Grok, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence, has recently been blaming its creator and President Donald Trump for deaths resulting from floods in Texas.

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is steadily expanding his influence in Texas politics, with his companies deploying more lobbyists at the Texas Capitol this year than in any year since 2021—spending tens of thousands of dollars on lawmakers and their staff in the process.

While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were notching up big political wins in the heart of his vast business empire: Texas.