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Jeff Stein

@jeffstein.bsky.social
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Reporter @ The Washington Sun. Formerly chief econ correspondent @ The Washington Post. Founder Ithaca Voice. Writing a biography on Bernie Sanders.

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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scoop: The National Security Agency is spending billions this year on testing AI models - far more than previously known Per a classified NSA estimate described by sources Compute costs for AI have exploded - including for taxpayers www.washingtonsun.com/technology/c...
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Classified Estimates Show the NSA Paying Billions to Test AI Models
The price tag is significantly higher than previously known.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Senators Mark Warner and Brian Schatz will tomorrow try to force the Senate to approve AI safety legislation mandating testing review of models pre deployment www.washingtonsun.com/congress/war...
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Two Democratic Senators Will Try to Force a Vote on AI Safety
The push comes amid growing urgency to respond to the rapid growth of AI.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New - White House aides prepare to confront Beijing over the alleged theft of U.S. artificial intelligence models by their Chinese competitors, sources say www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
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Trump Aides Have Prepared to Confront China Over Alleged AI Theft
Such a confrontation would run afoul of what some tech leaders close to the president have argued.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reporting from @almsnatalie.bsky.social on the White House fraud ledger www.washingtonsun.com/trump-white-...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/09/2026
🚨 "President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens." @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.bsky.social 1/
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Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scoop: 4 anonymous accounts that perfectly correspond w/ Trump & sons’ holdings have taken first step to enable offloading of family’s own crypto, records show Could be worth billions of dollars Meanwhile, retail investors have lost +$1B www.washingtonsun.com/donald-trump...
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Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The researcher who quit Anthropic: "It's more like the U.S. and China are both facing contact with an alien species, and there’s a choice between fighting each other to build stronger aliens on our respective sides versus banding together against the aliens." washingtonsun.com/technology/j...
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Jacob Coxon, the Anthropic Researcher Who Quit, Explains Why Now
Being a sci-fi lover led Coxon to work on artificial intelligence. The culture of the industry left him “a bit hopeless.”
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John Rosevear @jrosevear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think this is good. The masthead has a lot of great names. I hope it gets traction.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
News - Republicans across Washington were blindsided by Trump's call for $5,000 stimulus payments, multiple sources say The top Senate Republican was in the dark Policy process described as "not very rigorous" washingtonsun.com/congress/key...
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Key Republicans Were Blindsided by Trump’s Call for $5,000 Checks
One senior Senate Republican aide said “it’s not going to happen,” pointing to inflation.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In all sincerity the Commanders coverage at The Washington Sun is legit so good washingtonsun.com/sports/10-mo...
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Ranking the 10 Most Important Commanders Ahead of the 2026 Season
From a rookie kicker to the franchise quarterback, these players will need to produce.
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RobinLikeTheBird @dayzee634.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And you’re at @washingtonsun.bsky.social
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Scoop: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman privately told a group of conservatives that he did not support having the government take shares in the company, distancing himself from a proposal that he and his firm were widely understood to have supported, per sources and notes washingtonsun.com/technology/s...
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Sam Altman Privately Rejected Giving OpenAI Shares to the Government
The remarks follow months of reports connecting Altman to the idea of giving the government equity in his company.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞 Big news: The Washington Sun launches w/: — Huge investment in DC & local reporters — Legend Tom Sietsema — Capital Weather — Newsroom of +100, w/ great reporters (& me) Comes after Bezos's enormous cuts to WaPo To support, sign up for (free!) newsletter: washingtonsun.com/newsletters
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Scoop (from ysd that I forgot to post here): Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller told me his op-ed attacking Bessent was written by AI “There’s a reason I moved from an English major to being an economics major ... I'm not embarrassed," he says WSJ standing behind it www.notus.org/media/stanle...
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Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller’s WSJ Op-Ed Criticizing Bessent Was Written With AI
“I write everything using AI now,” Druckenmiller, who questioned the treasury secretary’s bond market interventions, said.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: ~44% of Treasury officials *chosen by Trump & confirmed by the Senate* have already left Remarkable turnover far eclipses any recent Treasury Dept Appears driven by unease over WH orders on tax law www.notus.org/economy/trea...
