June 18, 2025

Elon Musk

Funds

Trump Threatens Musk with ‘Very Serious Consequences’ if He Funds Democrats

The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump seems to have gone from a full boil to a simmer over the weekend, but don’t rule out the possibility of the heat getting turned up again. In a conversation with NBC News, Trump said he has no interest in making nice with Musk right now, but

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Investors

Transgender troops face deadline to voluntarily leave the military

‘See you in the woodchipper,’ ex-USAID staffers tell Musk — 2:00 p.m. By the Associated Press A social media account run by recently terminated staffers of the US aid agency that Elon Musk helped destroy had parting words for Musk Friday after his public falling-out with President Donald Trump. “We’ll see you in the woodchipper,”

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Investors

Investors dump Tesla on bet that Trump may lash out at Musk through his car company

Other news we’re following: Merz says he found Trump open to dialogue and committed to NATO: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with Trump at the White House, that he encountered a US administration open to discussion and returned confident that Washington remains committed to NATO. Judge puts temporary hold on Trump’s latest

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Finance

Ukraine Finance Minister Keeps Trade Moving, Wants More Russia Sanctions

Illustration: Uli Knörzer for Bloomberg Three years into Russia’s invasion, Sergii Marchenko is courting donors and reassuring investors to ensure his country can continue fighting. June 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM EDT What does it take to run the finances of a country at war? That question is at the heart of this week’s conversation

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Investors

Can Trump fix the US debt? Even Elon Musk has doubts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. The response so far from financial markets has been skeptical as Trump seems unable to trim deficits as promised. “All

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Finance

Elon Musk’s finance chief paid record $139m despite Tesla turmoil

Tesla is reeling from a huge slump in sales amid a political backlash against founder Elon Musk – Frederic J Brown/Getty Images Tesla’s finance chief was paid a record $139m (£104m) last year despite collapsing sales at the electric carmaker. Vaibhav Taneja, who has worked at Tesla since 2017 and took over as chief financial

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Investors

Tesla Just Made It Nearly Impossible for Small Investors to Sue The Company’s Executive

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) just rewrote the rules of the gameagain. In a recent SEC filing, the company announced it will now block shareholders who own less than 3% of its stock from filing derivative lawsuits against its executives or board. That threshold? About 97 million shares, or roughly $34 billion at Friday’s close. This follows Tesla’s

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Funds

DOGE cuts millions in funds for HIV research at Florida universities

Those working to end the HIV epidemic say this cut in funding will have a ‘devastating impact.’ Protesters against planned National Institutes of Health funding cuts The Trump administration’s push to slash funding at the National Institutes of Health has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. About $42 million of the terminated grants were

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Loans

FSA to require DOGE approval for larger loans

Ryan Hanrahan  |  Farmers’ Advance ‘May Day’ protests push back against Trump administration policies “May Day” protesters across the U.S. rallied against President Donald Trump’s policies and billionaire Elon Musk’s influence over the White House. Reuters’ Leah Douglas and P.J. Huffstutter reported that “farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will

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Investors

Cooling trade tensions bring investors back as Wall Street surges

Benzinga  |  Detroit Free Press Trump suggests China tariffs will ‘come down substantially’ President Donald Trump suggested the China tariffs will “come down substantially.” Reports suggested China is considering suspending its 125% tariff on select U.S. imports, following indications that Washington may cut tariffs on Chinese goods. The S&P 500 has now recouped nearly 80%

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