Elon Musk isn’t the first wealthy businessman to propose a third political party in the U.S. How his "America Party" will compare to other third parties in U.S. history remains to be seen. A day after ...

On a special episode (first released on July 23rd) of The Excerpt podcast: Musk isn’t the first billionaire to try. From Ross Perot to Teddy Roosevelt, third parties in the U.S. have a long ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with what looks like a tired and worn-out party system, where the two old ...

A new third party created by a billionaire, born out of frustration with the ballooning federal deficit and the two-party system. We’re talking about Ross Perot’s Reform Party, of course. The ...

Elon Musk, who has revolutionized the auto industry, launched rockets into space and built a global business empire may now be facing his most daunting challenge yet: shaking up the two-party system ...

The most successful third party in U.S. history was Lincoln's upstart GOP. Its issue was slavery. What would Musk's America Party stand for? (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) “Today, the America Party ...

For nearly its entire 250-year history, the United States has been a nation of two major political parties. Elon Musk’s suggestion that he might found a new “America Party” has been met with ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Money wouldn't be a problem for Elon Musk in his quest to build a new national political party. But even for the world's richest man ‒ who has sent rocket ships to space and owns his own ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch ...

Earlier this month, Elon Musk said he wanted to form a new political party. He’d been teasing the idea ever since clashing with President Donald Trump over his “big, beautiful bill,” which Musk ...

Like a bad penny, the idea of a third party regularly shows up in American political discourse. It never comes to anything. Opportunistically, Yang wants to team up with Musk, but says he wants to ...