On April 4, Musk revealed that he had bought a stake in the micro-blogging site. Three weeks later, Mr. Musk and the social media company reached a deal to take it private. Mr. Musk says his bid is on hold until he can get more information about the number of users on the social network.
Here are some highlights of our coverage.
The chief executive of the electric car company has become the largest shareholder of the social media company.
The world's richest person will soon help steer the social media platform where he has been.
The announcement reverses a decision made days earlier. Mr. Musk will no longer be bound by the agreement he had with the company.
The billionaire executive recently became one of the company's largest shareholders. He wants to change how it handles speech.
With a poison pill defense, the social media company seems intent on fending off the billionaire's bid to buy it.
Musk is trying to shore up debt financing, including taking out a loan against his shares ofTesla.
The financial commitments from a group of banks put pressure on the social media company's board to take his advances seriously.
The company's 11-member board held negotiations with Mr. Musk over his offer to buy the social networking service.
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The deal to buy the site for roughly $44 billion was struck by Musk. We covered the news in real time on the day that Mr. Musk and Twitter announced their agreement.
Mr. Musk revealed that he had raised around $7 billion from 18 entities to help fund his bid. The investors were a mix of Mr. Musk's Silicon Valley friends as well as cryptocurrencies companies, family offices, property firms and mutual-fund companies.
Mr. Musk said he would reverse the ban on Mr. Trump on the social network.
Mr. Musk said that his takeover of the social network was on hold. About two hours later, Musk said he was still committed to the acquisition.
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