DOGE, CFPB disregarded court orders in mass firings, statement says

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A member of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency allegedly screamed and demanded 36-hours of straight work to process Thursday’s mass firings at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency employee said in a sworn statement on Friday. “DOGE member Gavin Kliger…kept the team up for 36…

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Trump administration publishes cache of RFK assassination records

By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. National Archives has released thousands of pages of records related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, according to the agency’s website, following President Donald Trump’s order to publish previously classified information. The National Archives released over 10,000 pages of records in connection with the…

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MP Materials stops China-bound rare earth shipments over tariffs

(Reuters) – MP Materials said on Thursday it had stopped shipping rare earth concentrate to China, in response to retaliatory tariffs and export controls, sending its shares down 6.3% in afternoon trading. “Selling our valuable critical materials under 125% tariffs is neither commercially rational nor aligned with America’s national interest,” the company said in a…

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Applied Digital misses quarterly revenue estimates on datacenter hosting slowdown

(Reuters) – Applied Digital reported third-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Monday due to a slowdown in the datacenter hosting business, sending shares of the company down 11% in extended trading. The data center operator said its board has approved plans for a potential sale of the cloud services business segment, as it looks…

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