Getting humans to Mars has long been an obsession for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised he would “pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts who plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.

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In this context, the Washington Post's editorial board weighed in on the matter, publishing an article detailing which nominees it deemed acceptable and those who don't meet its standards. The overwhelming majority got the board's green light,

President-elect Donald Trump is being sworn in on Monday as his inauguration ceremony is set to take rare form inside the U.S. Capitol.

Billionaires, foreign leaders, Cabinet picks, governors and lawmakers have converged on the president-elect’s Palm Beach estate.

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development and Interior departments, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, went before lawmakers on Thursday. Among them included former presidential candidate Doug Burgum and billionaire Trump donor Scott Bessent.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), tapped by President-elect Trump to lead the Interior Department, appears before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in his first confirmation hearing.

The Senate panel has adjourned Burgum's confirmation hearing ... that Sanders listed in his question: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Rupert Murdoch "all made the money themselves.”

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As President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the United States 47th president on Monday, some Texans were also seen in attendance at the event.

As President Donald Trump was inaugurated as the United States 47th president on Monday, some Texans were also seen in attendance at the event.