First Elon Musk, now Larry Ellison: The world's richest men are buying huge media companies — because they can

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Larry Ellison is one of the world's richest men, so he can buy anything he wants, like a media company or two. That's what Elon Musk did with Twitter.

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Donald Trump summoned Big Tech CEOs to a White House dinner. We decided to zoom in on the seating chart.

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David Sachs, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald and Melania Trump, Bill Gates, Safra Catz, and her husband Gal Tirosh.

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Trump's administration is making another shift away from Biden's student-loan forgiveness efforts

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President Donald Trump's administration is emphasizing student-loan repayment efforts for borrowers.

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It's time to call it: The Big Tech backlash is formally over.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, at the Sun Valley conference, July 2025
For years, we were told American regulators were going to rein in Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his fellow big tech bosses. That didn't happen.

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The CEOs Trump has gone after

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President Donald Trump speaking into a microphone and pointing. The US flag is behind him.
President Donald Trump at the White House.

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Joe Gebbia says the backlash he got from working at DOGE was depressing

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Joe Gebbia is holding a clipboard and gesturing with his left hand.
"The hate mail text messages that I got were disheartening to say the least," Joe Gebbia, who joined DOGE in February, said.

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We tried Texas Roadhouse's $55 'family pack' deal. It was a wildly great value for the 4 of us.

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Author Terri Peters smiling holding bag from Texas Roadhouse
My family was impressed by the food we ordered at Texas Roadhouse.

Terri Peters

Donald Trump once threatened to jail Mark Zuckerberg. Now he's his ally.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seen here at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, has had multiple meetings with the President since he's taken office.

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Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign

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Trump hasn't actually committed to sending DOGE checks or tariff rebate checks to Americans. He's still using it in fundraising emails.

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Inside Hawaii's rent-free, incredibly strict 'Forbidden Island'

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Niihau
A view of Niihau from Waimea, Kauai.

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