Trump is no fan of alcohol

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Donald Trump toasts with a glass of Diet Coke during a 2018 UN event
President-elect Donald Trump, a lifelong teetotaler, would sometimes use other beverages during formal diplomatic toasts. During a 2018 event, an aide was spotted pouring a Diet Coke before Trump raised his glass.

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Elon Musk is riling up British politics and going to war with the prime minister

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Elon Musk at an AI event in London in the UK in 2023.

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Biden blocks Japan's $14 billion takeover of US Steel on national security grounds

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A US Steel plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania.

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How North Korea actually works, according to a former Storm Corps military trainee

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Hyunseung Lee and his family defected from North Korea in 2014 after a series of violent executions by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. Despite living a privileged life in the elite class of Pyongyang and serving in the North Korean special forces, he feared for his safety.

Slovakia threatens to cut aid to Ukrainian refugees after Kyiv shuts off Russian gas pipeline

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Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico, has announced aid cuts for Ukrainian refugees after the cessation of Russian gas transit through Ukraine.
Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico.

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Bernie Sanders says Elon Musk is wrong about H-1B visas: 'Low-wage indentured servants'

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"Elon Musk is wrong," Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote on X.

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Mark Zuckerberg preps for Trump 2.0 by boosting an in-house Republican

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Joel Kaplan, left, and Mark Zuckerberg, right, after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018
Joel Kaplan has been working for Mark Zuckerberg at Meta for years — here he is with Zuckerberg after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Now, he is going to be Zuckerberg's top policy executive.

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My government contracting company benefits from funds for disadvantaged small businesses. I'm bracing for change ahead of DOGE.

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Taelor Salmon is a government contracting business owner who is bracing for change ahead of DOGE.

Taelor Salmon

Elon Musk speaks out again in favor of the far-right in the UK

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a close advisor to President-elect Donald Trump.

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Republicans push for swift confirmation of controversial Trump nominees in the wake of the New Orleans attack

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One top Republican senator says that "lives depend" on getting Trump's national security nominees confirmed quickly.

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