March 30, 2025 - Donald Trump presidency news

Elon Musk handed out $1 million checks to two attendees at a Sunday event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he warned the “future of civilization” hinged on the state’s Supreme Court race and urged voters to back the conservative candidate.

The appearance was his latest foray into a contest in which he’s invested millions of his own fortune. In the closing weeks of the campaign, Musk and his super PAC, America PAC, have reprised controversial tactics used in the 2024 election, including the $1 million cash giveaways.

Musk said he was handing out the checks “in appreciation” to two individuals, Nicholas Jacobs and Ekaterina Diestler, who signed a petition against “activist judges.”

The move came hours after the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear state Attorney General Josh Kaul’s request to stop Musk from doling out the checks.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear state Attorney General Josh Kaul’s request to stop Elon Musk and his super PAC from offering two $1 million giveaways to attendees at an event in Green Bay tonight.

The unanimous decision from the court came just minutes before Musk’s event was scheduled to begin. The event, which has drawn several hundred people, is delayed due to long lines of attendees snaking outside the convention center.

The tech billionaire has injected himself into the state’s high-stakes Supreme Court race and announced Friday that he would travel to Wisconsin on Sunday to name the winners of million-dollar giveaways orchestrated by his super PAC, America PAC, reprising a controversial tactic he used in last year’s election.

Kaul, a Democrat, announced Friday that he planned to take legal action against Musk’s PAC and seek a court order halting the cash giveaways, set to be awarded to signers of a petition aimed at collecting voter data and boosting turnout.

In the hours before the decision, attorneys for Musk asked that two justices who have supported the liberal candidate in the race — Rebecca Frank Dallet and Jill J. Karofsky — recuse themselves from hearing the case. Dallet and Karofsky rejected the request.

The mother of an 11-year-old Texas girl who died by suicide last month after bullying due to her family’s immigration status briefly addressed a pro-immigration rally Sunday, calling for reform to the country’s immigration system and telling a crowd in Dallas to not let her daughter’s death be in vain.

“It’s sad to remember my daughter, especially given the way things happened,” Marbella Carranza told a crowd in Spanish in front of City Hall on Sunday afternoon.

Her daughter, Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, died on February 8, five days after her mother found her unresponsive at home in Gainesville, Texas, about 70 miles north of Dallas. CNN previously reported that Marbella Carranza said Jocelynn was bullied and taunted at school over her family’s immigration status.

Carranza told the crowd she had never participated in a march before, but said she believed “it’s important we fight for this cause,” especially after “everything my daughter went through.”

“And that’s why I’m joining this cause,” she said. “Because I believe we all deserve immigration reform.”

She asked the community to “keep fighting, to keep united for this cause, and that my daughter’s death not be in vain.”

Her remarks were preceded by a large march through the streets of downtown Dallas demanding immigration reform. Organizers hoped the event would be one of the largest acts of public dissent against President Donald Trump’s administration during his second term.