Tesla stock took a beating on Monday, plummeting more than 15 percent in its worst single-day performance in years, a sell-off precipitated by both a market downturn and a rising tide of resentment over CEO Elon Musk‘s gleeful destruction of federal government agencies. But Donald Trump is looking out for …
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The Trump administration is scrambling to find a legal justification for what legal experts and advocates say is a clear cut violation of arrested pro-Palestine protester Mahmoud Khalil’s First Amendment rights. On Saturday, Department of Homeland Security agents followed Khalil — a graduate of Columbia University who helped organize pro-Gaza …
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and the head of Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wants massive cuts to America’s core safety-net programs. “Reports don’t mean anything, you’ve got to actually take action,” Musk said in an interview today on Fox Business Network, explaining that his goal …
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Elon Musk — the world’s richest man, who for the past two months has been dismantling or threatening to dismantle government services that help the less fortunate —is having a bad week, and Donald Trump feels sorry for him. The president’s trade wars have been tanking the stock market, and …
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It’s no secret that Donald Trump has zero interest in fighting climate change and enthusiastically supports the fossil fuel industry. Trump’s 2024 victory was expected to set the climate fight back, but in less than two months, his administration has already done irreparable harm to efforts to address climate change. …
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Under the guise of efficiency, Donald Trump’s administration is dismantling the agency that runs Social Security, threatening benefits that keep millions of Americans out of poverty and setting up a political gamble for the White House and congressional Republicans. Social Security Administration (SSA) insiders and its former commissioner, Martin O’Malley, …
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Stock markets continued their downward slide today amid growing concerns that President Donald Trump’s economic shock doctrine will trigger a major economic downturn. The “golden age” of economic prosperity he promised during his 2024 campaign doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon, and just weeks into his term, Trump is …
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Elon Musk is using his position within the Trump administration to funnel lucrative federal contracts to his companies. The president’s family is reportedly cashing in, too. According to a Monday report from Bloomberg, Donald Trump Jr. — the president’s eldest son — has invested $50 million into SpaceX and xAI …
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Tony Hinchcliffe, the controversial comedian who called Puerto Rico “garbage” and made other offensive jokes at a Donald Trump rally before the 2024 election, has secured a Netflix deal. The deal includes a solo stand-up special for Hinchcliffe and three specials spun-off from his popular live comedy show/YouTube series, Kill …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Donald Trump tried to resolve tensions between Elon Musk and Marco Rubio, while using the opportunity to insult them both. Trump (James Austin Johnson) first summoned Secretary of State Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) to the Oval Office, where he told the former Florida senator that he’s been doing …
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