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Nearly Half of Trump’s Treasury Appointees Have Left
While many agencies have had turnover, the Treasury Department has seen an exodus of Senate-confirmed officials.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: ~44% of Treasury officials *chosen by Trump & confirmed by the Senate* have already left Remarkable turnover far eclipses any recent Treasury Dept Appears driven by unease over WH orders on tax law www.notus.org/economy/trea...
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Nearly Half of Trump’s Treasury Appointees Have Left
While many agencies have had turnover, the Treasury Department has seen an exodus of Senate-confirmed officials.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Is it just me or does it feel like we're kind of stuck in a time warp where almost every story for 9 years has been various iterations of the same inauguration photo crowd size story
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
NEW - Top tax writer Senator Ron Wyden is proposing a new single-digit excise tax on data centers today, aiming for a path for Ds short of a moratorium or federal control of the AI companies www.notus.org/technology/d...
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Democrats’ Split on AI Grows as a New Plan Emerges
Senate Democrats’ top tax-writer proposes a tax on data centers.
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
(I was not able to find the report, fwiw - best I can tell it's from a podcast from the CEO of an AI-powered hiring platform? www.linkedin.com/pulse/everyo...)
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Everyone Is Debating Whether AI Will Replace Entry-Level Jobs. New Hiring Data Suggests That Debate Is Missing the Point.
For the past year, one question has dominated the conversation about artificial intelligence and the workforce: Is AI destroying entry-level jobs? The debate has become increasingly polarized. MIT Tec...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
plus, what % of the reporters do more pr now than ever
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
“For the first time in history, a president is leaning on a bank regulator to give his private enterprise the implicit backing of the federal government,” said Corey Frayer, the director of investor protection for Consumer Federation of America www.notus.org/economy/trum...
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Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges
Trump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm www.notus.org/economy/trum...
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Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges
Trump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“I’m not a huge fan of the government owning industry,” Sen. Josh Hawley said. “I don’t think the federal government should be in the business of being an equity holder in private companies,” Sen. Ted Cruz said. www.notus.org/technology/s...
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Senate Republicans Break With Trump On His AI Equity Idea
“I’m not a huge fan of the government owning industry,” Sen. Josh Hawley said.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“.. Leading AI companies were blindsided by the president’s announcement last Friday that he would meet with “all the big” firms about taking “pieces” of their companies ..” @jeffstein.bsky.social www.notus.org/technology/t...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Scoop: Trump’s Plan to Meet With AI Companies Was News to AI Companies Trump said he'd talked with "all of them" about having the US take equity shares — this was news to the AI companies, sources say ... www.notus.org/technology/t...
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Trump’s Plan to Meet With AI Companies Was News to AI Companies
The president told the press he had plans to talk to AI industry leaders about the government taking equity in their firms.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Truly an enormous amount of confusion about Bernie Sanders' AI plan on here. The idea is not for the government to *buy* shares in the AI firms, but to *take* them. There are interesting criticisms but the one that taxpayers will be left holding the bag is one I do not understand - there is no cost
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Do people understand how taxes work ???
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE | Senior US officials have privately discussed taking equity shares in some of the largest AI companies The idea was pitched to Trump directly by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman & has surfaced more recently as well My first big story after leaving da Washington Post: www.notus.org/technology/t...
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Senior U.S. Officials Eye Government Shares in AI Giants
An agreement to give the U.S. government equity stakes in AI companies could have seismic consequences.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Honored that four of my stories about the "Department of Government Efficiency" were part of the package awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service yesterday www.pulitzer.org/winners/wash...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
If you’re someone who wants to chat — inside government, outside government, reader/potential reader, or just someone interested in da news — feel free to reach out on Signal: 9178872891
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post. I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair. Incredibly excited to get to work w/ the newsroom below (I start in June) Get in touch on Signal : 9178872891
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New: Bernie Sanders to unveil $4.4 trillion tax on America's ~1,000 billionaires, saying it would pay for: — Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing — Teacher pay at $60K/yr min. — $3K/person checks (under $150K/yr) — Universal childcare — Housing expansion www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Sanders pitches $4.4 trillion tax on billionaires, in 2028 marker
The measure comes as Democrats began to jostle ahead of the upcoming presidential primary.
