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Musk’s cuts, Trump’s trade squeeze, Powell and China space race

2025/2/12
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President Trump ordered US agencies to cooperate with Elon Musk's team to reduce the federal workforce, facing legal challenges. Musk, alongside his son, defended his role and criticized the federal bureaucracy. King Abdullah of Jordan reiterated his opposition to Trump's Gaza plan.
  • Trump ordered large-scale cuts to the federal workforce.
  • Elon Musk's team is overseeing the layoffs.
  • Legal challenges to the cuts exist.
  • King Abdullah opposes Trump's Gaza plan.

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Donald Trump has ordered U.S. agencies to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk's effort to shrink the federal workforce. As the president’s advisers finalize plans for more tariffs, some targets have been quick to offer concessions. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is questioned about tariffs and Musk on the Hill. And China has forged nearly two-dozen pacts with African nations in its bid to surpass the U.S. in space.

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