If the US president threatens to take away freedoms, are we no longer free? | Donald Trump

If the US president threatens to take away freedoms, are we no longer free? | Donald Trump

Threats of retribution from Donald Trump are hardly a novelty, but even by his standards, the US president’s warnings of wrathful vengeance in recent days have represented a dramatic escalation. In the past week, Trump has threatened deportation, loss of US citizenship or arrest against, respectively, the world’s richest person, the prospective future mayor of…

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‘Blatant misinformation’: Social Security Administration email praising Trump’s tax bill blasted as a ‘lie’ | US social security

‘Blatant misinformation’: Social Security Administration email praising Trump’s tax bill blasted as a ‘lie’ | US social security

An email sent by the US Social Security Administration (SSA) that claims Donald Trump’s major new spending bill has eliminated taxes on benefits for most recipients is misleading, critics have said. The reconciliation bill – which the president called the “one big, beautiful bill” before signing it on Friday after Republicans in Congress passed it…

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How Elon Musk can hurt Donald Trump

How Elon Musk can hurt Donald Trump

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 “Knowing Elon the way I know him, I do think he’s going to do everything to damage the president.” So declared Elon Musk’s former friend…

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates predicted 20 years ago that Apple wouldn’t be able to sustain the success of the iPod due to the inevitable rise of smartphones

In 2005, Bill Gates made a bold prediction about the future of technology that, at the time, seemed almost absurd to some. The iPod, Apple’s beloved music player, was at its peak, and millions of people were walking around with it in their pockets, changing the way we listened to music. But Gates, ever the…

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Billionaire Bill Gates Has 66% of His Foundation's $42 Billion Portfolio Invested in These 5 Dividend Stocks

Billionaire Bill Gates Has 66% of His Foundation’s $42 Billion Portfolio Invested in These 5 Dividend Stocks

Bill Gates could have been the world’s first trillionaire. However, his net worth today is “only” around $117 billion. He’s not hurting, to say the least. One reason why Gates isn’t even wealthier is that he didn’t hold on to his stake in Microsoft (MSFT 1.58%), the software giant he co-founded. Another factor is that…

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