Billionaire Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration is to find ways to cut costs through the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. But a new court filing from the White House states that the Tesla CEO isn’t an employee of DOGE, adding that Musk “has no actual or formal authority to make […]
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Department of Government Efficiency representatives went to the Pentagon Friday for meetings with defense officials, marking the start of another project to cut costs in the federal government. “Great kickoff with @DeptofDefense,” the X account for DOGE said Friday. “Looking forward to working together to safely save taxpayer dollars and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.”
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Elon Musk has debuted a new version of his artificial intelligence chatbot, called Grok 3, days after rival OpenAI rejected the billionaire’s bid for the company, which he cofounded with Sam Altman and others in 2015. Musk’s startup, xAI, claimed in a livestream announcement on Musk-owned social media platform X that Grok 3 is superior
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has notified the U.S. Postal Service’s board that it’s time to begin the process of identifying his successor to lead the 250-year-old postal network, USPS announced on Tuesday. No specifics were given as to the timing of DeJoy’s exit. After a career in private sector logistics, DeJoy was appointed to his
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A painting by street artist Banksy with an environmental message and an estimate of up to 5 million pounds ($6.3 million) is going up for auction, with some of the proceeds helping victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. Sotheby’s auction house said Tuesday that “Crude Oil (Vettriano)” is being sold by Sotheby’s in London on
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Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Michelle King has stepped down from her role at the agency, a Trump administration official confirmed to CBS News. King was replaced by Leland Dudek, who oversaw the SSA fraud investigation office, and then she resigned, according to this official. White House spokesperson Harrison Fields on Monday wrote on social media about
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Online searches for gambling addiction-related terms have surged in recent years across the U.S., especially in states that have legalized online sports betting, according to a study published on Monday in the American Medical Association’s peer-reviewed journal. Since the Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association Supreme Court decision allowed states to legalize sports betting in
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A current scam targeting Americans nationwide involves a text demanding payment for unpaid tolls, federal and state officials warn. “Whether you’ve driven through a toll recently or not, you might’ve gotten a text saying you owe money for unpaid tolls. It’s probably a scam,” the Federal Trade Commission stated Tuesday in a consumer alert. “Scammers
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The presence of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting task force, the Department of Government Efficiency, at the IRS is sparking fresh concerns from Democratic lawmakers about the safety of taxpayer information, and whether the group’s work could cause delays in taxpayers receiving their refunds. In a Feb. 17 letter to the IRS, Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth
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Meta has removed over a dozen fraudulent, sexualized images of famous female actors and athletes after a CBS News investigation found a high prevalence of AI-manipulated deepfake images on the company’s Facebook platform. Dozens of fake, highly sexualized images of the actors Miranda Cosgrove, Jeanette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Scarlett Johansson and former tennis star Maria
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