OPM Director Scott Kupor earlier this month said DOGE “doesn't exist” and OPM took over many of its functions, eight months before DOGE was set to close
Good morning. I've been thinking a lot about how a fleet … Nicholas Ballasy / Just The News : DOGE officially dissolved, OPM says NDTV Profit : Trump's Government Efficiency Department Disbands 8 Mon...
Some lawyers and bankers say the Intel deal may face legal challenges as the CHIPS Act may not allow the US government to convert grants into equity
and every American should be [video] Kelsey Piper / @kelseytuoc : @recurseparadox Congress can repeal the CHIPS act if they want to. (I think they shouldn't, but they could). But ‘Congress authorized ...
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud With President Trump ...
After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
We are regularly updating this repository with the system prompts that we use … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Grok “White Genocide” Controversy Leads xAI to Publish Internal System Prompts Mary P...
The US and China agree to a deal to lower tariffs for the next 90 days, a sign of easing tensions; the US plans to cut tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%
it's a mirage. We need real trade policies that lift up our communities, not tear them down. — www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b... Lindsay Beyerstein / @beyerstein : Trump removes gun from own head for...
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says consumer electronics exempt from tariffs may be included in semiconductor tariffs likely coming in “a month or two”
www.ft.com/content/9038... @drdoofenschmirtz : Only 45 more months of this uncertainty, assuming we have elections in 2026 &. 2028. — Good job Wall Street!!! You got your guy Glenn Wright / @godle...
China suspends exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and other products
Trump thought they were playing chess but Xi was actually playing Uno. Reverse. Costa Samaras / @costasamaras.com : Last week, @stevenjdavis.bsky.social, @kencaldeira.com, colleagues published a big ...
How FRED, a data tool the St. Louis Federal Reserve created in 1991, recently gained a major following, from <400K website users in 2009 to nearly 15M in 2023
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b... Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper.com : FRED is the exceptionally rare government institution where America beats most of the rest of the world hands down www.nytimes.com/2024...
As the “Bank of Startups”, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed from its exposure to interest-rate risk, a lack of diversity among depositors, and VC herd mentality
an unsecured illiquid claim on a failed bank. Absent @jpmorgan @citi or... https://twitter.com/... Bob Elliott / @bobeunlimited : Fed/FDIC decisions on SVB determine whether they risk a bank run trill...
California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...