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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that he is selecting Karoline Leavitt to serve as White House press secretary. "Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator," Trump said in a statement. Leavitt served as his campaign’s national press secretary during this election cycle, and since Election Day, she has served as a transition team spokesperson. As campaign press secretary, Leavitt has also repeatedly embraced Trump's criticism of media outlets as "fake news." Leavitt served as an assistant press secretary during Trump's first term.

Persons: Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Karoline, Trump, Leavitt, Trump's, It’s, I’ll, Steven Cheung, Cheung, Chris Pappas Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, American, NBC News, Democratic Locations: New Hampshire

☆ From clothes to computers, 6 things expected to get more expensive if Trump's trade plans are enacted
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

If implemented, Americans could see prices rise across several product categories. AdvertisementBased on analyses from economists and trade experts, here are the goods that could become more expensive for Americans under Trump's tariff proposals. AdvertisementSome retailers have already announced preparations to increase prices should Trump's tariff plans go into effect. AdvertisementGold said it's unlikely Trump's tariffs would go into effect on day one or day two, and "it's tough to say right now at what point consumers would feel the impact." AdvertisementA report from centrist think tank ThirdWay said that Trump's tariff proposals analyzed eight common purchases that the US either heavily imports or is unable to produce domestically.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, —, Mary Lovely, Lovely, There's, Joe Biden, Jonathan Gold, it's, Karoline Leavitt, Tim Boyle, Gold, Philip Daniele, Daniele, Shinji Aoyama, Henrik Elm, Elm, Taylor Rogers Organizations: Trade, Service, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Trump, Consumers, National Retail Federation, Retailers, Bank of America, Columbia, Washington Post, Electronics, Consumer Technology Association, CTA, Honda, General Motors, Ford, Inter Ikea —, Ikea, Reuters, NPR, International Trade Commission, Republican National Committee Locations: China, Mexico, Europe

Trump nominated Wray in 2017 after firing James Comey, but he began to sour on him before he left office in 2021. The 10-year term is designed to keep the FBI director position insulated from political whims. “Kash is frightening at the bureau,” one source familiar with internal deliberations about the role of FBI director. Trump also briefly considered installing Patel as deputy FBI director in the closing weeks of his first administration. The deputy FBI director job is a career position, and not a political appointee, and Attorney General William Barr helped talk Trump out of putting Patel at the bureau.

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☆ 'Political malpractice' if Trump undoes climate-geared Biden projects, outgoing U.S. energy secretary says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks to the media on day five at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 15, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. A potential decision by Donald Trump to walk back the Biden administration's climate-geared projects would impact jobs in areas governed by the President-elect's own party, outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told CNBC, urging consistency in Washington's green transition policies. "We are now building all of these projects. We're building batteries for electric vehicles, we're building the vehicles, we're building the offshore wind turbines, we're building the solar panels. When asked for a response on Granholm's comments, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump's transition team, said the president-elect will "deliver" on the promises he made on the campaign trail.

Persons: Energy Jennifer Granholm, Donald Trump, Jennifer Granholm, Trump's, Granholm, CNBC's Dan Murphy, Joe Biden's, Law —, Karoline Leavitt Organizations: Energy, Conference, Biden, U.S . Energy, CNBC, Law, Republican Locations: Baku, Azerbaijan, Paris, U.S, Washington

☆ Trump plan to 'end all taxes' on overtime pay would benefit millions of Americans, but it's going to be uphill battle
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Details on the proposal are scant and some Democrats have called the overtime tax promise "as fake as his tan." "As part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime," he said at a rally in Tucson, Arizona. Among these, 82.1 million were hourly workers and 15.6 million were salaried workers, the report said. Meanwhile, about 7% of hourly workers and 70% of salaried workers do not qualify for FLSA, the report said. For example, would it be designed as just an income tax or would it be a payroll tax exemption as well?

