked and will receive points on factors such as their level of English proficiency, education, their level of compensation, military service and age. All applicants must have a salary that is at least 200% above the median wage of the state they’ll reside in, and they must meet English proficiency requirements.

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Employers must also prove that they “took good faith steps” in recruiting American workers for the job offered to the foreign worker for equal compensation. The legislation also requires employers to share with the government the name and contact information of American workers who were offered the job and their offered wage. The Department of Labor will oversee and investigate compliance.

And migrants offered a visa are required to sign a petition pledging they support the U.S. Constitution and its values. The pledge also includes a requirement to disavow political groups or social groups that partake in honor killings, female infanticide or genital mutilation.

The Trump administration says foreign student visa vetting will be a continued process rather than a one-time check.(iStock)

“Ideally the government has the information in advance to bar these people from immigrating to the U.S.,” Kirchner said. “However, if a newly-arrived immigrant engages in behavior that demonstrates the statements he made to our immigration agencies were false, that can become the basis for deportation or denaturalization.”

The act would also curtail family-sponsored immigration to only be accessible to spouses of U.S. citizens, minor children, spouses of green card holders and children of green card holders. Parents, siblings, and adult children of U.S. citizens are barred.

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“What the bill does is eliminate the ability of extended family members to get a preference under the law,” Kirchner said. “Extended family members can still apply – but they would have to do so based on their own skills, merit, and ability to assimilate.”

Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.

Trump welcomes Artemis II astronauts to Oval Office — and fields questions on Iran, Comey and UFOs

2026-04-29T20:45:21.928Z / CNN

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Artemis II astronauts, NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, NASA Pilot Victor Glover, NASA Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, flank US President Donald Trump as he takes questions from the media during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026.

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The Artemis II astronauts’ journey to the moon and back landed them at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon — standing by while President Donald Trump talked UFOs, the Space Force and the Iran war.

Sporting blue jackets, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen stood behind Trump at the Resolute Desk — which had a gold-plated model of the moon on it — as White House reporters were brought in. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman also stood alongside the astronauts.

“I don’t know how they do it. I wouldn’t want to do it, but it takes people like this to make our country great,” Trump said.

Trump briefly ran through his own space-related priorities, some at the prompting of reporters: touting his move to start the military branch Space Force in his first term, reiterating his intention to release classified material related to UFOs and saying there was a “good shot” that another person would walk on the moon during his presidency.

“We don’t like to say definitely, because then you say, ‘Oh, we failed,’” Trump said. “So we have a good shot. We’ve authorized it.”

Issacman confirmed efforts to send a person to the moon’s surface again in 2028, as well as detailing continued plans to launch an Artemis III mission in 2027. He also said NASA headquarters will remain in Washington, DC, calling it an “advantage” to be in the nation’s capital — an assertion Trump agreed with.

The rest of the event became a somewhat freewheeling press conference, a common risk during most of Trump’s public events these days. About two weeks ago, Trump welcomed a DoorDash delivery woman to the White House in an effort to tout his party’s tax cuts. The woman then stood next to Trump while he answered questions about the Iran war and tried to solicit her opinion on transgender women playing in women’s sports.

Trump didn’t ask the astronauts to weigh in on his comments Wednesday, but they stood by with carefully neutral expressions as he praised a Supreme Court decision to limit the Voting Rights Act, insisted that former FBI Director James Comey had threatened his life with a social media post and said the end of wars in Ukraine and Iran would probably happen on a “similar timetable.”

There were parallels to the mission itself, as some of the Artemis milestones were eclipsed by the war with Iran.

After the astronauts marked the achievement of traveling the furthest distance from Earth — as they circled around the dark side of the moon on April 6 — much of the news coverage the next day focused on Trump’s remarkable threat on Iran the next morning. He wrote: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”

Trump had watched the launch alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as photographed by the White House, and the president had touted the mission as an example of American dominance.

“We are WINNING, in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between — Economically, Militarily, and now, BEYOND THE STARS. Nobody comes close!” Trump wrote on Truth Social before liftoff.

When the astronauts successfully returned, Trump congratulated them on their “spectacular” feat and invited the crew to the White House.

“We’ll be doing it again and then, next step, Mars!” Trump said.

协议消息公布后，空中客车股价扩大涨幅，在巴黎交易所中一度上涨5%。 （法新社）

空中客车公司获得了来自中国南方航空及其子公司的一笔大订单，内容是采购A320neo系列飞机。

据彭博社报道，根据星期三（4月29日）的一份公告，这笔交易包括中国南方航空购买102架飞机，子公司厦门航空购买35架，目录价格合计214亿美元（约274亿新元），不过大额订单通常会获得较大折扣。

协议消息公布后，空中客车股价扩大涨幅，在巴黎交易所中一度上涨5%。不过该股今年迄今仍累计下跌12%。

此前，中国东方航空在3月签署协议，决定购买101架A320neo飞机，目录价格约158亿美元。去年，中国国航也签订了协议，拟购买60架空中客车飞机，目录价格合计95.3亿美元。空中客车还与春秋航空和吉祥航空签署了销售协议。

Talks to bail out Spirit Airlines stall as company teeters toward collapse

2026-04-29 16:56 EDT / CBS News

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Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

Facing two bankruptcies since 2024 and rising fuel prices due to the Iran war, Spirit has sought a lifeline from the federal government.

