Trump taps Musk and Ramaswamy to lead 'Government Efficiency' effort

• Nov 13, 2024, 11:01 AM

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US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and one-time presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new "Department of Governmental Efficiency". The pair will be tasked with advising the administration on how to "dismantle bureaucracy". Musk had previously called for $2 trillion to be slashed from government spending. Also in this edition: French farmers plan to push back on EU plans to strike a free trade deal with South America.

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US prosecutors have demanded the breakup of Google. What happens next?

• 3:56 PM

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The chips are down. In the biggest antitrust trial of this century, US federal prosecutors have filed their demands for Google, including for the tech giant to sell its ubiquitous Chrome browser. It comes after the judge Amit Mehta ruled in August that G

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