DOGE ALLEGEDLY ASKED TREASURY TO CUT USAID PAYMENTS Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) asked…
Day: February 6, 2025
📰 DOGE ALLEGEDLY ASKED TREASURY TO CUT USAID PAYMENTS Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) asked the United States Treasury Department to immediately halt all United States Agency for International Development (USAID) payments only four days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, CNN reported Thursday, citing sources. The request, made by Musk’s top lieutenants, was not accepted by then-acting Treasury Secretary David Lebryk, who replied that he lacked “the legal authority to stop an authorized payment certified by an agency.”
📰 ODDS OF TRUMP REDUCING THE NATIONAL DEBT SPIKE TO 52%, HIGHEST SINCE NOVEMBER, per @KALSHI
ODDS OF TRUMP REDUCING THE NATIONAL DEBT SPIKE TO 52%, HIGHEST SINCE NOVEMBER, per @KALSHI
📰 TRUMP TO SIGN ORDER ON THURSDAY SANCTIONING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR TARGETING U.S. AND ALLIES SUCH AS ISRAEL – WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
TRUMP TO SIGN ORDER ON THURSDAY SANCTIONING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR TARGETING U.S. AND ALLIES SUCH…
📰 JUST IN – Americans instruct the UK to take over leadership of Ukraine defense group from the United States — Telegraph
JUST IN – Americans instruct the UK to take over leadership of Ukraine defense group from…
📰 $MSFT – OPENAI EYEING STARGATE EXPANSION IN TEXAS, OTHER STATES
$MSFT – OPENAI EYEING STARGATE EXPANSION IN TEXAS, OTHER STATES
Anchor And Correspondent Amara Walker To Depart CNN
EXCLUSIVE: Amara Walker, co-anchor of CNN This Morning Weekend, is departing the network after more than…
📰 MORE THAN 17% OF U.S. HOMEOWNERS HAVE MORTGAGE RATE AT OR ABOVE 6% Currently, 17.2% of U.S. homeowners with mortgages have an interest rate at or above 6%, up from 12.3% in 3Q 2023, per Redfin. If this trend persists, this figure could nearly double in three years. Meanwhile, 82.8% enjoy rates below 6%, fueling the “lock-in effect” where homeowners avoid selling due to higher current rates. However, this effect is easing; the share with rates below 6% was 87.7% in 3Q 2023 and a high of 92.7% in mid-2022. The housing shortage is easing as more homes are listed, partly due to people moving for life changes like job shifts or divorce, and growing acceptance that low rates won’t return soon. Also, many with significant home equity or no mortgage are not rate-bound, contributing to increased listings
MORE THAN 17% OF U.S. HOMEOWNERS HAVE MORTGAGE RATE AT OR ABOVE 6% Currently, 17.2% of…
📰 $TSLA – TESLA SLIDES BY 3.5% AFTER ANNOUNCING NEW HIRINGS Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc.’s stock declined on Thursday after the company announced twelve job openings on a team developing the robotic humanoid Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, at its facility in Fremont, California.
$TSLA – TESLA SLIDES BY 3.5% AFTER ANNOUNCING NEW HIRINGS Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc.’s…
📰 TRUMP AND ISHIBA TO DISCUSS JOINT AI, CHIP DEVELOPMENT AT SUMMIT – NIKKEI
TRUMP AND ISHIBA TO DISCUSS JOINT AI, CHIP DEVELOPMENT AT SUMMIT – NIKKEI
📰 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SLOWING ARRIVAL RATE AT WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER CRASH TO REDUCE RISK — EMAIL TO AIRLINES FAA SAYS INVESTIGATORS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR AIR TRAFFIC TOWER PERSONNEL WHO HAVE INCREASED LEVEL OF STRESS SINCE FATAL CRASH
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SLOWING ARRIVAL RATE AT WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER CRASH TO REDUCE RISK…