31 m. 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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3 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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4 h. ago Trump live updates: Trump praises Elon Musk in first Cabinet meeting of second term

President holds first Cabinet meeting of new administration, with Elon Musk in attendance

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4 h. ago ‘We’ve been getting a lot of death threats’: Musk outlines DOGE progress at Trump’s first cabinet meeting

Musk says his Department of Government Efficiency is serving ‘a support role’ in Trump’s administration

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4 h. ago Elon Musk’s father reveals the reason his son is ‘not cut out for politics’

Errol Musk says his son would struggle to deal with a broad spectrum of people that public office demands

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

Watch live 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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5 h. ago Trump live updates: Trump holds first Cabinet meeting, with focus on Elon Musk and DOGE

President holds first Cabinet meeting of new administration, with Elon Musk in attendance

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8 h. ago Ahead of first cabinet meeting, Elon Musk’s father explains why his son is ‘not cut out for politics’

Errol Musk says his son would struggle to deal with a broad spectrum of people that public office demands

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20 h. ago Could zonal energy pricing really save households billions of pounds each year? Octopus boss believes so...

If net zero targets face delays, these savings could rise to as much as £5billion per year, according to a report by Octopus Energy and FTI Consulting.

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26 h. ago Trump live updates: Elon Musk to attend cabinet meeting as DOGE deadline looms for federal workers

Big tech billionaire grants extension to initial deadline as administration’s Office of Personnel tells agencies that answering mailout is ‘voluntary’, sowing confusion

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48 h. ago Macron shuts down Donald Trump over 'misleading' Ukraine claims in tense meeting

The rare diplomatic rebuke at the White House highlighted the underlying tensions in discussions between Trump and the French President, despite their outwardly cordial tone.

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49 h. ago Donald Trump interrupted and shut down by Macron over 'misleading' Ukraine claims in tense meeting

The world two leaders met on Monday in Washington as the French president physically leaned over and grabbed Trump's arm while he spoke about Europe 'loaning financial aid' to Kyiv

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56 h. ago German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe

Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shiftedGerman election live – latest updatesIn the final days of an election campaign dominated by migration, the likely new chancellor of Europe’s biggest polluter sought to assure voters that its economy ministry would not be occupied by NGOs. Instead, conservative lead candidate Friedrich Merz posted on social media that it would be led by “someone who understands that economic policy is more than being a representative for heat pumps”.Climate action barely featured on the campaign trail before Germany’s federal elections on Sunday – except when right-leaning parties used it to swipe at the Greens. Merz’s jab was at the tamer end of attacks aimed at the Green party candidate, Robert Habeck, the economy and climate minister who pushed through an unpopular law to promote clean heating, but is a sign of how far the political conversation around climate action has shifted. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Voices: Readers praise Independent for pledging to speak out against Trump

Our readers have strongly backed our pledge to stand against Donald Trump’s threat to truth and democracy

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage lavishes praise on Elon Musk at US rally after Trump ally said he should be ousted as Reform leader

Mr Farage used a speech at a pro-Trump rightwing rally in the US to label the X owner a 'hero of free speech' for his efforts to deregulate the social media platform.

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5 d. ago Trump fans chant ‘four more years’ as president bathes in praise and hypes Elon Musk’s DOGE at Black History Month event

The president’s anti-DEI crusade has thrown federal agencies, schools and institutions into chaos

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6 d. ago Trump lavished with praise by Kremlin after blaming Ukraine for war: ‘He understands our position’

Leaders in Moscow praised Trump for called Zelensky a ‘dictator’ and blaming Ukraine for the war

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6 d. ago Truss praises Trump and Musk as she announces new ‘free speech media network’

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister promised a new venture in a speech to a right-wing conference in America.

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6 d. ago 'I lived through Russia's Ukraine invasion – saying we started it is like blaming the US for 9/11'

Vladyslav Piatin-Ponomarenko, who spent 75 days blockaded in Mariupol filming the horrific war at just 17, hit out at Donald Trump's comments, and praised President Zelenksy's "leadership"

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6 d. ago Putin pal astonished at Donald Trump's WW3 hero claim and brutal Zelenskyy

Donald Trump been praised for averting World War 3 by, er, Donald Trump – and Russia, of course – after launching a scathing attack on Zelenskyy and bizarrely claiming Ukraine started the war

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