Government and politics
Jeff Bezos enables Trump’s threat to democracy, Washington Post columnist Rubin says as she quits
Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post, takes the stage during the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos “and his cronies” are enabling “the most […]
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Biden’s total student debt relief passes $183 billion, after he forgives another 150,000 borrowers
US President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images In his final days in office, President Joe Biden announced that his administration would forgive student debt for more than 150,000 borrowers. That relief includes nearly 85,000 […]
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Cleveland-Cliffs partnering with Nucor on potential bid for U.S. Steel, sources say
A United Steelworkers sign is seen outside the Great Lakes Works United States Steel plant in River Rouge, Michigan U.S., September 16, 2024. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Cleveland Cliffs is partnering with rival Nucor in a potential bid for U.S. Steel, whose takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel was just blocked by the White House earlier […]
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Why Meta had to ‘bend the knee to Trump’ ahead of his inauguration
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement this week that Meta would pivot its moderation policies to allow more “free expression” was widely viewed as the company’s latest effort to appease President-elect Donald Trump. More than any of its Silicon Valley peers, Meta has taken numerous public steps to make amends with […]
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Zuckerberg says Biden administration pushed Meta ‘super hard’ to take down vaccine content
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published Friday that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove content on side effects of Covid vaccines. […]
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Trump to be sentenced in New York for hush money case conviction
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced Friday morning in his New York criminal hush money case, more than eight years after events […]
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Watch live: Biden to deliver eulogy at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy Thursday morning at the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. The speech at the Washington National Cathedral will serve as one of […]
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Kremlin says it’s watching Trump’s pursuit of Greenland closely
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sergei Ilnitsky | Via Reuters The Kremlin said Thursday that it’s keeping a close eye on President-elect Donald Trump’s ongoing pursuit of […]
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Elon Musk says DOGE probably won’t find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk sits as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his budget-cutting effort on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump would most likely not find $2 trillion in savings, […]
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Musk is courting the far right in Germany — and there’s not much European leaders can do about it
Elon Musk’s plan to host a chat with the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on his X social media platform has angered European politicians— but they’ll struggle to stop him. The tech billionaire is set to speak on Thursday with Alice Weidel, head of the AfD — Germany’s far-right party. It is […]
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