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Trump Promotes Tesla To Help Musk As Stock Crashes Mar 12, 2025

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All three major indexes dropped after President Donald Trump doubled down early Tuesday on his threat to levy a new round of hefty tariffs on Canada. Yet by the afternoon, markets had pared some losses as officials from both the US and Canada said they would meet this week to deescalate tensions and renegotiate trade policy.

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Stocks Crater After Trump Doesn’t Rule Out Recession Mar 11, 2025

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President Donald Trump says his administration is making “very big” moves and has acknowledged there’s likely a “period of transition” or “disturbance” that could result. When asked during an interview that aired this weekend on Fox News about the likelihood of a recession being one of those outcomes, Trump said: “I hate to predict things like that.”

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NYT Reports On “Explosive” Trump Cabinet Meeting With Musk Mar 08, 2025

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A look inside the meeting that caused Trump to knock Musk down a notch. Also, a medical examiner clears up all the mysteries surrounding Gene Hackman’s final days. Plus, the debate surrounding a confrontation between LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith.

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Trump Admin. Offers Days Of Conflicting Statements On Tariffs Mar 07, 2025

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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed executive actions that delay for nearly one month tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada that are covered by the USMCA free trade treaty, a significant walkback of the administration’s signature economic plan that has rattled markets, businesses, and consumers.

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Musk Faces GOP Questions About DOGE In Capitol Hill Meetings Mar 06, 2025

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Republicans pushed Elon Musk on Wednesday in a pair of private meetings to move his efforts to slash federal spending and the federal workforce through Congress, as lawmakers vie for a seat at the table in the sweeping effort to overhaul government. It’s a sign that Republicans are looking to reassert their power of the purse in the months ahead.

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Vance: Zelensky “Not There Yet” On Engaging In Peace Process Mar 04, 2025

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President Trump is ordering a pause on shipments of US military aid to Ukraine after his heated Oval Office argument with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, a White House official told CNN. The halt in aid, which came after Trump held a series of meetings with top national security officials at the White House, could have dire effect on Ukraine’s war-fighting abilities.

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Trump & Vance Scold “Disrespectful” Zelensky In Oval Office Mar 01, 2025

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Western leaders scrambled to back Ukraine after Friday’s acrimonious meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky deepened the already yawning fault lines between Washington and many of its key allies.

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Autopsy: Manner Of Death For Gene Hackman Not Determined Feb 28, 2025

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Initial findings from preliminary autopsies performed on Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, show there was “no external trauma to either individual,” the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said. The couple was found dead in their New Mexico home on Wednesday along with their dog, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told CNN. He was 95.

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Trump & Musk Claim Dead People To Blame For Govt Fraud Feb 27, 2025

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Most of the Senate-confirmed, top-ranking agency heads sat around a table mostly silent during the more than an hourlong Cabinet meeting, even though some of them had come prepared to make brief remarks. Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the government, is now without question Trump’s most powerful adviser.

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White House Reveals Acting DOGE Administrator Feb 26, 2025

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Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday. The announcement, after weeks of questions about Elon Musk’s official role and authority over DOGE, reveals the technical leader of the Musk-driven initiative tasked with reconfiguring the federal government.

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