内容摘要：People recover belongings from their house, which was destroyed by Hurricane Rafael, in Alquizar, Cuba, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People recover belongings from their house, which was destroyed by Hurricane Rafael, in Alquizar, Cuba, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Details about SpaceX employees deployed to work on the project are unclear, but three of its software developers appeared on a Trump administration list of government workers given “ethics waivers” to do work that could benefit Musk’s company.Contact AP’s global investigative team at

For secure and confidential communications, use the free Signal appGovernment ethics laws require that people who could profit from government work either recuse themselves from specific projects or first sell their financial holdings or sever ties with the company that could benefit. Waivers can be granted by the heads of government departments or other officials, but only in limited circumstances.Ted Malaska, a senior director of application software at SpaceX, got a waiver along with two software engineers, Brady Glantz and Thomas Kiernan, according to the waiver list and LinkedIn profiles. The AP could not determine if the three are still working for SpaceX or the precise nature of work for the federal government.

on Thursday that he had been meeting at FAA headquarters with officials responsible for implementation of the telecommunications modernization.. His acolytes have also taken over many of the operations at the General Services Administration, which controls real estate and contracting for numerous government agencies. GSA currently offers other agencies the ability to launch payloads through an existing SpaceX contract —- putting the agency in a position to direct business toward Musk. The Department of Transportation regulates aspects of SpaceX and his

. NASA and the Department of Defense are major customers of SpaceX. His brain-computer interface company Neuralink has regulatory issues in front of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

AP writer Kimberly Kindy contributed from Washington.Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fredonia, Ariz. (1,500 square feet)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Junction, Colo. (1,444 square feet)National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Hampton, Va. (911 square feet)

Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division, Harlingen, Texas (612 square feet)Rural Housing Service, Harrisburg, Pa. (34,467 square feet)