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Musk praises Trump rival Ramaswamy as 'promising' |
Elon Musk complimented the White House hopeful this week, days before the biotech entrepreneur vying for a chance to upset former President Trump appears at the first debate. |
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Elon Musk's praise for businessman Vivek Ramaswamy could hint that the owner of X, formerly called Twitter, is no longer all-in for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's 2024 bid, The Hill's Nick Robertson noted. Responding to a clip of Ramaswamy on Tucker Carlson's online show, Musk said the 38-year-old Ohio businessman is a "very promising candidate." Musk has been a longtime backer of DeSantis, pledging his support months before the governor made his campaign official and teaming up with DeSantis when that announcement came in May. DeSantis chose a Twitter Spaces event to announce his presidential candidacy, speaking alongside Musk despite technical difficulties that overshadowed the launch. The stumble out of the gate from DeSantis set up what has been a difficult campaign. He has floundered in the limelight since officially joining a crowded 2024 field, with lower poll numbers now than when he began in late May. Ramaswamy said at a NewsNation town hall earlier this week that "Trump was an excellent president" and suggested the former president could be one of his advisers if Ramaswamy wins the 2024 election. Trump, for his part, said in May that he was "pleased" to see the businessman "doing so well" in polling. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the platform formerly known as Twitter, said on Friday that he plans to remove the ability to block individual accounts. "Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature', except for DMs," Musk said in a post on the site now known as X, adding, "It makes no sense." He later clarified that users would still be able to mute accounts and block others in direct messaging. The blocking feature for … |
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| Former President Trump plans to skip next week's first Republican presidential primary debate and instead sit for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to a new report. Carlson has been airing his own program on Twitter since June.
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The Commerce Department has determined five Southeast Asian companies circumvented tariffs on Chinese solar components, while the remaining three companies under investigation did not.
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Lyft, Uber threaten to leave Minneapolis |
A new rule adopted by the Minneapolis city council to set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers pushed Lyft and Uber to threaten to stop doing business in the city, CNN reported. |
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Spotify considered ban on white noise podcasts |
Spotify considered banning white noise podcasts to help boost profits, Bloomberg reported. |
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Cyberattack keeps hospitals' computers offline for weeks |
MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to come back online more than two weeks after a cyberattack that forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions. Progress is being made "to recover critical systems and restore their integrity," … |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First came the robotaxis. Then the driverless buses arrived. San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service — less than a week after California regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite traffic and safety concerns. The free shuttle will run daily … |
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A member of the Proud Boys has disappeared ahead of his sentencing on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to an arrest … Read more |
| House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed Citibank on Thursday for not cooperating in an investigation into whether financial … Read more |
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