Musk’s support of Trump has frequently drawn the fire of author Stephen King, a longtime critic of Trump. Recently, social media posts falsely claimed Musk banned King from X after the author insulted him online.
A Nov. 10 Threads post showed photos of Musk and King, with text that claimed, “Elon Musk Bans Stephen King Permanently From Platform X After He Trolled the Tech Mogul.”
But social media posts, falsely citing CBS News, have made unfounded claims that the presidential election outcome may have been the result of cheating.
A Nov. 10 post on Threads claimed, “CBS is reporting cheating in the election. If the accusations are true. There could be a recount. This will change everything. Let’s cross our fingers!”
When returns in 2024 began to clearly favor Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, though, posts making claims about voter fraud slowed, and accounts that had previously boosted the narrative that U.S. elections were beset with fraud quickly embraced the outcome.
Early in the morning following Election Day, conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted on X, “Weird how +20 million Democrats just disappeared in a single election from 2020 to 2024[.] Super duper strange man[.] Joe Biden got 81 million votes Kamala got 60? Very Sus.”
The oil giant takes a stance before the Trump administration sets its sights on gutting Biden’s climate agenda
In an interview with 'TELL IT LIKE IT IS' Energy News, Woods signaled that one of the most powerful players in the energy industry might serve as a moderating influence in Washington, even as Republicans seek to dismantle Biden-era climate policies. The future of the Inflation Reduction Act and other clean-energy programs is one of the most important questions hanging over the incoming administration.
“I don’t think the challenge or the need to address global emissions is going to go away,” Woods said. “Anything that happens in the short term would just make the longer term that much more challenging.”
The U.S. president-elect’s return to the world stage comes as Britain and the EU are resetting relations. Brussels sees an opportunity
The president-elect’s America First trade policies make Britain’s attempted pivot to global free trade that bit tricker. His lukewarm attitude to Ukraine and NATO also has people on both sides of the Channel worried.
For many Brussels officials involved in shaping the relationship between the EU and U.K, last week’s U.S. election result means one thing: stronger ties between the somewhat estranged neighbors.
Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch this week urged the government not to turn away from Washington, bemoaning that “Labour is not interested in anything except the EU.” She called on ministers to see beyond Trump’s rhetoric and invoke his “historic and familial links to the U.K.”
There’s certainly appetite for a closer relationship between the U.K. and Europe in Brussels. One EU official told 'TELL IT LIKE IT IS' World News that Trump’s return had got their colleagues looking hopefully over the Channel.
“Hegseth is undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history,” one veterans’ advocate said.
National security officials and defense analysts had braced for surprises from Trump after experiencing his first four years in office. But even grading on that curve, they say the announcement of Fox News host and decorated Army veteran Pete Hegseth caught them totally off-guard.
