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Elon Musk demands judge’s recusal after latest flare-up over alleged bias

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., discusses long TSA lines due to the partial government shutdown and Elon Musk's offer to pay TSA personnel on ‘The Sunday Briefing.’ Elon Musk demanded on Wednesday that a Delaware judge recuse herself from Tesla lawsuits, arguing she recently demonstrated her bias against him when she liked an anti-Musk LinkedIn post. Musk’s lawyers filed a motion for recusal in Delaware’s Court of Chancery, which included a screenshot of Judge Kathaleen McCormick liking the social media post celebrating Musk’s $2 billion court loss in a separate case. The attorneys noted that the incident did "not exist in a vacuum." The lawyers were referring to McCormick previously presiding over high-stakes cases involving Musk and the tech billionaire accusing the judge of bias stretching back years. The ongoing friction with the judge follows hostilit

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In Letter, OpenAI Reportedly Says Elon Musk and Meta Are Coordinating 'Attacks' Against It

A recent New Yorker story is full of nasty allegations about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—especially his supposed lying and “sociopath” behavior. But a new letter from OpenAI asks the states of California and Delaware to focus on something else…

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In Letter, OpenAI Reportedly Says Elon Musk and Meta Are Coordinating 'Attacks' Against It

A recent New Yorker story is full of nasty allegations about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—especially his supposed lying and “sociopath” behavior. But a new letter from OpenAI asks the states of California and Delaware to focus…

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A recent New Yorker story is full of nasty allegations about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman—especially his supposed lying and “sociopath” behavior. But a new letter from OpenAI asks the states of California and Delaware to focus on something else…

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