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
NEW: Behind the scenes, a lobbying alliance of Saudi Arabia's MBS and Israel's Netanyahu urged Trump to level a major strike against Iran in the days before the president's decision (even as as Riyadh publicly advocated for diplomacy) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 27/02/2026
NEW: We obtained 911 audio from the Texas detention center housing hundreds of immigrant kids and their parents. Since mid-September, EMS crews have been dispatched to Dilley at least 11 times to treat children in medical distress. Burning fevers. Low oxygen. Seizures. A broken leg. My report:
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911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center
EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Numismatic glorification: Trump team wants his image on a second coin, this time in gold. But an obscure panel is blocking it. "Only those nations ruled by kings or dictators display the image of their sitting ruler on the coins of the realm.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
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For America’s 250th, Should the Coin of Trump’s Realm Be Gold?
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEW: A federal judge said in an opinion issued today that the Trump administration violated the tax law “approximately 42,695 times” in turning over immigrant data to ICE
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
SCOOP: Trump aides are struggling to spend an extra $500 billion on the military, delaying budget Trump agreed to Hegseth’s bid for *~50%~* military spending boost Vought & others objected internally It’s so much $ they can’t figure out how to spend it www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military
Some senior officials resisted the decision to approve the major military spending increase, people familiar with the matter said.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The @washingtonpost.com won a Loeb Award for best international reporting last night for "The Money War," our 2024 series on unintended consequences of the massive rise in U.S. financial sanctions — great to celebrate with @jeffstein.bsky.social, @foianate.bsky.social, @federicacocco.bsky.social
A photo of some Washington Post staffers accepting an award
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Excellent coverage about how the Trump administration has axed nearly two dozen projects addressing health and environmental issues in Southern Black communities www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Trump agencies halt environmental, health projects in Black communities
The Trump administration has canceled nearly two dozen projects, according to a Post analysis, undermining efforts on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Some personal news: I am taking leave from The Washington Post for at least 5 months to write the definitive biography of Bernie Sanders It's going to be a fascinating read about The Big Questions in America & you wont want to miss it; sign up to follow along open.substack.com/pub/jeffstei...
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I am writing a book about Bernie Sanders
And it's going to be really good
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
“No question — this is definitely the biggest cut. It’s the biggest rollback in federal support for health care ever” the incomparable @larrylevitt.bsky.social “You can very safely say this is the biggest cut to programs for low-income Americans ever” me @jeffstein.bsky.social on what's at stake
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Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades
The Senate Republican tax bill speeding to passage includes the biggest reduction of funding for the federal safety net since at least the 1990s.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Health care of 11.8 million at risk in GOP tax bill www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rK4eP9/
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BREAKING: +11 million people at risk of losing health insurance via Medicaid under new tax bill #politics #trump #congress #healthcare @We are a newspaper.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
NEW: The US is effectively giving up on taxing large inheritances GOP bill would permanently raise to $15 million - $30M for couples - amount that can be passed on tax free Estate tax already reaches 1/4 of the households it did in 1934, when US was much smaller www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rf51c9/
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NEW: The US is giving up on taxing large inheritances. The GOP tax bill permanently raises the threshold so up to $15 million — $30M for couples — can get passed on tax free. #taxes #trump #us #gove...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
GOP rejects ‘millionaire tax’ pitch, advancing breaks for rich Americans "The biggest beneficiaries of the bill would be those earning between $460,800 and $1.1 million per year" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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GOP rejects ‘millionaire tax’ pitch, advancing breaks for rich Americans
Legislation moving through Congress includes significant breaks for the affluent as the House rebuffs President Donald Trump’s suggestions.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Scoop: We've obtained internal cables showing how the U.S. government is pushing countries facing tariffs to clear way for Musk's Starlink State Dept says it's good to encourage Starlink adoption Others point to blurring of Musk's private/government roles ... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Scoop: Senior aides across Trump admin holding high-level meetings over China curbs on rare earths critical to huge range of U.S. economic activity Deep concern about impact; no easy answers Companies relying on reserves that wont last forever May help explain Trump blink
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Bannon: Elon Musk should be required to submit a certified inventory of all the fraud and waste he found while in government, and there should be full disclosure of any non-governmental entities to have obtained sensitive federal data through DOGE
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/04/2025
President Trump’s abrupt shift in rhetoric Tuesday toward Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell reflected the private lobbying of some of his senior advisers, who urged the president to back off his incendiary attacks.
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Top Trump aides urged president to tone down attacks on Jerome Powell
The president’s about-face on the central bank chief, following advice from his treasury and commerce secretaries, sent markets surging.
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