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Elon Musk's AI nightmares could blunt Donald Trump's tech ambitions

Musk went on to found Neuralink in part to help humans stay ahead of any artificial superintelligence that might wipe us out

Donald Trump might get to launch Biden-approved factories, infra projects

All that's left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters' frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy primed for growth. The unemployment rate is low, inflation is easing and President Joe Biden's administration has teed-up a ready-made list of infrastructure projects that could go from theoretical to reality over the next several years. There's the TSMC computer chip plant in Arizona, the new Hyundai electric vehicle factory in Georgia and a modernized I-375 in Michigan, among thousands of projects under way that will take years to complete. All of that means it could be Trump, rather than Biden, who gets to tell Americans that he built the country back better. If he decides to let the projects proceed, that is. Biden, himself, acknowledged last week that the positive economic impacts

Trump ramps up support for Israel, pressure on Iran with top job picks

Promising he could put a stop to the region's warfare, Trump cast the Biden-Harris administration as demented warmongers and said his election would mean peace in the world again

Donald Trump expected to pick Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state

The new administration will confront a world more volatile and dangerous than it was when Trump took office in 2017, with wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East and China aligning itself more

Trump faces setback in South American trade as China gains ground in Peru

That's made Beijing the go-to trade partner from Brazil to Chile and Argentina, eroding Washington's regional political clout, a trend that widened under Trump's 'America First' inward turn during his

Donald Trump Jr. opts out of White House; to join 1789 capital VC firm

President-elect Donald Trump's eldest son has said he won't be joining his father's administration in an official post

Bitcoin nears $90,000 as Trump's election victory fuels crypto market rally

he fact that bitcoin was trading near all-time highs when the election result came through meant that it had clean sky above." Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to make the

Asian stocks retreat as bitcoin hits record high on Trump euphoria

Investors anticipate Trump's second four-year term in office will bring equities-boosting tax cuts and looser regulations

Trump likely to name a loyalist as Pentagon chief after tumultuous 1st term

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defence secretary is still up in the air, but it is a sure bet he will look to reshape the Pentagon and pick a loyalist. During his tumultuous first term, five men held the job as Pentagon chief only to resign, be fired or serve briefly as a stopgap. While he has yet to announce a decision, the names of potential Pentagon chiefs stretch from the well-known such as Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee to an array of former administration loyalists, including retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who held national security posts during Trump's first term. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been floated, but Trump said on social media Saturday that Pompeo would not be joining the new administration. Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida had also been mentioned, but he's now been tapped to be Trump's national security adviser. Some decisions may linger for days as candidates jostle for attention and officials wait for the

Threads, Bluesky see influx of users after Donald Trump wins election

Bluesky, a decentralised social network originally funded by Twitter, has added more than 700,000 new users in the past week, and now has 14.5 million total accounts

India in 'sweet spot' with Trump's return to WH: Foreign affairs' expert

Sachdeva highlighted that India and the United States have no major conflicts, making them natural partners as the oldest and youngest democracies, sharing common values and worldviews

New York eyes reviving congestion pricing toll before Trump takes office

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering ways to revive a program that would have charged drivers a new USD 15 toll to enter certain Manhattan neighbourhoods before President-elect Donald Trump takes office and can block it. In the days since Trump's election, Hochul and her staff have been reaching out to state lawmakers to gauge support for resuscitating the plan known as congestion pricing with a lower price tag, according to two people familiar with the outreach. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were revealing private conversations. Hochul, a Democrat, hit the brakes on the plan just weeks before it was set to launch this summer, even with all the infrastructure already in place. She said at the time she was worried it would cost motorists too much money, but it was also widely seen as a political move to help Democrats in closely watched congressional races in the city's suburbs. The fee would have come on top of the already ..

Biden, Kamala Harris appear together for first time since she lost election

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when they observed Veterans Day together by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Biden honoured the service and sacrifice of America's military veterans, including those who paid the ultimate price, and their families, during what was his final time speaking at the cemetery's memorial amphitheatre in his capacity as commander in chief of the US military. It's been the greatest honour of my life, to lead you, to serve you, to care for you, to defend you, just as you defended us, generation after generation after generation, Biden said. You are the greatest fighting force, and this is not hyperbole, the finest fighting force in the history of the world. He reminisced about trips to US military installations around the world, and to such historic military sites as Valley Forge and Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Biden also .

Biden's WH invitation to Trump continues a tradition Trump shunned in 2020

Before he comes back for good on Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will return to the White House briefly at the invitation of Democratic President Joe Biden, who had hoped to defeat his Republican predecessor a second time and reside there for four more years. That may make for an awkward encounter, especially given that, after Biden ousted Trump in 2020, Trump offered no such White House invitation to Biden. Trump even left Washington before the Jan. 20, 2021, inauguration, becoming the first president to do so since Andrew Johnson skipped the 1869 swearing-in of Ulysses S. Grant. Biden also has the unusual distinction of having beaten Trump in one cycle and running against him for about 15 months during this year's campaign. As he sought reelection, Biden constantly decried Trump as a threat to democracy and the nation's core values before leaving the race in July and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, who took on her own campaign and lost on Election Day. When the two meet in

California Guv Newsom heads to DC to safeguard state policies from Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to meet with the Biden administration this week to discuss zero-emission vehicles and disaster relief issues that have been targeted in the past by President-elect Donald Trump. The Democratic governor is leaving for Washington on Monday and will return home Wednesday, his office said. Newsom will also meet with California's congressional delegation. He is seeking federal approval for state climate rules, a USD 5.2 billion reimbursement for emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic and updates to the state's Medicaid program, along with other priorities. The trip comes days after Newsom called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to protect California's liberal policies ahead of Trump's return to office in January. California won against most of the Trump administration's legal challenges over the state's environmental and other progressive policies during the Republican's first term, said Thad Kousser, a political ..

Here are people Trump has picked for key White House positions so far

President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign. Here's a look at who he's selected so far. Susie Wiles, chief of staff Wiles, 67, was a senior adviser to Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and its de facto manager. Wiles has a background in Florida politics. She helped Ron DeSantis win his first race for Florida governor. Six years later, she was key to Trump's defeat of him in the 2024 Republican primary. Wiles' hire was Trump's first major decision as president-elect and one that could be a defining test of his incoming administration considering her close relationship with the president-elect. Wiles is said to have earned Trump's trust in part by guiding what was the most disciplined of Trump's three presidential campaigns. Wiles was able to help keep Trump on track as few others have, not by criticising his impulses, but by winning h

Bitcoin soars above $84,000 as Donald Trump's win boosts crypto prospects

Trump's decisive victory in the presidential election has prompted celebratory chest-thumping from the digital-asset industry

China nears record $1 trillion trade surplus as Donald Trump returns

The difference between Chinese exports and imports is set to reach almost $1 trillion if it continues to widen at the same pace as it has in the year to date

COP29: Work will continue despite Trump's return, says US climate envoy

Trump has promised to again remove the United States, the world's biggest historic greenhouse gas emitter, from international climate cooperation

News updates: Farm fires cross 7,000-mark after over 400 fresh cases in Punjab

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