The midterm elections’ blue wave could throw a wrench in SpaceX’s mobile ambitions

Elon Musk has made no secret of his hopes of turning SpaceX into a viable competitor to mobile companies like Verizon and AT&T. But with the Democrats’ resounding victory in the 2026 midterm elections, that plan is suddenly thrown into question. SpaceX has been busy over the past month making deals and positioning itself to step into the mobile space. In October, it bought an 800 MHz spectrum portfolio from private equity firm Grain Management, which had acquired it from T-Mobile fo...