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OpenAI’s Altman says Musk ‘probably just trying to slow us down’

By Charles Capel and Tom Mackenzie
Feb 11, 2025 8:06 am - OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman rebuffed Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to take control of the artificial-intelligence startup for the second time in less than a day, accusing the world’s richest man of making the bid just to gain a competitive advantage.
JD Vance rails against ‘excessive regulation’ of AI at Paris summit in rebuke to European efforts

By AAMER MADHANI and THOMAS ADAMSON
Feb 11, 2025 7:57 am - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned global leaders and tech industry executives that “excessive regulation” could cripple the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry in a rebuke to European efforts to curb AI’s risks.
Trump’s latest tariff plans on steel, aluminum and other imports are spreading uncertainty

By JOSH BOAK
Feb 10, 2025 2:39 pm - President Donald Trump plans to on Monday formally announce 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as part of an aggressive effort to remake the existing terms of world trade that so far has compounded economic uncertainty.
So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints

By ALAN SUDERMAN
Feb 10, 2025 2:36 pm - The lowly penny, the forgotten mainstay of coin jars and car cupholders everywhere, may soon be no more.
Member of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show won’t face charges for flag protest

Feb 10, 2025 1:27 pm - The cast member who displayed the Palestinian flag with the word “GAZA” in protest during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show will not face charges, New Orleans police said Monday.
Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’

By ZEKE MILLER
Feb 10, 2025 10:43 am - President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population.
McDonald’s improving global sales help to offset US weakness in fourth quarter

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Feb 10, 2025 8:16 am - Improving international sales helped McDonald’s overcome some weakness at home in the fourth quarter.
Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from access to Treasury Department material

By Shayna Jacobs
Feb 08, 2025 7:54 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge issued an emergency order early Saturday prohibiting Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal and financial data on millions of Am...
Trump dismisses archivist to the United States

By Maegan Vazquez
Feb 08, 2025 7:53 pm - President Donald Trump has terminated the head of the National Archives and Records Administration, targeting an independent agency that was involved in trying to recover...
Trump administration cuts teams that fight foreign election interference

By Colby Itkowitz, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Sarah Ellison and Patrick Marley
Feb 08, 2025 5:16 pm - The Trump administration this week eliminated much of the federal government’s front line of defense against foreign interference in U.S. elections. The move, which follo...

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