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Musk to Move X, SpaceX to Texas in Deepening Rightward Shift

  • Billionaire Elon Musk calls new California law ‘final straw’
  • SpaceX has been building out large facility in South Texas
A person looks toward SpaceX's Super Heavy-Starship on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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Elon Musk said he will relocate the headquarters for X and SpaceX to Texas, adding more fuel to the billionaire’s efforts to align himself with the political right and distance himself from left-leaning California.

Musk made the announcements on his X social media site Tuesday, citing frustration over a new law in California related to transgender children in public schools. California became the first US state to ban school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents about changes to a student’s sexual orientation and gender identity.