☕ Daily Brief: Elon Musk’s Ambitious Project

By Upward News | Created at 2026-10-14 13:46:58 | Updated at 2026-10-15 22:49:37 1 day ago

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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

🎬 Daily Wire unveils starry cast for Stalin-era drama. The conservative media company revealed details about Confession, a psychological thriller written by Ben Shapiro. Stars like Rob Lowe, James Franco, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Dean Norris headline the film set in 1938 Moscow. The movie will have a limited theatrical run and stream on Daily Wire on November 11.

💰 Elon Musk pours over $350 million into GOP midterm races. The tech billionaire has contributed a total of $366 million in this election cycle, topping his approximately $290 million spent in 2024. Musk’s donations far exceed any single Democratic donor, and could prove crucial to in Senate races that are currently neck-and-neck.

🕌 GOP lawmakers urge probe of Islamic groups over terror ties. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) led members of Congress in a letter asking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to investigate CAIR and other Islamic organizations that received nearly $80 million in Biden-era grants. The letter names CAIR as "the single greatest terror-linked recipient of HHS funding.”

🇬🇷 Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as Ambassador to Greece. Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-fiancée stepped down Tuesday after the White House announced she was asked to leave amid pay-to-play allegations. The Wall Street Journal previously reported she asked a Trump donor to pay her $100,000 Amex bill and took private jet travel from a Greek construction CEO while promoting his company's natural gas deals.

WORLD NEWS

Behind the paywall: Britain's disability welfare program, a cyberattack on French supermarkets across Europe, and Pope Leo’s surgery and diagnosis.

HOAX TRACKER

Here’s the evidence that the media won’t show you…

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