A group of 13 Democratic senators is calling for an investigation into whether Elon Musk leveraged his role at the White House to secure private deals with other countries for his Starlink satellite internet service. Internal government messages seen by The Washington Post reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department pushed distribution deals for U.S. internet companies, often mentioning Starlink by name, and invoking ongoing trade deals and tariffs. Starlink has recently secured deals with Lesotho, Somalia, the DRC, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.

Meanwhile, a new report from Public Citizen finds Elon Musk has had a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies and departments targeted by his so-called Department of Government Efficiency since its inception.