WASHINGTON ‒ Money wouldn't be a problem for Elon Musk in his quest to build a new national political party. But even for the world's richest man ‒ who has sent rocket ships to space and owns his own ...

Building a new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done. By Reid J. Epstein and Theodore Schleifer Reporting from ...

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Roughly half of American voters are open to joining a third party outside the Republican and Democratic duopoly — but aren’t fond of the one created by tech mogul Elon Musk, a startling new poll found ...

On a special episode (first released on July 23rd) of The Excerpt podcast: Musk isn’t the first billionaire to try. From Ross Perot to Teddy Roosevelt, third parties in the U.S. have a long ...

If money talks in American politics, Elon Musk is bellowing. Having spent $288 million last year to spur Donald Trump and his allies into office, Musk has a new message as the president’s massive tax ...

Elon Musk has announced he is forming a new political party, and he did it the day after President Donald Trump signed the megabill that the pair have publicly sparred over for weeks. The billionaire ...

Americans are entrenched into their partisan corners, but the party lines keep moving in weird new ways. Republicans who grew up in the Grand Old Party might not recognize a party overtaken by the ...

Answering reader questions about the obstacles and opportunities for new parties like the one formed by Elon Musk. By Nate Cohn Is there an opening for a third party? Elon Musk seems to think so, as ...

Recent national polling indicated that nearly half of American voters would consider supporting a third political party—unless it is founded by Elon Musk, where interest dropped sharply, according to ...

The United States is standing on the edge of a dangerous precipice. Donald Trump’s relentless partisan rhetoric has turned politics into a weaponized culture war. His words are not harmless bluster — ...