Elon Musk “threw a tantrum after his Department of Government Efficiency was dealt a series of legal setbacks, immediately calling for the impeachment of federal judges,” the Daily Beast reports.


Elon Musk “threw a tantrum after his Department of Government Efficiency was dealt a series of legal setbacks, immediately calling for the impeachment of federal judges,” the Daily Beast reports.
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In the end, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) caved. He announced last night he would vote to advance Republicans’ six-month funding bill that passed the House to avert a…
CNBC: “The market value of the S&P 500 at its Feb. 19 peak was $52.06 trillion, according to FactSet. Thursday’s decline put the index’s market value down to $46.78 trillion.”…
President Trump said on Friday there is a “very good chance” the war between Russia and Ukraine can end after “productive” discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports.Save to…
“Consumer sentiment took another hit in March as worries intensified over inflation and a slumping stock market, according to the University of Michigan’s latest sentiment survey released Friday,” CNBC reports….
President Trump congratulated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for “doing the right thing” by backing the Republican-led bill to avert a government shutdown, a choice that’s put the New York…
“Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor of Germany, announced on Friday that he had cut a deal with the Green Party to allow extensive new government spending for defense, infrastructure…
“In the past few weeks, the Justice Department under President Trump has taken an expansive view of the pardons he issued to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in…
“Americans are skeptical that President Donald Trump’s approach to the war between Russia and Ukraine will bring peace to the region,” according to a new CNN poll. “Most Americans view…
Jonathan Lamire: “He denounced the European Union as ‘hostile’ and ‘abusive’ while threatening to ratchet up tariffs on some of its most famous goods by 200 percent. He openly mused…
A new Pew Research survey finds nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults — 72% — say the pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together. Meanwhile,…
“The Republican-led Congress isn’t just watching the Trump administration gobble up its constitutional powers. It is enthusiastically turning them over to the White House,” the New York Times reports. “GOP…
“The price of gold set a record high on Friday, breaking above $3,000 per troy ounce for the first time as investors reckon with President Trump’s seesawing tariff policy, fears…
Michael Wolff claims that the cable news networks are being bullied by the White House to keep him off the air to discuss his new book, All or Nothing: How…
“Donald Trump’s return to the White House has been a boon to cable news ratings, but the blessings have not been distributed equally,” The Wrap reports. “Fox News has continued…
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) hosted a town hall meeting filled with angry constituents yesterday, the AP reports. “For about an hour and half, Edwards endured a constant barrage of jeers,…
Tara Palmeri: “The tolerance for Elon Musk inside of the White House is wearing thin, as they deal with the fallout of his calamitous interview with Larry Kudlow when he…
President Trump’s co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita told Politico the White House is “not going to cut Social Security.” Elon Musk is “not the president. He doesn’t get to make those…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sounded off on Senate Democrats, as the standoff within her party over a resolution to fund the government becomes increasingly tense. Said Ocasio-Cortez: “It is a…
“When Vice President J.D. Vance took his seat Thursday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, he was met with a chorus of boos from the packed concert hall,” the…
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took a swipe at a fellow leading Democrat, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for hosting one of the most prominent figures in the MAGA movement on his…
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