FEBRUARY 11, 2025
“Gulf of America” is now in official use on a U.S. government database of geographic names, and on Google Maps, after President Donald Trump last month issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shared the news Sunday on social media, saying the department had implemented the change. “It’s official,” he wrote.
Trump...
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is now leading a bold $97.4 billion bid to acquire OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, just years after he purchased Twitter and changed it to X.
The move, although rejected by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, could redefine the future of artificial intelligence if it goes through.
Musk, along with his AI startup xAI and a...
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
President Trump's executive order on gender ideology prompted massive purges across government and military websites. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
US government and military websites went dark last week after being purged of certain content.
President Trump's executive order directed all agencies to remove information related to gender ideology.
Here's what's disappeared from the websites and public-facing communications.
The Trump...
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are pictured speaking at the 'Make America Great Again Victory Rally' at the Capital One Arena in Washington. - Sam Greene/The Enquirer
Elon Musk became rich and famous as an entrepreneur, but he’s quickly making a new name for himself as one of the most singular and polarizing figures of any presidential administration.
The...
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Jan 22, 2025; Washington, D.C., USA; Russell Vought appears before the Senate Budget Committee for a confirmation hearing and vote. President Donald Trump nominated Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered staffers at the agency to stop all work via an email Saturday night after it...
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
President Donald Trump smiles as he arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearance and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in payback for Biden...
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Elon Musk in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 5, 2024.
Elon Musk said Friday that he will bring back a DOGE staff member who resigned after it was found that he had previously made racist remarks online.
"To err is human, to forgive divine," Musk said in a repost to X of a post from Vice President JD Vance...
JANUARY 31, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
The aides Elon Musk brought to...
JANUARY 31, 2025
Impacts with Tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada that are set to take effect could hike the price of a gallon of gasoline for some drivers by as much as 70 cents and send grocery bills climbing, experts told ABC News.
The Trump administration this week reiterated plans to slap 25% tariffs on...
JANUARY 30, 2025
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. - via REUTERS
Elon Musk continues to assert his power and influence with President Donald Trump, and a new report details how the tech mogul and his allies have taken “control” of the Office of Personal Management and skipped past key officials to release an email asking federal workers to resign.
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