27 h. ago DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says

The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk’s government-cutting team over the State Department

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5 d. ago Elon Musk dubbed 'dork' over what he did at meeting with President Trump

A joke from Elon Musk, spotted during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump, has gone down like a lead balloon after X users dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency head a 'dork'

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5 d. ago National Institutes of Health workers told to blow off Musk demands for weekly performance reviews

Musk has suddenly been a no-show at White House events. Now federal agencies are ignoring his orders

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5 d. ago Trump called a cabinet meeting after walking back his tariff plans. It might as well have been held in Moscow

ANALYSIS: Trump’s cabinet meetings have turned into North Korean-style propaganda shows, writes Richard Hall

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5 d. ago Trump insists ‘it’s all going to work out really well’ and admits to ‘transition costs’ to get new trade deals

Markets continued to slide as president opines that the U.S. is ‘in very good shape’ and ‘doing very well’

Economics

6 d. ago Elon Musk’s xAI powering its facility in Memphis with ‘illegal’ generators

Advocacy group contends the firm is using 35 methane gas burning turbines, but has permission for only 15KeShaun Pearson took a seat in front of the Shelby county board of commissioners in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday morning. In the gallery behind him, a small group of people held up signs that said “Our air = our lives” and “Our water, Our future.” With a manner-of-fact demeanor, Pearson addressed the commissioners.“I’m here because today we’ve learned that xAI is using 35 methane gas burning turbines,” said Pearson, who is the director of the advocacy group Memphis Community Against Pollution. “They have submitted a permit to our Shelby county health department for 15, yet they are using double that amount with no permit.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fox News reporter bursts bubble and tells Fox & Friends that Wisconsin’s just not that into Elon Musk

‘For all the record-setting money spent here in Wisconsin, it seems Wisconsin voters weren't really swayed by the star power of Elon Musk,’ correspondent Mike Tobin reported on Wednesday

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2 w. ago Wisconsin supreme court race a litmus test for Elon Musk’s political power

The high-stakes race will determine which party will control a court that will rule on abortion and voting rightsA race to determine control of the Wisconsin supreme court that has profound stakes for voting, abortion and labor rights in the state, is also shaping up to be a litmus test of Elon Musk’s political power, making it one of the most consequential elections of Donald Trump’s second term.Liberals currently hold a 4-3 majority on the state supreme court, but the liberal justice Ann Walsh Bradley is retiring. Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, is facing off on Tuesday against the conservative judge Brad Schimel for the seat. The winner will determine which party has control of a court that is set to rule on the future of the state’s 1849 abortion ban, collective bargaining rights and the makeup of the state’s six congressional districts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Watch: Mark Carney responds to Donald Trump’s latest Canada tariffs threat

Watch again as Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters on Thursday, 27 March, after a cabinet meeting to discuss Canada's response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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2 w. ago Watch live: Mark Carney responds to Donald Trump’s latest Canada tariffs threat

Watch live as Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney is expected to speak to reporters on Thursday, 27 March, after a cabinet meeting to discuss Canada's response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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3 w. ago Trump’s cabinet meetings show just how powerful Elon Musk has become

Analysis: The cabinet meetings show that Musk’s influence stretches beyond the White House and into every department of the US government, Richard Hall writes

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: Elon Musk attends another Cabinet meeting despite reported tensions over DOGE

President’s third Cabinet meeting taking place as tensions rise over Usha Vance’s upcoming visit to Greenland

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3 w. ago Trump live updates: Elon Musk to attend another Cabinet meeting despite reported tensions over DOGE

President’s third Cabinet meeting taking place as tensions rise over Usha Vance’s upcoming visit to Greenland

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3 w. ago Traitorous timeline of Tesla – Elon Musk's rise to power and fall from grace

As Tesla sales stall across Europe and the company's net income drops, many have been left to wonder how Musk found himself at the helm of the EV car company despite not actually founding it

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4 w. ago Biggest JFK file revelations as we asked Elon Musk's AI – here's what it told us

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Star turned to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence-powered large language model called Grok to find out what the seven biggest JFK files revelations are

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