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Elon Musk hands out million-dollar checks amid 'super important' Wisconsin judicial race
Billionaire Elon Musk handed out a pair of $1 million checks to voters in Wisconsin on Sunday in an effort to galvanize conservatives ahead of the state’s Supreme Court elections on Tuesday.
Musk handed out the checks at a town hall in Greenbay, Wisconsin, after the state Supreme Court declined to intervene in the giveaway. The recipients of the checks were each voters who had signed a petition calling for an end to “activist judges.”
“Judges should be simply interpreting the law and not making the law,” Musk said at the rally. “We just want judges to be judges, you know, which is the reasonable thing to ask for. We’re obviously seeing some crazy stuff in D.C. where, you know, it seems like any federal judge can stop any action by the President of the United States. This is insane. This has got to stop.”
Wisconsin Democrats had sought to prevent Musk from handing out his checks, arguing he was illegally buying votes. State Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, was struck down by two lower courts on the issue before the state’s supreme court declined to even hear the case. The court has a 4-3 liberal majority.
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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., right, presents a one-million dollar check to an attendee during an America PAC town hall ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. (Getty Images)
Wisconsin voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the court’s new makeup in an election that Musk has described as “super important.”
Musk’s attorneys argued in court filings that the payments are “intended to generate a grassroots movement in opposition to activist judges, not to expressly advocate for or against any candidate.”
The effort echoed Musk’s similar program of offering $1 million checks in battleground states ahead of the presidential election last year.
In that case, a judge in Pennsylvania similarly said prosecutors failed to show the effort was an illegal lottery and allowed it to continue through Election Day.
Elon Musk hands a check to Ekaterina Diestler at the March 30 town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Fox News)
Musk’s campaign is in support of Brad Schimel, Republican former attorney general.
Schimel told “Fox News Sunday” that he does not control “any of the spending from any outside group, whether it’s Elon Musk or anyone else.”
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Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, speaks to supporters during a campaign stop. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“That’s exactly what I’ve committed to anybody, whether it’s President Trump, Elon Musk or any donors and donors or supporters or voters in Wisconsin,” the candidate added. “That’s my commitment.”
The Associated Press and Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz and Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.
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This is the full list of drivers participating in the 2025 IndyCar and Indy NXT races at the Detroit Grand Prix through downtown.
The 2025 Detroit Grand Prix is approaching quickly, with drivers from all around the world looking to capture a critical win on the IndyCar calendar.
The big race is on Sunday, June 1, when the NTT IndyCar series will start at 12:30 p.m., broadcasted on Fox. Before that race, the lower-level Indy NXT circuit will hold its race at 10:30 a.m., televised on FS1. Both can be streamed on Fubo (free trial).
This will be the third race since the Grand Prix returned to downtown Detroit in 2023 after years at nearby Belle Isle. The winner of the first revamped downtown race was IndyCar legend Scott Dixon, while his teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing Álex Palou won in 2024.
Palou is looking to continue his dominance of the 2025 IndyCar season, as the Spanish racer has won five of the year’s first six races, including his first Indianapolis 500 win one week ago.
Here is the field for both of Sunday’s races:
Who is racing in the 2025 Detroit Grand Prix?
Here is the full list of all 27 drivers scheduled to race in the IndyCar Grand Prix in Detroit on Sunday, with drivers listed by car number, team and engine:
- #2: Josef Newgarden – Team Penske (Chevrolet)
- #3 Scott McLaughlin – Team Penske (Chevrolet)
- #4 David Malukas – A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Chevrolet)
- #5 Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
- #6 Nolan Siegel – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
- #7 Christian Lundgaard – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
- #8 Kyffin Simpson – Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
- #9 Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
- #10 Álex Palou – Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
- #12 Will Power – Team Penske (Chevrolet)
- #14 Santino Ferrucci – A.J. Foyt Enterprises (Chevrolet)
- #15 Graham Rahal – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
- #18 Rinus VeeKay – Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)
- #20 Alexander Rossi – Ed Carpenter Racing (Chevrolet)
- #21 Christian Rasmussen – Ed Carpenter Racing (Chevrolet)
- #26 Colton Herta – Andretti Global/Curb-Agajanian (Honda)
- #27 Kyle Kirkwood – Andretti Global (Honda)
- #28 Marcus Ericsson – Andretti Global (Honda)
- #30 Devlin DeFrancesco – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
- #45 Louis Foster* – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
- #51 Jacob Abel* – Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)
- #60 Felix Rosenqvist – Meyer Shank Racing/Curb-Agajanian (Honda)
- #66 Marcus Armstrong – Meyer Shank Racing/Curb-Agajanian (Honda)
- #76 Conor Daly – Juncos Hollinger Racing (Chevrolet)
- #77 Sting Ray Robb – Juncos Hollinger Racing (Chevrolet)
- #83 Robert Shwartzman* – PREMA Racing (Chevrolet)
- #90 Callum Ilott – PREMA Racing (Chevrolet)
*Rookie of the year candidate
Who is racing in Indy NXT at Detroit?
Here is the full list of drivers scheduled to compete in the Indy NXT race in Detroit on Sunday, with drivers listed by car number and team:
- #2 Sebastian Murray – Andretti/Cape Motorsport
- #3 Ricardo Escotto – Andretti/Cape Motorsport
- #9 Bryce Aron – Chip Ganassi Racing
- #10 Niels Koolen – Chip Ganassi Racing
- #11 Nolan Allaer – HMD Motorsports
- #14 Josh Pierson – HMD Motorports
- #16 Tommy Smith – HMD Motorsports
- #17 Callum Hedge – Abel Motorsports
- #18 Max Taylor – HMD Motorsports
- #26 Lochie Hughes – Andretti Global
- #27 Salvador De Alba – Andretti Global
- #28 Dennis Hauger – Andretti Global
- #29 James Roe – Andretti Global
- #30 Liam Sceats – HMD Motorsports
- #38 Hailie Deegan – HMD Motorsports
- #39 Jaun Manuel Correa – HMD Motorsports
- #40 Jack William Miller – Abel Motorsports
- #48 Jordan Missig – Abel Motorsports
- #76 Caio Collet – HMD Motorsports
- #99 Myles Rowe – Abel Motorsports
All Indy NXT drivers use AER engines.
How to watch Detroit Grand Prix
Series: NTT IndyCar.
Warmup: Sunday, June 1, 9:30 a.m. ET (FS1)
Race: Sunday, June 1, 12:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
All IndyCar practices, qualifications and races for the Detroit Grand Prix can be streamed on Fubo, which hosts Fox Sports Networks including FS1 and FS2, and offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
Watch the Detroit Grand Prix on Fubo
You can reach Christian at cromo@freepress.com.
MILWAUKEE — According to the Milwaukee Police Department, an 18-year-old is dead following a shooting early Saturday morning.
The shooting happened Saturday, May 31, around 5 a.m. in the area of 41st St. and Glendale Ave.
Police say the 18-year-old victim died at the scene.
The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating and is in search of unknown suspects.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips or P3 Tips.
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