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How long can the appalling Musk-Trump bromance go on? | Margaret Sullivan

To say the relationship is symbiotic is an understatement. Trump has the political power; Musk has endless money. Two men, two huge egos, two quests for endless amounts of power and money – joined, ...

The Guardian - 12h

King involved in name change of Agincourt submarine that sparked 'woke' row

The name was changed to HMS Achilles reportedly over concerns that the original may have offended the French.

BBC News - 1d

‘Anti-woke’ vs industrial push: Australian voters face stark choice

Labor fends off high prices to avoid becoming first one-term government since 1931

Financial Times - 1d

Trump asks SpaceX to "go get" Starliner astronauts

Posts by President Trump and Elon Musk roiled the space community, raising the prospect of an earlier-than-planned return for the Starliner crew.

CBS News - 1d

Trump asks Musk to 'go get' NASA astronauts stuck in space

President Trump said Tuesday that he “asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space.” “I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to 'go ...

The Hill - 1d

Trump Is Going Woke

The president’s energy policies may not make America great again, but they will definitely help make China great again.

The New York Times - 2d

Sununu says 'someone's going to call' Trump's bluff on tariffs

Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said on Monday he thinks, at some point, at least one country will call President Trump's bluff on his tariff threat, which could have consequences on the ...

The Hill - 2d

Navy submarine name change is woke nonsense, says Shapps

HMS Agincourt has been renamed Achilles amid reports the defence ministry did not want to offend France.

BBC News - 3d

Are government workers going to stand up to Trump? | Judith Levine

If they capitulate to Maga, the government folds, and we all go down with it. Less than a week in office, Donald Trump gagged all public communications from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Guardian - 3d

Trump: 'I think we're going to recommend that FEMA go away'

President Trump said he would be signing an executive order aimed at "reforming and overhauling" FEMA and that he believed his administration may recommend that that federal agency "go away" and ...

NBC News - 6d

Trump administration expected to go outside CDC for acting director

The decision would close an unprecedented leadership gap at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CBS News - 6d

Lawsuits to block Trump birthright order go before judge

A federal judge on Thursday will hear arguments on a bid to block President Trump's order to revoke birthright citizenship in the United States. The case was brought by attorneys general in ...

CBS News - Jan. 23

Don’t worry about Trump’s birthright citizenship order — it’s not going anywhere

This effort to end birthright citizenship is just Trump tossing red meat to MAGA. None of it is going to actually happen.

The Hill - Jan. 23

'Woke' global left is starting to crumble, Argentina's Milei says

A "global hegemony" of leftwing politics and ideology is "starting to crumble," Argentina's firebrand President Javier Milei told the World Economic Forum.

CNBC - Jan. 23

The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’

Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.

The New York Times - Jan. 23

Kaine grills Vought on planned 'woke and weaponized' budget cuts

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) grilled Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget, over a budget proposal created at the think tank where he worked, ...

The Hill - Jan. 22

US banks in ‘go-mode’ under Trump, says JPMorgan executive

Wall Street bets that new administration’s lighter-touch regulatory regime will spur dealmaking

Financial Times - Jan. 21

'End woke' and 'boost crypto' - Trump fans' day one wishlist

Trump's biggest supporters tell the BBC what issues they're excited to see the new president tackle first.

BBC News - Jan. 20

Waltz: We are going to have ‘a Reagan moment’ with Trump, ceasefire deal

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) said President-elect Trump will have “a Reagan moment” when he takes office as the ceasefire deal commences in the Middle East. Waltz joined CBS’ “Face the Nation” on ...

The Hill - Jan. 19

Biden and Trump Weigh In as TikTok Threatens to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday

The Chinese-owned company said it would cut off its services unless the U.S. assures Apple, Google and other companies that they would not be punished for hosting and distributing TikTok.

The New York Times - Jan. 18

Maher slams Los Angeles wildfires response and ‘wokeness’

Comedian Bill Maher slammed the government’s response to the Los Angeles fires and, in part, blamed “wokeness,” for the natural disaster in the region, saying the government’s role is to protect ...

The Hill - Jan. 18

Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland

Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making. Just not that kind of deal-making.

The New York Times - Jan. 16

Trump Invited Bolsonaro to His Inauguration. Brazil Won't Let Him Go.

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 15

Trump wants to take Greenland: Four ways this saga could go

The BBC investigates possible scenarios for the huge Arctic territory's future as the US president-elect talks about taking control of it.

BBC News - Jan. 11

Trump's Panama Canal Threat Stirs a Nationalist Outcry: 'Yankees Go Home!'

The strategic waterway is a symbol of pride for a tiny country that shed blood to take control of it.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 10

I woke from a coma to find my baby had been born

Atlanta McIntyre hopes to raise awareness of hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that affects 1 in 100 pregnant women.

BBC News - Jan. 10

Israeli settlers in West Bank see Trump win as chance to go further

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank see opportunity in Trump's election, but Palestinians are concerned.

BBC News - Jan. 10

Would Trump really go to war with Europe for Greenland?

Also in this newsletter: French and German business spar over green rules

Financial Times - Jan. 9

Blinken says Trump's push for US to take control of Greenland is 'not going to happen'

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is advising the world not to waste a lot of time on what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying about Greenland

ABC News - Jan. 8

Mexico's president hits back at Trump over 'Gulf of America': 'We're going to call it Mexican America'

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dove into President-elect Trump’s chatter of geopolitical rearrangement Wednesday, proposing a name change for North America in response to Trump’s musings about ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

Trump’s Lawyers Have Assailed Jack Smith. They Could Soon Have Power to Go After Him.

The president-elect’s defense lawyers accused the special counsel of unethical and improper behavior in his prosecutions of their client. They could be in senior Justice Department roles within weeks.

The New York Times - Jan. 8

N.Y. appellate judge allows Trump's Friday hush money sentencing to go forward

A New York appeals court judge Tuesday denied Donald Trump's bid for an emergency order halting the president-elect's scheduled sentencing Friday on criminal charges in the hush money case.

NBC News - Jan. 8

Trump: 'We're going to try to have a policy where no windmills are being built'

President-elect Trump signaled Tuesday that he would oppose all new wind energy production in his second term in remarks to reporters. “We're going to try and have a policy where no windmills are ...

The Hill - Jan. 7

Don't make this investing mistake going into the Trump years, says strategist: 'A lot of investors who think this is easy' are wrong

You may have an idea which stocks will do well under the upcoming Trump administration. But a look at the data shows that the market often bucks expectations.

CNBC - Jan. 6

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