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Trump has proposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico.Trump said he doesn't "believe" the tariffs would cause price increases at home.But, he told Kristen Welker on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, "I can't guarantee anything."President-elect Donald Trump, in an NBC News interview that aired on Sunday, said he doesn't "believe" his…

Legal experts say it is obvious that Elon Musk's DOGE falls under a federal transparency law.The Federal Advisory Committee Act was created to bring order to outside forces weighing in on policy.The law would require DOGE to hold public meetings and balance its membership.Disrupting the federal government might be harder than Elon Musk thought.President-elect Donald…

The Harris campaign has $1.8 million cash after spending over $1 billion in the 2024 race.Harris continually raked in money during her 107-day presidential campaign against Donald Trump.But Harris could not overcome the headwinds against her party, coming up short in the swing states.After President Joe Biden stepped aside as the Democratic nominee last summer,…

Trump's choice of NASA Administrator suggests he wants to shake up the agency's status quo.Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and SpaceX astronaut, is a mascot of the commercial space age.He might push for getting humans to the moon and Mars faster, but he'll have to go through Congress.President-elect Donald Trump has made a bold choice for…

Brendan Carr, Trump's pick to run the FCC, says he'll be scrutinizing broadcast TV companies, like CBS and NBC.What does that mean? Carr is vague.That vagueness may be the point: It could cause broadcast TV companies to think twice before running something Carr, or Trump, doesn't like.The next Trump administration says it wants to get…

TikTok could be pulled from US app stores as early as January 19.The company lost its court challenge to a divest-or-ban law in the DC Circuit in December.Business Insider is tracking TikTok's battle for survival as its US divestment deadline nears.TikTok could be gone from the US in a couple of months.Congress passed a law…

Meta's Nick Clegg said Elon Musk risks becoming a "political puppet master" in the Trump administration.Musk will jointly lead the new Department of Government Efficiency and has become a close Trump advisor.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants an "active role" in conversations about technology and AI, Clegg said.Elon Musk risks becoming a "political puppet master" during…

Sen. Bernie Sanders told Business Insider he is reaching across the aisle to find common ground.He has no qualms about working with Elon Musk on any good ideas he has about spending.Sanders also cited areas of mutual interest with RFK Jr. on health and Trump on credit-card debt.Sen. Bernie Sanders is extending an olive branch…

Trump hopes to make his one criminal conviction disappear prior to his January 20 inauguration.In a filing made public Tuesday, he says he's immune from prosecution even now, as president-elect.Sentencing in the NY hush-money case has been indefinitely delayed by this latest dismissal bid.The US Supreme Court found in July that presidents enjoy broad immunity…

Trump is nominating GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be his Secretary of Labor.She's a political moderate who's backed a pro-union bill that many Republicans don't like.That's earned her some initial praise from Democratic senators — and skepticism from the right.As President-elect Donald Trump builds out his prospective cabinet, one nominee has emerged as a potential…