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May 30, 2025
Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows
Published Fri, May 30 2025 8:33 AM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago Inflation barely budged in April as tariffs President Donald Trump implemented in the early part of the month had yet to show up in consumer prices, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's key inflation measure, increased just 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.1%. The monthly reading was in line with the Dow Jones consensus forecast while ...
Go to discussionFBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, sources say
Updated on: May 29, 2025 / 11:13 PM EDT One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday. Some of the recipients realized the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came from an unknown number, sources said, and the impersonator or impersonators asked if the conversations could be continued in another platform, such as ...
Go to discussionDonald Trump Taking DOGE Lead After Elon Musk Exit
Published May 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT | Updated May 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM EDT President Donald Trump will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following Elon Musk's departure, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. The president will delegate the administration's efforts to cut "waste, fraud and abuse" to individual Cabinet members. Why It Matters Musk, a billionaire tech CEO, announced he would be stepping down after his "scheduled time as ...
Go to discussionOn the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump's closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known, according to people familiar with his activities. Mr. Musk's drug consumption went well beyond occasional use. He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use. He took Ecstasy and psyched ...
Go to discussionTop DOGE officials are already fleeing as Musk leaves government
Thu, May 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM EDT Top officials at the Department of Government Efficiency are set to leave their roles following the departure of DOGE head Elon Musk. Three officials – adviser Steve Davis, adviser and spokesperson Katie Miller, and attorney James Burnham – are leaving the administration, a White House official told The Hill. Davis served in a leadership role at DOGE and has worked with Musk at several of his companies, including the Boring Company, SpaceX, and X, the social ...
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