2 h. ago Trump live updates: Supreme Court pauses order for administration to unfreeze foreign aid payments

The intervention by the nation’s highest court comes hours before the midnight deadline for the administration to pay up

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3 h. ago Trump live updates: President asks Supreme Court to block USAID payments hours before deadline

President said of million federal workers yet to respond to DOGE email, 'maybe they're gonna be gone’

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4 h. ago Republicans wrestle with Elon Musk while Democrats call him a ‘d***’ — and worse

Republicans want some restraint while Democrats, Eric Garcia reports, are making Musk their new boogeyman

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4 h. ago VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday

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5 h. ago The Latest: EPA wants to repeal a landmark environmental finding, jeopardizing climate regulations

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged President Donald Trump’s administration to reconsider a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change

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5 h. ago Trump administration cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, documents show

The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world

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5 h. ago Elon Musk admits that DOGE accidentally canceled Ebola prevention during USAID cuts: ‘We won’t be perfect’

SpaceX boss claims there was ‘no interruption’ to the Ebola program, but a former USAID head says otherwise

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5 h. ago Elon Musk says he’ll appear on The Daily Show on one condition

Host Jon Stewart recently sliced open his hand while getting riled up about Musk and his initiative’s government cuts

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6 h. ago Who is Amy Gleason? DOGE administrator named by White House — but Elon Musk is still in charge

A 53-year-old former health worker in Tennessee is now at the center of major constitutional questions and global chaos after White House officials abruptly named her as the agency’s chief

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7 h. ago Man who said he was upset with Musk and Trump charged with threatening to burn down xAI facility

Authorities say a Tennessee man has been charged with an act of terrorism after he threatened to burn down an xAI facility because he was upset with its founder, Elon Musk, and President Donald Trump

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7 h. ago TikToker who called for Elon Musk to be assassinated probed by Trump loyalist US attorney

Influencer Sarah C Roberts made the alleged threat earlier this week on her TikTok account, which has been deactivated

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7 h. ago Trump cabinet flunkies hail wannabe Caesar and Elon, his oligarch pal

Special adviser showed instinctive feel for authoritarianism as he addressed the president’s first full cabinet meetingOn Tuesday, just over a mile from the White House, the classicist Mary Beard spoke to an audience about Roman emperors. “An autocrat is somebody who kills you when he’s being his most generous,” she remarked. “You go to dinner, you think, wow, this is wonderful! But the generosity of the autocrat is always potentially lethal.”On Wednesday, Donald Trump held his first full cabinet meeting. The mood was warm and convivial and, some might say, generous. Housing secretary Scott Turner offered a prayer that included: “Thank you, God, for President Trump.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trump says 1 million federal workers who haven't responded to DOGE email may be FIRED

Donald Trump says there are 1 million people with their jobs on the line after they refused to respond to his buddy Elon Musk's email demanding what they 'accomplished' at work.

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7 h. ago Watch: Musk attends Trump’s first cabinet meeting despite not being secretary

Watch as Donald Trump holds the first cabinet meeting of the term at the White House on Wednesday, 26 February, with Elon Musk in attendance despite the billionaire not being a cabinet secretary.

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8 h. ago Elon Musk told to 'let cabinet speak' in Donald Trump smackdown at meeting

Footage taken during Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting showed members of Trump's government laughing at the billionaire after he delivered an update on DOGE's progress

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9 h. ago Musk: Anyone who doesn’t respond to productivity email either dead or fraudster

Elon Musk has declared that federal workers who have not responded to his email asking for a response about their weekly accomplishments or risk termination are presumed to be dead or “not real people.”

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10 h. ago Trump live updates: President gives warning to federal workers yet to reply to Musk’s email at Cabinet meeting

President said of million federal workers yet to respond to DOGE email, 'maybe they're gonna be gone’

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11 h. ago Trump praises Doge in first cabinet meeting and claims ‘billions’ in savings without evidence – live

Elon Musk attends first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term amid chaos and confusion caused by his efforts to cull the federal government workforceThere has been reaction to Trump’s proposal for a “gold card” for wealthy foreigners (post 11.14am) which would give them the right to live and work in the US as well as a route to citizenship in exchange for a $5million fee.Immigration and wealth advisers have said the proposed initiative is unlikely to trigger a major inflow of wealthy global investors seeking US citizenship because of concerns over higher taxes, Reuters reports.I do not believe that the current POTUS offer will have a big impact, as getting a green card in the US if you meet certain criteria, is not difficult.Paying $5 million for a golden visa and getting taxed on your global income defeats the purpose. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Elon Musk jokes DOGE is Trump's 'humble tech support' and aggressive measures are saving $4billion a DAY

Billionaire Elon Musk spoke first at Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting, describing himself as his 'humble tech support,' after his directives have slashed the federal workforce.

Economics

11 h. ago Elon Musk admits his DOGE team 'accidentally cancelled' plan to prevent deadly disease

Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been causing chaos in the US by cancelling Treasury payments to contractors without any warnings

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