As Elon Musk takes a leading role with DOGE, some Tesla customers are rethinking their allegiance
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Elon Musk has long been Tesla's public face, convincing consumers to pay premium prices for electric vehicles that promised to help combat climate change. But as Musk has navigated toward conservative politics and emerged as a close adviser to President Trump, some Tesla owners say they are reconsidering their loyalty to the brand.
Wall Street analysts worry the Tesla brand is showing some cracks, with sales falling 1% in 2024 from the prior year — the automaker's first annual sales decline in 12 years, even as global EV sales rose 7.3%. They also say Musk's political activities risk alienating consumers, while protests have erupted at a number of Tesla dealerships across the U.S. over his proximity to the Trump administration.
"It would seem that potential consumers for Tesla EVs might be turning away from the company because they don't appreciate Elon Musk's close relationship to President Trump and the administration's tariff policies," Mike O'Rourke, chief market strategist at Jonestrading, told CBS MoneyWatch.
Apple plans to invest $500 billion domestically over the next four years and hire 20,000 additional workers in the U.S., the iPhone maker announced on Monday.
San Juan, Puerto Rico — Authorities in Puerto Rico are searching for a U.S. tourist they say got lost in the dense tropical rain forest of El Yunque in the U.S. territory's east.
At a recent Nevada legislative committee hearing, lawmakers faced off with members of the governor's administration over how to fill gaping holes in the state's upcoming budget.
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson died days after a March date was scheduled for his execution by nitrogen gas.
Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who has penned best-selling books, ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as FBI deputy director.
The FBI is looking for more possible victims of Aurora Phelps, a woman indicted in Nevada for allegedly luring several men on dating apps to Mexico, drugging them and stealing their financial information.
All U.S. Agency for International Development direct hires deemed non-essential will be placed on administrative leave at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, according to an email sent from the Office of the Administrator and reviewed by CBS News.
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:
An American Airlines flight en route from New York City to New Delhi, India, was turned around over the Caspian Sea on Sunday and landed in Rome after a security concern, which later proved to be "non-credible," the airline said.
Washington — Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, described on Sunday a three-and-a-half hour meeting he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he said was a "trust-building" assignment given to him by President Trump.
Washington — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if doing so would achieve a lasting peace for his country under the security umbrella of the NATO military alliance.
A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to bombing a woman's home in a bizarre plot that included conspiring to "release a large python into the victim's home to eat the victim's daughter," was sentenced to 20 years in prison, authorities announced.
The following is the transcript of an interview with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 23, 2025.