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US senators approve $9bn of Elon Musk's cuts
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Senate approved early Thursday a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that would cancel more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting.
Trump slams former ally Musk's political party as 'ridiculous'
AFP, Published on 07/07/2025
» MORRISTOWN, United States - President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk's launching of a new political party as "ridiculous," after the tech billionaire who once backed the Republican said he wanted to challenge the United States' "one-party system."
US Senate edges towards vote on Trump's divisive spending bill
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US senators were inching Sunday towards a vote on Donald Trump's "big beautiful" spending bill, a hugely divisive proposal that would deliver key parts of the US president's domestic agenda while making massive cuts to social welfare programs.
Musk regrets some of his Trump criticisms, says they 'went too far'
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk, the world's richest person and Donald Trump's former advisor, said Wednesday he regretted some of his recent criticisms of the US president, after the pair's public falling-out last week.
Trump threatens Musk with 'serious consequences' in spending bill row
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump threatened his former advisor Elon Musk with "serious consequences" Saturday if the tech billionaire seeks to punish Republicans who vote for a controversial spending bill.
Musk blinks first in bitter feud with Trump
Published on 06/06/2025
» When Elon Musk and Donald Trump joined forces during the US presidential campaign last year, there was always a question over how long their alliance would last and who would prevail if it didn’t work out.
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» TOKYO - Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said.
'Very disappointed' Trump in stunning live break-up with Musk
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Tensions between Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into public view Thursday, as the US president said he was "very disappointed" by his billionaire former aide's criticisms and Musk hit back in real time on social media.
US hard power must get harder
Oped, Published on 05/06/2025
» In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford gets his biggest laugh when a desert assassin twirls a scimitar with menacing bravado. Following this brief performance, Ford's character cracks a wry smile, takes out his pistol, and shoots the man dead. In a potential contest with China, the United States looks more like the medieval assassin, deploying young sailors and soldiers equipped with perilously outdated, vulnerable technology.
Musk blasts Trump mega-bill, days after farewell
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk on Tuesday hammered US President Donald Trump's proposed spending bill as a "disgusting abomination" as tensions between the pair burst into the open following the tech billionaire's White House exit.