39 h. ago The influential Trump advisor who triggered the president's spectacular split with Elon Musk

President Donald Trump's decision to change Elon Musk's preferred pick to lead NASA may have done more to fuel the historic blowup between the two men than previously known.

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53 h. ago Elon Musk makes spiteful move against Trump that could lead to NASA stranded astronauts 2.0

Elon Musk has just taken his new feud with President Trump is the next level, essentially promising to strand NASA's astronauts on the International Space Station.

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64 h. ago Musk ally hints he lost top NASA job because Trump had ‘axe to grind’

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s former nominee for NASA administrator, has hinted that his ties to Elon Musk may have been the reason his nomination was withdrawn.

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7 d. ago Trump drops Nasa nominee Jared Isaacman, scrapping Elon Musk’s pick

‘Prior associations’ appear to cost billionaire the chance to be Nasa administrator, as US president says new nominee ‘will be mission aligned’The White House has withdrawn Jared Isaacman as its nominee for Nasa administrator, abruptly yanking a close ally of Elon Musk from consideration to lead the space agency.Donald Trump said he would announce a new candidate soon. “After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head Nasa,” the US president posted online. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be mission aligned, and put America first in space.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump to withdraw billionaire Jared Isaacman's nomination to lead NASA, AP source says

President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

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7 d. ago Trump pulls NASA nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman just days before vote

Senate Democrats have criticized Isaacman’s closeness to Elon Musk, who departed from the administration this week

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7 d. ago Trump pulls NASA nomination of entrepreneur Jared Isaacman just days before vote

The Trump administration is pulling the nomination of commercial astronaut and entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA administrator just days before he was scheduled to get a confirmation vote in the Senate, according to Semafor.

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2 w. ago RFK Jr pressed on defunded medical research in tense Senate hearing – live

Trump’s health secretary earlier called for other nations to withdraw from the World Health OrganizationThese are challenging days for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the man who would have been king. Barely two and a half years since his landslide re-election and anointment as “DeFuture” of the Republican party in a fawning New York Post cover, he stands isolated from the national political stage, feuding with his once blindingly loyal Florida legislature, and limping towards the finish line of his second term with an uncertain pathway beyond.It has been, in the view of many analysts, a fall of stunning velocity and magnitude. And while few are willing to completely rule out a comeback for a 46-year-old politician who was the darling of the Republican hard right until he dared to challenge Donald Trump for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination, it is also clear that everything has changed.He’s lost the ability to push things through. He’s lost that luster he had that at one time ...

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2 w. ago WHO opens annual assembly as UN health agency faces 'existential crisis' in wake of US funding cuts

The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the most serious crises of its 77-year history in the wake of Trump administration funding cuts and plans to withdraw the United States

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