3 h. ago Trump’s nominee to lead BLS accused of trolling top Democrats with offensive Twitter account

EJ Antoni, a Heritage Foundation economist, allegedly used social media platform to dish out abuse and entertain conspiracy theories

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23 h. ago Trump’s nominee to join Fed says president ‘entitled’ to take policy views

Stephen Miran tells Senate banking committee that he views central bank independence as ‘paramount’

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28 h. ago Trump’s Fed nominee Miran to be grilled by Senate banking committee

President’s pick to join board of governors has vowed to ‘preserve [the] independence” of the central bank’ if elected

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41 h. ago Eric Adams not dropping out of NYC mayoral race after reports Trump officials may offer him place in administration

There has been speculation Trump may intervene in the mayor’s race to thwart Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani

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45 h. ago Odds on Eric Adams dropping out of NYC mayoral race spike as Trump advisers reportedly mull offering him place in administration

There has been speculation Trump may intervene in the mayor’s race to thwart Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani

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47 h. ago Trump’s Fed nominee to pledge ‘independence’ as he seeks Senate confirmation

Stephen Miran will promise to resist outside influences when he appears before lawmakers on Thursday

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8 d. ago People left scratching their head over viral maths problem for child

A popular maths social media account, called @Mathclass88, posted the equation on Twitter, where people from all over the world filled the comments section.

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1 week ago Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants | Robert Reich

Leaders who value loyalty above all else have a symbiotic relationship with those unable to succeed on their own meritsLast week, Trump officials reportedly left behind documents describing confidential planning for the Trump-Putin meeting in a public area of an Alaskan hotel.That’s nothing compared with the actions of Emil Bove, Trump’s new nominee for the US court of appeals for the third circuit, who reputedly told subordinates at the Department of Justice that they should “consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’” and ignoring any court order blocking a planned deportation flight.Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.all the hundreds of ‘respectable’ guys who made careers out of boasting about their uncompromising integrity but have absolutely no loyalty . What I liked most about Roy Cohn was that he wo...

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2 w. ago 'I set up a twitter account in 2012, and had no idea where it would lead'

The name came about almost by accident

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2 w. ago Account tied to Trump nominee posted conspiracy theories about Epstein, the 2020 election and Covid, report says

Erwin Antoni, the president’s pick to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics, serves as the chief economist for The Heritage Foundation and contributed to Project 2025

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3 w. ago Twitter down LIVE: X Users report being unable to access platform across globe

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3 w. ago Trump’s nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics was Jan 6 ‘bystander’ outside Capitol, says White House

E.J. Antoni, tapped by President Trump to serve as the nation’s top economic data official, appears in Capitol Police surveillance footage from January 6, 2021

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3 w. ago Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

EJ Antoni first made the suggestion before Trump tapped him to lead the BLS

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3 w. ago Sophie Turner calls out troll who accuses her of 'forgetting' her children after Oasis gig

The Game of Thrones star, 29, shares two young daughters with her ex-husband, Joe Jonas, 35

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last month Birmingham Airport shut down over 'incident' as flights put on hold

A number of planes have been diverted from the West Midlands airport, while others have been diverted. At 2.48pm, Birmingham Airport's official Twitter account announced that its runway was closed

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