ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump dismissed claims that Elon Musk wields undue influence over his administration following the tech billionaire’s prominent role in blocking a Congressional budget bill last week. Speaking at the conservative group Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest event Sunday in Phoenix, the capital of th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President Joe Biden has signed a government funding bill into law, averting a potential government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. The legislation will fund federal operations through March 14 and allocates $100 billion in di...
Scotland’s first Muslim leader Humza Yousaf has announced he will leave front-line politics in 2026. Yousaf, 39, confirmed he would step down as a member of Scottish Parliament after 15 years, hoping his journey inspires diverse youth to enter public service. In a sharp critique, Yousaf warned of billionaire Elon Musk’s growing influenc...
Republican lawmakers are considering cuts to Social Security and other federal programs following discussions with billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The two were recently appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to a new commission aimed at reducing federal expenditures. Despite previous assurances to protect Social Security, GOP me...
NEW YORK (AA) – A court in the US state of Delaware has reiterated the decision to reject billionaire Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package for his electric car firm Tesla. Delaware Judge Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick’s Monday decision came after she rejected the pay package in January. She repeated her decision despite the approval of...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, met earlier this week with Iran’s envoy to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, to discuss potential ways to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, The New York Times reported Thursday. Iranian officials familiar with the meeting said [&hel...
The Guardian has announced it will stop posting on social media platform X. In a statement, the British media outlet expressed concerns over the growing negativity and extremism on the site, which it believes now outweighs the benefits for sharing journalism and engaging with audiences. The decision comes amid rising scrutiny of X, [&helli...
Over the last week more than 700,000 people have started using Bluesky, a social media platform seen as an alternative to the Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter. Bluesky’s total user numbers have reached 14.5 million. Its CEO Rose Wang said a majority of new users are from the U.S. Despite Bluesky’s surging popularity, its Meta-owned [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A top official in the US state of Georgia – a key state in next week’s presidential elections – has warned of a fake video about an immigrant who supposedly voted in the presidential elections more than once. Brad Raffensperger, secretary of state (the top election official) in the southern state, on […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – An effort by Philadelphia’s district attorney seeking to end tech mogul Elon Musk’s $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters was put on hold on Thursday. Attorneys for Musk, a key backer of former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump, and his conservative America political action committee (P...
