Billionaire says in social media discussion that Donald Trump agrees the world’s largest single donor should be shut downElon Musk, who is heading Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal government, has said they are working to shut down the foreign aid agency USAid, in a social media discussion on X early on Monday.The conversation, which included former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Republican senator Joni Ernst and Mike Lee, began with Musk saying they were working to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAid). Continue reading...

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Gregor Poynton, MP for the Livingston Constituency, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Children’s Online Safety, has written to X (formerly Twitter), owned by Elon Musk, demanding the immediate removal of a violent video linked to the Southport killings.

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Companies from Boeing to Amazon have sought out the world’s richest man as he seeks to remake US government

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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly gained access to the Treasury Department's payment system, which controls trillions of dollars of government funds.

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump launched a full-scale attack on a government department calling it a 'criminal organization' with a budget of $50 billion.

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Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situationUS President Donald Trump has asserted South Africa is “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly” as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.The land issue in South Africa has long been divisive, with efforts to redress the inequality of white-rule drawing criticism from conservatives including Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, who was born in South Africa and is a powerful Trump adviser. Continue reading...

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System disperses trillions of dollars in US government spending each year, including social security

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has backed a mission to Mars to investigate the remarkable 'square structure' (pictured) that was captured on NASA's Mars Orbiter Camera.

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Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situationUS President Donald Trump has asserted South Africa is “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly” as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.The land issue in South Africa has long been divisive, with efforts to redress the inequality of white-rule drawing criticism from conservatives including Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, who was born in South Africa and is a powerful Trump adviser. Continue reading...

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Ronan Keating broke the news to his bandmates one by one

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President and ally Elon Musk have launched assault on the Agency for International Development

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Boyzone bandmates open up about the tragic death of Stephen Gately

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We're stepping into a year of chaotic tech bros as the likes of Elon Musk have more power than ever, this bunch decided to get off-grid before the bots come for us all...

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After standoff, Doge members gained control over access system, letting them to lock out workers and read emailsUSAid has put two senior security officials on administrative leave after a tense standoff with members of Elon Musk’s department of government efficiency (Doge) seeking access to sensitive data from the agency, five current and former USAid officials have told the Guardian.USAid director of security John Voorhees and a deputy have been put on administrative leave after they blocked efforts by Doge members to physically access restricted areas, the people said. The demands led to a tense standoff during which a senior deputy to Musk threatened to call the US marshals in to grant access to the building. Continue reading...

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President and ally Elon Musk have launched an assault on the Agency for International Development

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The USAID officials had a legal obligation to bar staffers without proper security clearance from seeing classified documents, according to reports

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The explosive new Boyzone documenary was finally released on Sunday, featuring never-before-seen footage from the band's heyday.

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Mr Musk previously described the Liberal Democrat leader as a ‘sniveling cretin’.

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The nightclub where Prince Harry and Prince William spent some of their wildest nights is opening a new venue at the gates of Kensington Palace.

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