Elon Musk’s xAI in New Funding Talks
The discussions follow those of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $300 billion. Source: Original News
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Trump Names Jeanine Pirro, Fox News Host, as Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C.
The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department. Source: Original News
Trump Administration Demands Records From Penn on Foreign Ties
The Education Department accused the school of filing inaccurate reports, adding to the growing list of elite schools it has targeted over foreign funding disclosures. Source: Original News
Trump Declares Biden’s Digital Equity Act ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’
President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” raging in a social media post against a broad effort to improve high-speed internet access. Source: Original News
In Tyre Nichols Case, an Out-of-Town Jury Heard a Familiar Police Defense
The acquittal of three former officers in the state trial over the fatal beating adds to a mixed series of verdicts for officers accused of wrongdoing. Source: Original News
Laura Loomer Targets Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General as Kennedy Pushes Back
The selection of Dr. Casey Means drew ridicule from a Trump ally, Laura Loomer. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the surgeon general nominee. Source: Original News
The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point
A Jan. 29 order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led to canceled classes, book bans and an argument about American greatness. Source: Original News
Transportation Secretary Unveils Plan to Overhaul of Aging Air-Traffic Systems
Officials promised to replace derelict equipment with state-of-the-art technology but said funding was dependent on Congress. Source: Original News
Trump Revives Push for Higher Taxes on the Rich
The president is said to want to create a new top income bracket for people making more than $2.5 million per year and to tax income above that level at a rate of 39.6 percent. Source: Original News
Agency Moves to Fire a Judge Who Rejected a Trump Directive
Karen Ortiz wrote to 1,000 colleagues at the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission criticizing the “illegal and unethical orders of our president.” Source: Original News