Posts by Amelia Frost
I.R.S. Fires 6,700 Employees Amid Tax Filing Season
[ad_1] The Trump administration started firing about 6,700 employees at the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, extending its cost-cutting measures to the federal agency responsible for collecting tax revenue from millions of Americans. The job cuts at the I.R.S. are hitting probationary employees who were recently hired around…
Read MoreMusk Called Out After Complaining His Own Fact-Checker Is Contradicting His Zelensky Claims: ‘You Can’t Stand the Truth’
[ad_1] Elon Musk was met with backlash after he criticized his own social media platform’s fact checking feature. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Elon Musk publicly criticized X’s Community Notes system for contradicting claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is widely unpopular and afraid to hold elections. In a post on Tuesday, Musk accused Community Notes—the fact…
Read MoreTrump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
[ad_1] The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite ongoing concerns that adversaries are stoking political and social divisions by spreading propaganda and disinformation online, current and former government officials said. The administration has already reassigned several dozen officials working on the issue at the Federal…
Read MoreJasmine Crockett Calls Out Elon Musk for Not ‘Showing Up’ to DOGE Subcommittee Meetings: ‘Come Through, Boo’
[ad_1] Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett called out President Donald Trump‘s ally Elon Musk for the actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has been cutting funding for government programs. “Elon, if you’re watching, come through, boo, ’cause you haven’t shown up to the DOGE subcommittee yet,” she said during an interview with MSNBC…
Read MoreFox News, CNN and Other Outlets Urge White House to Drop AP Ban
[ad_1] Dozens of major news organizations, including CNN, The Washington Post and Fox News, wrote to the White House this week urging the Trump administration to immediately lift its ban on The Associated Press, which had been prohibited from attending a number of official press events over the past week. The White House has said…
Read MoreTrump Tests Fed’s Independence With Order Expanding Authority Over Agencies
[ad_1] The situation gets even more complicated when considering the other activities the Fed undertakes, especially during times of crisis, that do not neatly fall into either the monetary or the regulatory bucket, Ms. Judge said. For example, during the Covid-induced economic shock in 2020, the central bank aggressively intervened in a range of debt…
Read MoreNominee for Deputy Transportation Secretary Comes Under Fire for Handling of Boeing
[ad_1] Democratic senators on Thursday questioned Steven Bradbury, President Trump’s nominee for deputy secretary of the Transportation Department, about his handling of the congressional investigation into two Boeing Max plane crashes in 2018 and 2019, and his safety record during his previous tenure at the agency. The Boeing investigation occurred during Mr. Trump’s first administration,…
Read MoreThis Is The Amount Of Money It Would Take Americans To Quit Their Job To Travel The World
[ad_1] the village of Positano on the Amalfi coast in southern Italy. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images A recent study revealed that for many Americans, the dream of dropping everything to travel the world has a price tag—an average of $287,731, to be exact. A Talker Research survey of 2,000 people found that Baby Boomers…
Read MoreApple Increases Price Of Lowest Price Phone By 40%
[ad_1] Apple unveiled its iPhone 16e Wednesday, a lower-cost smartphone with AI capabilities and a “supersized” battery life. Apple on X Apple’s release of a new lower-end iPhone model with a steep price tag has raised eyebrows. The new iPhone 16e, a more powerful and feature-rich version of the SE, starts at $600–a 40% increase…
Read MoreAirbus Says U.S. Tariffs Would Be ‘Lose-Lose’ for Airline Industry
[ad_1] Airbus, the world’s largest commercial airplane maker, said on Thursday that it was preparing for the possibility of new U.S. tariffs and would be able to “adapt accordingly,” including passing on higher costs to its American airline customers. In a wide-ranging media conference at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, the company’s chief executive, Guillaume…
Read MoreVance Proclaims Trump Will Be the ‘President of Peace’ as the President Faces Continued Backlash for Calling Zelensky a ‘Dictator’
[ad_1] Vice President JD Vance is doubling down on his support for Donald Trump, hailing him the “President of Peace” as Trump faces bipartisan backlash for branding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator.” “Peace is in the interest of the American people, and he’s going to fight for it for the remainder of his administration.…
Read MoreHong Kong’s Oldest Pro-democracy Party Prepares To Shut Down
[ad_1] A 30-year-old Hong Kong political party that used to lead the city’s pro-democracy camp before Beijing cracked down on dissent will start preparations to shut down, its leader said Thursday. “We are going to proceed and study on the process and procedure that is needed for the disbanding,” said Lo Kin-hei, chairman of Hong…
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