Elon Musk has expanded his footprint in Texas, moving his companies from California and building offices, warehouses and manufacturing plants across a growing number of Texas counties. Now Mr. Musk is trying to do something that few,

Elon Musk plans to establish a township, Starbase, for SpaceX employees in South Texas, near the company’s rocket launch site. A petition has been filed demanding a separate municipality Starbase. The proposal includes a small community of about 500 residents,

Elon Musk may be taking new steps to form Starbase, a new municipality in coastal South Texas for SpaceX employees.

Musk, the owner of car manufacturer Tesla and social media platform X, has been tapped by Trump to lead the proposed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, after vocally supporting and financially backing his campaign for president.

Trump has addressed Musk's perceived growing influence — and now experts are predicting the tipping point for a breakup of the two.

In the end, both Musk and Trump failed to kill the bill. Musk did slightly better, getting some of his specific funding proposals, but he failed at the big-picture goal of decimating the budget. Trump,