The Trump administration has offered to come to the airline’s aid, weighing a deal in which the government would lend Spirit $500 million in exchange for the right to take control of 90% of the company, CBS News has previously reported.

But the deal — which would make the government the senior bondholder, meaning it would get paid back before others — won’t happen unless Spirit’s creditors sign off.

Some of Spirit bondholders continue to balk at a government deal, sources said.

Ken Griffin’s Citadel submitted a counterproposal, but it was rejected by the government.

Two other creditors — Ares Management Corp. and Cyrus Capital — are also opposed to the government plan, two U.S. officials told CBS News.

A bankruptcy hearing planned for Thursday was postponed, according to a Wednesday court filing that noted conversations on the government bailout package are continuing.

Last week, it was revealed in a bankruptcy court hearing that Spirit skipped an interest payment, which could put the airline in default on its debtor-in-possession agreement with creditors. The creditors have not delivered notice that they plan to enforce a default, according to a Thursday court filing. Spirit has $250 million in cash, but creditors have a lien on it.

President Trump has said he is open to a government takeover of Spirit “for the right price,” arguing the move could save thousands of jobs and telling reporters the airline has “some good aircraft” and “some good assets.” Spirit leased most of its planes as of the end of 2025, and has moved to shrink its fleet this year as part of a bankruptcy reorganization process.

The Trump administration is considering invoking the Defense Production Act’s emergency powers to extend a loan to Spirit, CBS News was first to report last week.

The airline’s excess capacity would then be used for military operations like transporting troops and cargo. The company would then likely be sold to another airline when it emerges from bankruptcy.

A White House official said: “The Trump administration continues to monitor the health of the American aviation industry and explore possible options to help passengers and airline employees.”

Representatives for Spirit Airlines didn’t immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment Wednesday.

中国首个民营资本参股核电项目投产发电

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中国首个民营资本参股项目、长三角地区首台“华龙一号”核电机组——中广核浙江三澳核电项目1号机组投产发电。

中广核浙江三澳核电项目1号机组4月29日投产发电。 （中广核网站）

据新华社报道，总部位于深圳的中国广核集团有限公司星期三（4月29日）公告，当日11时18分，168小时试运行试验圆满完成，机组正式具备商业运行条件。

三澳核电项目是中国首个引入民营资本参与建设的核电项目，一期工程吉利科技集团有限公司持股2%。工程于2020年9月2日获国家核准，1号机组主体工程于2020年12月31日开工建设。

中广核苍南核电有限公司董事长杜延辉介绍，目前1号机组各项参数稳定可控，整体状态良好，按2025年国内核电平均利用小时数测算，预计年发电量超90亿千瓦时，能够满足超100万居民的年度生产生活用电需求。

三澳核电项目规划建设六台“华龙一号”核电机组，分三期建设，目前已核准四台，整体建设工作正按计划稳步推进。六台机组全部建成后，年发电能力预计超540亿千瓦时，每年可等效减少标煤消耗超1635万吨，减排二氧化碳近5000万吨。

Warnock calls Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act opinion ‘awful’

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The round that struck a U.S. Secret Service officer during Saturday’s shooting outside the ballroom where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place was not friendly fire, multiple senior law enforcement officials told CBS News Wednesday.

Justice Department investigators, working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have at this point determined that the suspected gunman, 31-year-old Cole Allen, fired his shotgun, the officials said.

A source familiar with the investigation previously told CBS News that a total of six shots were fired when the gunman charged a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton — one by the suspect, and the other five rounds by the Secret Service officer who was struck in his bulletproof vest.

Two sources familiar with the investigation said the shot that struck the agent likely hit the cellphone that was tucked inside a pocket of his bulletproof vest. The officer was not seriously hurt.

Allen, of Torrance, California, fell to the floor during the incident and was arrested at the scene, officials said. He was not wounded during the incident.

He has since been charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, violent crime and transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony.

He made his first federal court appearance Monday, but did not enter a plea.

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美国总统特朗普星期三在白宫告诉记者，美国和伊朗现在通过电话进行沟通，“不再像以前那样，每次想看一份文件都要飞18个小时去开会”。 （彭博社）

美国总统特朗普周三说，美国同伊朗正在通过电话进行谈判，并强调伊朗必须明确承诺彻底放弃核武器。

综合路透社与新华社的报道，特朗普星期三（4月29日）在白宫告诉记者，美伊一直保持对话，现在通过电话沟通，“不再像以前那样，每次想看一份文件都要飞18个小时去开会”。

他说这种方式非常便捷，“我打个电话，或让我的人去打，15分钟内就能知道答案”，但“我向来更倾向于面对面交流”。

特朗普还说，目前双方谈判已经取得一些进展，问题是伊朗所做的让步是否能满足美方要求。“目前而言，除非他们明确承诺彻底放弃核武器，否则双方绝不可能达成任何协议。”

伊朗日前经由巴基斯坦向美国提出一份新谈判方案。据媒体披露，方案提议分三阶段渐进展开谈判：第一阶段谈结束战争，第二阶段聚焦霍尔木兹海峡通航，第三阶段涉及伊朗核问题。

白宫新闻秘书莱维特证实，特朗普周一召集国家安全团队讨论伊朗提出的新方案。美国官员稍后告诉媒体，特朗普对这一方案不满意，原因是方案前两个阶段不涉及伊朗核问题。