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Elon Musk claimed overnight Tuesday that tech giants OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank don’t have enough money to fulfill their high-profile pledge to invest $500 billion in U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the comment just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled the massive project at the White House on his first
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US President Donald Trump signs executive orders during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.  Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road. The infamous dark web marketplace served as a global
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PoliticusUSA is ad-free and completely reader-supported. You can support our work by becoming a subscriber. Rachel Maddow devoted the first half of her show on Tuesday to the concept of how public officials can be made to reverse course through the use of shame. Maddow said, “ What makes them correct course and start doing the
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on as SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son delivers remarks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President Donald Trump will announce a joint venture Tuesday with OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank to invest billions of dollars in AI infrastructure in the United
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PoliticusUSA is now ad-free and supported by readers like you. To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber. Trump’s pardons of the 1/6 insurrectionists, including those who committed acts of violence, were not surprising. Trump has been saying that he is going to pardon these people for years. However, Rachel Maddow pointed out that
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President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for three of his siblings and two of their spouses, citing concerns that they will be targeted by “baseless and politically motivated investigations.” The White House announced the pardons just minutes before President-elect Donald Trump entered the Capitol Rotunda to be sworn in as the next commander
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White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett addresses reporters during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 22, 2018. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced senior staff appointments to his White House National Economic Council. The council advises the President on U.S. and global economic
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Here’s what the media is not telling you about the new Israel-Hamas peace deal. On Sunday, January 19th the new cease-fire will hopefully go into effect.  The  media is euphoric.  A hostage deal, they say, has been reached between Israel and Hamas after 467 days of fighting and 459 days of negotiating.  Peace is on the way.  But Hamas disagrees.  It
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