Politics
From bromance to bitter feud — a timeline of Trump and Musk’s relationship
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters July 2024 Musk publicly endorses Trump following an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Musk posts on social media platform X: “I […]
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Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are seen ahead of a launch at Launch Complex 39A at the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Elon Musk on Thursday said that his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of […]
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Trump says Musk went ‘CRAZY,’ suggests cutting government contracts for his companies
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday called Tesla CEO Elon Musk “CRAZY” and threatened to cut his companies’ government contracts […]
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Musk says ‘whatever’ after Trump claims Tesla CEO is upset over NASA post, EV credit
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Elon Musk has been criticizing his proposed tax bill because the Tesla CEO is “upset” about the elimination of EV credits in the package, and his pick to run NASA being nixed by the Trump administration. Trump spoke after days of Musk condemning what Trump calls his “One, […]
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Trump holds call with Xi, Chinese media says
President Donald Trump held a phone call with China President Xi Jinping, Chinese media outlet Xinhua reported Thursday. The call was initiated by Trump, Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a subsequent statement. The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the report. U.S. stock futures rose on news […]
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What Germany’s Merz wants to tackle in Trump meeting
The flags of the U.S. and Germany are on the table at a bilateral meeting between German Economics Minister Habeck and U.S. Secretary of State Blinken at a hotel on the Gendarmenmarkt. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa (Photo by Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images) Christoph Soeder/dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German Chancellor Friedrich Merz […]
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Trump orders investigation of Biden’s use of an autopen, claiming White House cover-up
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign pardons and other documents, increasing the pressure on his predecessor as House Republicans also requested interviews with members of Biden’s inner circle. An autopen is a mechanical device that is used to replicate a person’s […]
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Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
US President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to US Steel – Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2025. Saul Loeb | AfP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the […]
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Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting family of Colorado attack suspect
A man reads a note placed on a memorial at the scene of an attack that injured multiple people, outside the Boulder County Courthouse, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 2, 2025. Mark Makela | Reuters A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, […]
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Trump administration loses bid to lift bar on Education Department layoffs
A U.S. Department of Education employee leaves the building with their belonging on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images The Trump administration on Wednesday lost a bid to lift a federal district court order temporarily barring the U.S. Education Department from laying off about half of its employees. The administration […]
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