32 h. ago Democrats call for criminal conflict of interest probe against Elon Musk over reported Starlink FAA deal

Starlink’s parent company SpaceX has denied reports of an impeding FAA contract, but leading Democrats including Elizabeth Warren are not convinced

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3 d. ago Israel kills nine more Palestinians as Hamas leaders meet mediators to salvage Gaza ceasefire

Airstrike on car kills at least three journalists

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9 d. ago Musk seeks Italian presidential meeting to salvage Starlink deal

Domestic political opposition to $1.5bn deal for secure communications has mounted amid transatlantic diplomatic tensions

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2 w. ago Zelensky tells Fox News his relationship with Trump can still be salvaged despite disastrous White House meeting

Ukrainian leader said he hopes still-to-be-signed mineral deal will be first step in larger peace process to end war with Russia

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3 w. ago Kash Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Elon Musk request to list their achievements

Agency reportedly seeking guidance from DoJ as Musk’s demand sparks confusion across key government agenciesThe new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding to an email from the Donald Trump administration asking them to list their accomplishments in the last week as tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the federal government’s size.Hundreds of thousands of federal workers had been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they achieved to the office of personnel management (OPM), sparking confusion across key agencies that included the US’s top law enforcement agency. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump and Musk awkwardly called ‘two brothers’ as they seek to justify DOGE cuts in joint Fox News interview

The president has previously been trolled with claims that he is only a co-president – or that Musk himself is the one really in charge

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4 w. ago OpenAI seeks new powers to fend off hostile takeover from Elon Musk

Start-up in talks over ways to allow its non-profit board to maintain control after conversion to a for-profit business

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4 w. ago Elon Musk’s DOGE is seeking access to IRS system with sensitive taxpayer records, triggering lawmakers’ concerns

DOGE team member is a 25-year-old software engineer who could be working at the IRS for 120 days

Economics

4 w. ago Trump administration begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal Washington DC plane crash

Staff at the Federal Aviation Administration receive emails saying they have been fired, upending rotas during period of busy air travel A US judge has scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monday, in a case brought by Democratic state attorneys general seeking to protect major federal agencies from Elon Musk’s Doge team.US district judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington DC on Sunday called the hearing for Monday, the Presidents Day holiday when federal courts are closed. Continue reading...

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