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Musk team to use AI to find budget savings
A top official at the General Services Administration said artificial intelligence could be used to identify waste and…
February 4, 2025
Trump blinks on North American tariffs
None of this means the tariffs are some genius power play, as the Trump media chorus is boasting.
February 3, 2025
Trump wants rare earth elements from Ukraine in exchange for military aid
“We’re handing them money hand over fist. We’re giving them equipment,” Trump said Monday. “We’re looking to do…
February 3, 2025
Trump tariffs: Ontario Premier Doug Ford to end $100 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink
“We’ll be ripping up the province’s contract with Starlink. Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying…
February 3, 2025
Germany: Green Chancellor candidate Robert Habeck presents counter-plan to fight illegal migration through better enforcement of existing laws
The illegal migration dominates the last weeks of the election campaign. Habeck said: “We must not accept that…
February 3, 2025
Trump to pause promised tariffs for 30 days after speaking with Trudeau
To get Trump to shelve his punishing tariffs, Trudeau told him Canada is pressing ahead with a $1.3-billion border…
February 3, 2025
Is NATO preparing a campaign to discredit Zelensky?
The press bureaus of the foreign intelligence services of the Russian Federation reports that, according to the information…
February 3, 2025
How’s Brexit actually working for Britain?
The Leave.EU campaign video from the time might as well be a sci-fi film. “You’ll benefit from better…
February 3, 2025
No wonder? Musk government takeover team steered by young, inexperienced engineers
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes…
February 2, 2025
Elon Musk’s Doge team granted “full access” to federal payment system
Elon Musk’s government-slashing crew, the “department of government efficiency”, has been given access to the federal payment system,…
February 2, 2025
“Who is going to stop him?”: Rwanda President Paul Kagame accused of land-grab war for “blood minerals” against Congo
“Kagame has made the calculation that he is untouchable,” added Rudasingwa, who was Kagame’s chief of staff and…
February 2, 2025
British PM Keir Starmer called an “HR manager, not a leader” by former chief of staff in new book
An extract from the book, published in the Sunday Times, reported that McSweeney had described Starmer as “like…
February 2, 2025
EU warns U.S. it will retaliate if Trump imposes tariffs on goods
On Friday, Trump said that he “absolutely” will impose tariffs on the EU. The European Commission and member…
February 2, 2025
The dumbest trade war fallout begins
Tariffs are taxes, and when you tax something you get less of it. Who pays the tariff depends…
February 2, 2025
The Great Depression lesson about “trade wars”
In 1930, raising tariffs across the board hurt the U.S. economy.
February 2, 2025
Donald Trump says Americans could feel “pain” thanks to tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
But Mr Trump did not specify what he meant by “some pain”.
February 2, 2025
Why Friedrich Merz is not the right person to be Germany’s next Chancellor
A novice in the Chancellery – no problem, one thought, that will be fine. Nothing will. The CDU…
February 2, 2025
Which industries will feel the pinch of Trump’s tariffs the hardest?
The U.S. is by far Canada’s largest trading partner. While Canada’s total exports to the U.S. from all…
February 2, 2025
Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election
The new filings with the Federal Election Commission on Friday showed that Musk put about $11.2 million into…
February 2, 2025
Court rules Italy must take back 43 migrants sent to Albania
An Italian navy ship on Saturday took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a…
February 1, 2025