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Trump again slams $21 mn USAID funding for India, calls it kickback scheme

Speaking at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump questioned the rationale behind the expenditure

'For bureaucracy': Elon Musk waves Milei's chainsaw, vows to cut spending

Musk-led DOGE initiative aims to slash $2 trillion in federal spending, already saving $55 billion as of February 19

Sunita Williams 'abandoned'? Musk, astronaut feud over Biden's role

Sunita Williams' delayed return sparks a heated feud between Elon Musk and astronaut Andreas Mogensen, as Biden faces blame and Trump tasks SpaceX with bringing them home

US court allows Donald Trump to continue mass firing of federal employees

US District Court Judge Christopher Cooper observed that he does not have the authority to rule on whether terminating tens of thousands of government workers is lawful

Trump can continue mass firings despite disruption and chaos: US judge

Unions are instead likely required to file complaints with the Federal Labor Relations Authority, which hears disputes between federal agencies and unions that represent their workers, the judge said

US DOJ to drop case accusing SpaceX of discrimination against immigrants

Justice Department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Democratic President Joe Biden's term

Musk, joined by Argentine President Javier Milei, wields chainsaw at CPAC

Musk, dressed in a black "Make America Great Again" cap and sunglasses, was joined by Argentine President Javier Milei, who handed him a chainsaw at the CPAC

Elon Musk calls for hastening end of Nasa's space station programme

Elon Musk's SpaceX is a major partner on the ISS programme, with Nasa contracts to deliver astronauts and cargo to the station

Brazil's top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 mn fine for non-compliance

Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais (USD 1.4 million) in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders, according to a judicial ruling. The ruling, signed on Wednesday and made public by the court on Thursday, said the social media platform refused to provide registration data for a profile attributed to Allan dos Santos, an ally of former president Jair Bolsonaro accused of spreading falsehoods. In July 2024, De Moraes ordered both X and Meta to block and ban the account and provide the data. X said it had blocked the account but could not deliver the requested information, arguing that its operators didn't collect it and that the user had "no technical connection point with Brazil". De Moraes rejected the argument and, in early August, imposed a daily fine of 100,000 Brazilian reais (USD 17,500) if the social media platform failed to provide the data. By October, the total fine for noncompliance had reached 8.1 million

Donald Trump signs commission to confirm Kash Patel as ninth FBI Director

Trump also spoke about the upcoming 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, expressing a commitment to recognising the contributions of Black Americans in protecting and expanding freedom

US IRS announces to fire 6,000 employees as Prez Trump slashes govt

The cuts are part of President Donald Trump's radical downsizing effort that has targeted bank regulators, forest workers, rocket scientists and tens of thousands of other government employees

Trump claims USAID funding in India was to get 'someone else elected'

Donald Trump's remarks came days after DOGE disclosed that the United States Agency for International Development contributed $21 million to boost 'voter turnout' in India

Trump claims $21 million USAID fund to India was to get 'someone else elected'

US President Donald Trump has once again raised concerns over the Biden administration's decision to allocate $21 million to India for "voter turnout"

Elon Musk's Grok AI gets a standalone app for iPhones: How to use, features

Musk has announced that the Grok mobile app is offering free access to the latest Grok 3 AI model for a limited time

'It would be unfair to US': Trump on Musk's Tesla factory plan in India

India imposes nearly 100 per cent import duty on electric vehicles (EVs), making it expensive for foreign automakers to sell their cars there

Tesla to import cars from Germany, not China, as India plans take shape

The Berlin factory, which produces the Tesla Model Y, is now likely to manufacture right-hand drive vehicles for the Indian market

Musk's companies set to add $613 bn in value since presidential election

Investors are eager to get close to Musk, the so-called first buddy, who poured money into President Trump's campaign and is now running the administration's controversial cost-cutting efforts

President Trump eyes giving taxpayers cut of DOGE savings amid uproar

The remarks were the latest signal that Trump is working to justify his DOGE effort, which has sent shockwaves through Washington as Musk's moves to slash the federal government's spending

US agriculture dept tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers who were involved in the US government's response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years. The workers were among the thousands of federal employees eliminated on the recommendations of billionaire Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency that is working to carry out Trump's promise to streamline and reshape the federal government. Republican Rep Don Bacon said the administration should be more careful in how it carries out the cuts. "While President Trump is fulfilling his promise to shed light on waste, fraud, and abuse in government, DOGE needs to measure twice and cut once. Downsizing decisions must be narrowly tailored to preserve critical missions," said Bacon, who represents a swing district in Nebraska. The bird flu outbreak has prompted the slaughter of roughly 160 million birds to help control the virus since the outbreak began in 2022. M

Hundreds of current, ex-federal employees rally against firing of workers

Hundreds of current and former federal employees rallied on Wednesday outside the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters, protesting recent firings and their effect on public health, and directing much of their ire at Elon Musk and his agency's efforts to cut spending. "We are here today to fight for the future of science, to fight for your family's future, to give the American people hope," said Ian Fucci, a cancer researcher at the National Institutes of Health. "Consider the medications you rely on for diabetes, heart disease or cancer. These were developed in large part due to NIH and NIH-funded researchers. Is destroying years of progress into research really serving the American people? No." Amid frigid temperatures and light snow, attendees chanted slogans such as "Funding, not freezes" and "Stand up, fight back". They carried signs proclaiming, "Protect civil servants because they protect you!" and "In science we trust". Many said they were there to fight the .