Musk could win some of $42 billion broadband pot under Trump : NPR

In this 2021 file photo, a worker with the Mason County Public Utility District in Washington state installs a hanger onto fiber-optic cable as it comes off of a spool. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey last week unveiled a shake-up to a federally subsidized broadband […]

Trump signs executive order threatening to gut Smithsonian Institute funding unless ‘improper ideology’ removed: Live

Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution by threatening to withdrawal federal funding from its programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” The president said there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a […]

Texas Senate passes DOGE bill to create state efficiency office

article The Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed Senate Bill 14 which would establish a regulatory office much like Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. What we know: The […]

Elon Musk issues ominous message to Rep. Maxine Waters after Melania Trump threat

Elon Musk issued an ominous message to a veteran Democrat after she was filmed suggesting that First Lady Melania Trump should be investigated and possibly deported from the United States. Rep. Maxine Waters, 86, came under fire from Musk after the video of her making threats about Melania during an anti-Department of Government Efficiency rally at the weekend in Los Angeles, California, went viral. […]

Japanese Carmakers Face Catastrophic Profit Hit From Trump’s Auto Tariffs

As the fallout from Trump’s tariff plans comes into relief, a harsh truth is emerging for the automotive industry: there are lots of losers and not many winners. But foreign automakers, those without US facilities, will be hit especially hard.  As Bloomberg notes, from South Korea’s Hyundai to Germany’s Volkswagen, and to a lesser extent America’s own General […]