Elon Musk retains title as the highest-paid CEO in history with $26 billion pay package—and the only thing he has to do is show up for two years

Elon Musk retains title as the highest-paid CEO in history with $26 billion pay package—and the only thing he has to do is show up for two years

The Tesla board has reinstated CEO Elon Musk as the highest-paid in history with a staggering new $29 billion pay package. His new deal with the $970 billion electric-vehicle maker comes after a Delaware judge twice rescinded Musk’s previous moonshot megagrant. Musk’s pay has been held up in litigation for the past seven years.  “It…

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How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the tabulation of the monthly figures was appointed by former President Joe Biden. Unlike Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump has been…

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Washington Post veteran says he left after 18 years over Bezos ‘unapologetically patriotic’ content mandate

Washington Post veteran says he left after 18 years over Bezos ‘unapologetically patriotic’ content mandate

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email A veteran Washington Post columnist who quit the newspaper last month has spoken out against owner Jeff Bezos‘s Trump-friendly transformation of the opinion pages. Jonathan…

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Trump administration bars trans women athletes from 'extraordinary ability' visas

Trump administration bars trans women athletes from ‘extraordinary ability’ visas

The Department of Homeland Security will update visa policies to prevent transgender women from traveling to the U.S. to participate in elite women’s sporting events. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued guidance Monday intended to bar trans women athletes from obtaining “extraordinary ability” visas to compete in female sports, as was first reported by the…

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