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Musk calls Trump Big Beautiful Bill disgusting abomination

Musk calls Trump Big Beautiful Bill disgusting abomination

Elon Musk speaks during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Elon Musk on Tuesday tore into the massive tax-and-spending-cut bill backed by President Donald Trump, calling it a “disgusting abomination” that will explode federal budget deficits. … Read more

Boulder suspect Soliman charged with attempted murder

Boulder suspect Soliman charged with attempted murder

Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman poses for a jail booking photograph after his arrest in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 2, 2025. Boulder Police Department/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY Boulder Police Department | Via Reuters The man accused of a fire attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, was … Read more

Tesla new car sales rebound in EV-friendly Norway

Tesla new car sales rebound in EV-friendly Norway

Oslo Taxi’s Tesla model Y (L) and the NIO ET5 electric vehicle from Nio Inc, a Chinese multinational electric car manufacturer, drive through the Norwegian capital Oslo, on Sept. 27, 2024. Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty Images Tesla‘s sale of new cars in Norway skyrocketed 213% in May from a year ago, according to … Read more

Musk says doesn’t want responsibility for all Trump policies

Musk says doesn’t want responsibility for all Trump policies

Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images President Donald Trump lauded billionaire Elon Musk on Friday as the Tesla CEO wrapped up his time in government service after four … Read more

Trump advisers say tariffs ‘not going away’ amid legal fight

Trump advisers say tariffs ‘not going away’ amid legal fight

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on May 30, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers maintained confidence on Sunday that the “tariffs are not going away,” as a key tenet of Trump’s policy agenda hangs in legal limbo. “Rest assured, … Read more

Trump and Xi could soon talk about trade, Hassett says

Trump and Xi could soon talk about trade, Hassett says

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett gives a TV interview outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett suggested on Sunday that President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping could have a conversation about trade as soon as this week. Hassett … Read more

European firms rethink travel policy over U.S. border control concerns

European firms rethink travel policy over U.S. border control concerns

U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Newark Liberty International Airport. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Some European companies are growing wary about sending their employees to the U.S. It comes amid volatile policymaking by the Trump administration, more stringent immigration checks, and an uptick in reports of detentions and deportations. Some businesses CNBC spoke to, … Read more

EU responds Trump raising steel tariffs to 50%

EU responds Trump raising steel tariffs to 50%

President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the US Steel-Irvin Works on May 30, 2025 in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen | Getty Images The European Union on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump’s move to double tariffs on steel imports, warning that it “undermines” efforts to reach a “negotiated solution” in the … Read more

Pentagon chief Hegseth says U.S. ready to ‘fight and win’ against China

Pentagon chief Hegseth says U.S. ready to ‘fight and win’ against China

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C) gestures beside Malaysia’s Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin (R) and other defence officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during a multilateral meeting ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on May 30, 2025. Mohd Rasfan | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Pentagon chief … Read more

Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration’s downsizing of federal workforce

Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration’s downsizing of federal workforce

SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court on Friday refused to freeze a California-based judge’s order halting the Trump administration from downsizing the federal workforce, which means that the Department of Government Efficiency-led cuts remain on pause for now. A split three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the downsizing could … Read more