Politics
Trump to attend SpaceX Starship launch in Texas with CEO Elon Musk
Nov 16, 2024; New York, NY, USA; President-elect Donald Trump talks with Elon Musk (right) during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Brad Penner | Usa Today Sports Via Reuters Con President-elect Donald Trump will attend Tuesday’s launch of the SpaceX rocket Starship with company CEO Elon Musk. Trump’s planned presence at the launch […]
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Georgia appeals court cancels arguments in Trump election case until further notice
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC on November 13, 2024. Allison Robbert | AFP | Getty Images A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled until further notice oral arguments on an effort by President-elect Donald Trump and other co-defendants to remove Fulton […]
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Trump Media in reported talks to buy crypto trading platform Bakkt, sending shares soaring
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. Kevin Wurm | Reuters Trump Media is reportedly in “advanced talks” to buy the cryptocurrency trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported Monday, citing two people with knowledge of the talks. The news […]
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Caroline Kennedy calls Trump HHS pick RFK Jr.’s vaccine views ‘dangerous’
Caroline Kennedy, US ambassador to Australia, speaks during the AFR Business Summit in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccines are “dangerous” and rejected by his family, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy said of her cousin, whom President-elect Donald Trump […]
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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ethics Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be […]
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Trump taps Brendan Carr to chair Federal Communications Commission
Brendan Carr speaks during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing titled Connecting America. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration’s telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he said […]
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House Speaker Johnson calls ethics report on Matt Gaetz a ‘rough draft’ and says it shouldn’t be released
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters as House Republican leaders hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol House in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that House Ethics Committee’s probe into Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general, is a “Pandora’s box” […]
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During meeting with Biden, China’s Xi cautions the U.S. to ‘make the wise choice’ to keep relations stable
China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration.” During their talks on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Xi […]
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Trump picks oil industry CEO Chris Wright as Energy secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 13, 2024. Allison Robbert | Via Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to […]
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Elon Musk endorses Trump’s transition co-chair Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary
Elon Musk at the tenth Breakthrough Prize ceremony held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The Hollywood Reporter | The Hollywood Reporter | Getty Images On Saturday, Elon Musk shared who he is endorsing for Treasury secretary on X, a cabinet position President-elect Donald Trump has yet […]
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