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

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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.

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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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Photos show the USS Sequoia, the US presidential yacht once known as the 'floating White House'

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The USS Sequoia served as the presidential yacht.

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Trump's election changed how Americans feel about the economy

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A European region has no heating after Russian gas stops flowing via Ukraine. An energy supplier told families to gather in one room to stay warm.

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Residents of the Transnistria region wait in line to vote during Moldova's second-round presidential election at a polling station in Costesti, northern Moldova.
Transnistria declared a state of emergency ahead of an anticipated halt in piped natural gas supplies from Russia.

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The FBI is examining if the deadly Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas was an act of terrorism

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A Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded in Las Vegas.

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Trump's billionaires will have to navigate a complex web of possible conflicts of interest

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Elon Musk's companies receive billions in federal contracts, but he's far from the only billionaire in President-elect Donald Trump's orbit with potential conflicts of interest.

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A cybersecurity executive was pardoned by Donald Trump. His crime was a mystery.

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