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US President Donald Trump squints at Tesla CEO Elon Musk as tey speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (
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Elon Musk just sold Grok to U.S. government for 42 cents—and signals warmer ties with Trump

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September 25, 2025
Treasury Secretary Soctt Bessent attends a September 11th observance event in the courtyard of the Pentagon September 11, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
Politics

Bessent says New York can ‘drop dead’ if it elects Mamdani and ever needs a bailout

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September 25, 2025
Social Security and Medicare cuts are coming because the bond market will eventually bring Congress to its knees, economist says 
Finance

Social Security and Medicare cuts are coming because the bond market will eventually bring Congress to its knees, economist says 

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August 31, 2025
GOP bill cutting $9 billion in approved funding includes full amount public broadcasting was to receive for next 2 years
Politics

GOP bill cutting $9 billion in approved funding includes full amount public broadcasting was to receive for next 2 years

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
July 18, 2025
A pedestrian walks past a PEPFAR sign
Politics

Trump’s push to cut another $9 billion in spending could spare $400 million for HIV/AIDS relief

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July 16, 2025
Trump rattles Senate Republicans with ‘blank check’ request to cut $9 billion from budget—and no time to review details
Politics

Trump rattles Senate Republicans with ‘blank check’ request to cut $9 billion from budget—and no time to review details

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
July 16, 2025
Trump’s BBB scraps many childhood benefits in favor of a check for $1,000 for every American kid
Politics

Trump’s BBB scraps many childhood benefits in favor of a check for $1,000 for every American kid

By Moriah Balingit and The Associated Press
July 9, 2025
Rural hospitals brace for $1 trillion Medicaid cut in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’: ‘If we do see a cut of that, it’ll be difficult to keep the doors open’
Health

Rural hospitals brace for $1 trillion Medicaid cut in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’: ‘If we do see a cut of that, it’ll be difficult to keep the doors open’

By Margery A. Beck, Susan Haigh and The Associated Press
July 4, 2025
Josh Hawley points during a confirmation hearing
Politics

Republicans are scrambling after learning their proposed cuts to Medicaid, which would offset trillions in tax breaks, violate Senate rules

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
June 26, 2025
Elon Musk looks down
Politics

Elon Musk says Trump ‘is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public’

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June 5, 2025
Trump and Musk lean into each other to talk
Politics

Elon Musk says ‘without me, Trump would have lost the election’

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June 5, 2025
Trump points his finger at Musk inside the White House
Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is ‘not delighted that Elon did a 180’ after the pair spent four months working closely together

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June 5, 2025
Trump speaks into a microphone and points into the crowd in front of an American flag
Economy

The Budget Office says Trump’s spending bill would add $2.4 trillion to the national debt—just one day after Elon Musk slammed Congress over this same fear

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
June 4, 2025
White House asks Congress to claw back all of $9.4 billion in approved spending targeted by DOGE
Politics

White House asks Congress to claw back all of $9.4 billion in approved spending targeted by DOGE

By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
June 4, 2025
Trump plans to offload national park sites, but states don’t want them
Politics

Trump plans to offload national park sites, but states don’t want them

By Bobby Magill and Bloomberg
June 2, 2025

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