In an escalation of Elon Musk’s fractured relationship with President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, the Tesla CEO has floated the idea of starting a new political party to rival the two-party system.

Since they both exchanged back-and-forth jabs, Musk has deleted one of his biggest claims against Trump. Citing no evidence, he accused the president of being in Jeffrey Epstein’s files, a reference to government documents tied to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.

ABC News suspended its senior national correspondent, Terry Moran, after he called White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” in a since-deleted post on X. “ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others,” an ABC News spokesperson said in …