His Starlink internet service could benefit from a proposed Republican fire sale of the government’s wireless spectrum.
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The CFPB Shutdown Is Entirely About Payment Apps
Elon Musk and other Big Tech CEOs want to manage your money without any regulatory protections.
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After Spearheading TikTok Ban, Gottheimer Purchased Thousands in Chinese Alibaba Stock
A House committee has detailed why Alibaba could be a national-security threat. The New Jersey Problem Solver sees it as an investment opportunity.
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Vought Stops CFPB From Functioning With Illegal Order
The budget director and acting head of the CFPB also tried to defund the agency, but found it was already funded through the fiscal year.
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The Private Equity Hatchet Man Leading the Lost Boys of DOGE
If Tom Krause is looking for government waste, ‘he should look in the mirror,’ says an ex-employee.
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L.A. Times Owner Has Financial Motivations for Boosting RFK Jr.
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s biotech firm is preparing three applications needing approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
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The Texas Model
Wealthy oil and gas interests getting politicians to do their bidding: coming to a federal government near you.
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Philadelphia’s Chinatown Is Victorious
In a major triumph for civic activists, the billionaire owners of the city’s NBA team backed out of an arena project that had been approved for the neighborhood.
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Zuckerberg Proves Meta Is Too Big
One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
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Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists.
Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics.