Analysts blame Musk for the fall in sales
Elon Musk has said that his Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone roughly in half after his involvement in US President Donald Trump’s administration. “Working for White House was a very expensive job and my Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone roughly in half,” he added.
The opinion of foreign spies to the team
A former CIA officer said there’s “no doubt” what would have happened to an active-duty officer who participated in a chat session between senior US officials and a journalist on an open-source messaging app. The White House downplayed the incident, calling it a “spillage” by the military. “I’ve defended spillage cases where people were going to be put out of the military,” he added.
Trump buys a car with Musk at the White House
US President Donald Trump has said he’ll buy Tesla CEO Elon Musk a new car. “I am going to buy one for him (Musk) as a show of confidence and support. He is a very special person,” Trump said while adding that he would keep the car at the White House for staffers to use. Earlier, Trump had said he would buy Musk a new car.
The workings of DOGE were defended by Trump and Musk in the Oval Office
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to reduce the size of the federal workforce and called on agencies to “promptly undertake preparations” to initiate large-scale reductions in force. The executive order is aimed at reducing government spending and making government more accountable. The order was signed hours after Trump appeared with Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the White House.
The US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis has made the DOGE Staff an ‘Insider Threat’
US’ Treasury Department has denied media reports claiming that the code of payment systems was able to be read and rewritten by Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) technologists. The White House and Treasury had denied the reports, saying that the code of payment systems was able to be read and rewritten by DOGE technologists.
Workers are reeling from chaos in federal agencies
US President Donald Trump’s White House has banned employees from referring to each other by their personal pronouns. The ban applies to all federal agencies, the White House said in a statement. “Use of personal pronouns sends the wrong message about what it means to be an employee of the federal government,” it added.
Tech workers are forced to defend their work
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE), which was appointed by US President Donald Trump, wants to use White House security credentials to gain unusual access to GSA technology and other things, WIRED reported. “Granting DOGE staff…un unfettered access to internal government systems and sensitive data poses a huge security risk to the federal government and to the American public,” a Biden official said.
The company doesn’t think that the decision to let drones fly in dangerous areas is political
DJI said that in 2024 it removed the built-in feature that interfered with the crash of the White House drone almost a decade ago, with warnings that the user could ignore. It further said that the ‘No Fly Zones’ were “missed opportunities, delayed operations, or unnecessary” and added that its No Fly Zones created “missed opportunities, delayed operations, or unnecessary”.
In a response to the Biden legislation, Nvidia flatters Trump
The US on Tuesday said that it will not allow AI systems in data centres to be exported to any country except the US. However, the rule does not ban exports of AI chips to other countries. “In the wrong hands, powerful AI systems have the potential to exacerbate significant national security risks,” the White House said.
The Bitcoin Bros go wild for Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trump on Friday said he’ll be setting up a council to advise him on how to regulate cryptocurrencies. The council will be formed during the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency, the White House said. The council will be formed to create regulatory guidance for cryptocurrencies in the first 100 days, it added.