23.02.2025 — Day Agencies Defied The Billionaire

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ public dust-up with President Donald Trump during a White House meeting with most of America’s state leaders didn’t live up to governors’ collective goal of “disagree[ing] better.”

Federal workers across the U.S. government received an email on Saturday, with an apparent ultimatum. Musk has used a similar tactic at companies he owns.

The leftist ‘traffic light’ coalition government in Berlin collapsed just hours after Donald Trump’s victory in November, sparking snap elections in Germany that will likely define the shape of European politics in the years to come.

In an X post and email shared Saturday afternoon, Elon Musk told federal employees to list what they had accomplished the prior week or resign.

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ public dust-up with President Donald Trump during a White House meeting with most of America’s state leaders didn’t live up to governors’ collective goal of “disagree[ing] better.”

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters. The opposition leader and front-runner vowed Saturday to revive the stagnant economy and defend Europe’s interests in the face of a confrontational U.S. administration.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week.

“My View” made its goals clear from the jump. That didn’t make it any less painful to watch.

Elon Musk responded with surprise regarding private text messages in 2023 between St. Clair and influencer Isabella Moody.

Elon Musk responded with surprise regarding private text messages in 2023 between St. Clair and influencer Isabella Moody.

“Our power has never come from having an easy path,” said the former VP while accepting the prestigious Chairman’s Award.

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MSNBC host Joy Reid’s show has been canceled as part of a major overhaul by the network’s new president Rebecca Kutler, according to a report.

It’s the same tactic he used after purchasing, and subsequently clearing house at, Twitter.

Several members of a Bay Area group of computer savants and vegan activists have been investigated, criminally charged or deemed persons of interest in violent incidents that have resulted in six deaths across the U.S.

Credit Suisse is currently under investigation by the US Senate for obstructing investigations into its servicing of Nazi-linked clients. But the bank is far from alone: many German firms have never given up the monetary fruits of Nazi collaboration.

Among those who pushed back on an Elon Musk-ordered Office of Personnel Management demand that federal employees justify their jobs was newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel.

The Trump administration is purging some government websites. The director of the Wayback Machine explains what we can do about it.

The Vatican issued a medical update saying Pope Francis was "not out of danger." He was receiving "high-flow" oxygen.

Among those who pushed back on an Elon Musk-ordered Office of Personnel Management demand that federal employees justify their jobs was newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel.

Melania Trump’s four-week absence suggests break in precedent

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Voting has closed in national elections. Early exit polls suggest that the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats will be Germany’s next chancellor.

President Donald Trump’s week included rewriting U.S. policy toward Russia and firing the country’s senior military officer.

Early exit polls suggest that Mr. Merz, the candidate for the conservative Christian Democrats, will be Germany’s next leader with the hard-right AfD party in second place.

The exit polls for the federal elections in Germany predict that the neo-liberal Christian Democrats have come out on top, with the support of around one in three voters, with the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) coming in a strong second place at nearly 20 per cent, beating out all members of the former ‘traffic light’ coalition government of likely outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Printed out of a cattle barn in Missouri, Anvil published some of the biggest leftist writers of the 1930s, including Richard Wright and Langston Hughes. Its popular vision for a multiracial socialism in the heart of the US could hardly be more urgent today.

Zelenskyy's offer is a major concession amid escalating tensions and false claims from Trump over the war's origins.

Argentinian president Javier Milei faces his biggest crisis yet over his promotion of a crypto scam. As leaders on the Latin American right distanced themselves from the anarcho-capitalist, Elon Musk took the opportunity to reaffirm their bond.

An American Airlines flight from New York was diverted to Rome, Italy following a "possible security issue.”

The far-right party took second place, according to exit polls, shocking for many in a country still deeply wary of its Nazi past.

First Lady Melania Trump has made her glamorous return to the White House after a four-week absence.

Elon Musk had ordered workers across the federal government to summarize in an email their accomplishments for the week or be removed from their positions.

Newly sworn-in FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

Friedrich Merz’s center-right party is set to return to power as far right surges to strongest postwar election result, exit polls show

The pontiff, 88, has been hospitalized for a week and a half and is receiving treatment for a complex respiratory infection.