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, There's, Russ Fulcher, Joseph Rosenberg, FLSA, John Ricco, Alex Muresianu, Muresianu, Rosenberg Organizations: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Republican, President, Trump, Fair Labor, Brookings Tax, Department of Labor, FLSA, Yale, Lab, Tax Foundation, Social Security Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Tucson , Arizona, Idaho, Alabama, Wisconsin, DOL

☆ Trump victory may give TikTok a lifeline to remain in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | Jonathan Vanian Is A Technology Reporter For Cnbc.Com | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In April, President Joe Biden signed a law that requires China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok by Jan. 19. Although both Republicans and Democrats supported the Biden TikTok ban in April, Trump voiced opposition to the ban during his candidacy. At TikTok, meanwhile, Chew has remained quiet since Trump’s victory, just as he had been in the lead-up to Election Day. In his March interview with “Squawk Box,” Trump said Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, posed a much bigger problem than TikTok. Since launching his TikTok account in June, Trump has amassed over 14 million followers.

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☆ Trump victory may provide TikTok a lifeline to remain in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In April, President Joe Biden signed a law that requires China's ByteDance to sell TikTok by Jan. 19. Although both Republicans and Democrats supported the Biden TikTok ban in April, Trump voiced opposition to the ban during his candidacy. Since his election, Trump hasn't publicly discussed his plans for TikTok, but Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told CNBC that the president-elect "will deliver." "The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail," Leavitt said in a statement. That month it was also reported that Yass was a part owner of the business that merged with the parent company of Trump's Truth Social.

Persons: Donald Trump, Tim Cook, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Shou Zi Chew, Joe Biden, Jan, Trump's, Trump, CNBC's, Kamala Harris, We're, Trump hasn't, Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, TikTok, Jeff Yass Organizations: U.S, Apple, U.S ., Google, White, Democrats, Biden, Trump, CNBC, Republican, Susquehanna International Group, NBC Locations: Communist China, U.S, Smithton , Pennsylvania, Chew, TikTok, ByteDance, Yass

☆ The Trump inflation shock could be worse than the last inflation crisis, Larry Summers warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Larry Summers has some unsolicited advice for President-elect Donald Trump: Don’t keep your campaign promises — unless you want to send prices skyrocketing once again. “If he carries through on what he said during his campaign, there will be an inflation shock significantly greater than the one the country suffered in 2021,” Summers told Kate Bolduan on CNN News Central on Wednesday. “I hope that he will get the message from this election and adjust his programs so that it’s not inflationary,” Summers told CNN. “In his first term, President Trump instituted tariffs against China that created jobs, spurred investment, and resulted in no inflation,” Karoline Leavitt, a Trump transition spokesperson, said in a statement. They just didn’t want the consequences that came with it in terms of increased inflation,” Summers said.

Persons: Larry Summers, Donald Trump, Summers, Clinton, ” Summers, Kate Bolduan, That’s, Trump, Obama, “, ” Karoline Leavitt, ” Scott Bessent, ” Bessent, Axios, Trump “, Kamala Harris, Biden, I’ve, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Treasury, Federal Reserve, CNN News Central, CNN, Trump, Wall Street Journal Locations: New York, China, Ukraine

☆ Elon Musk is looking to cut government waste. Here's what the US spends money on right now.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead a "Department of Government Efficiency." The US spent $6.75 trillion in fiscal year 2024, with Social Security and health topping the list. The highest amounts of spending came from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Social Security Administration, and the Treasury Department. Over the past year, Social Security accounted for $1.46 trillion of the spending, health accounted for $912 billion, and Medicare came in at $874 billion. Social Security and Medicare are forms of mandatory spending that do not require annual congressional approval and would require legislation to change.

Persons: Trump, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, —, Donald Trump, Musk, Ramaswamy, Karoline Leavitt, Vance Organizations: Department of Government, US, Social Security, Service, GOP, Trump, Treasury Department, Department of Health, Human Services, Social Security Administration, Social, White, Management, Budget, Education Department, IRS, FBI Locations: Trump, Government

☆ Elon Musk may already be overstaying his welcome in Trump’s orbit
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Dasha Burns | David Ingram | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In a statement, Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said, "Elon Musk and President Trump are great friends and brilliant leaders working together to Make America Great Again. Elon Musk is a once in a generation business leader and our federal bureaucracy will certainly benefit from his ideas and efficiency." An adviser to Trump said that Elon Musk would join Trump in a meeting Wednesday with Republican lawmakers ahead of leadership elections. In posts on X in the past week, Musk has pushed various policy ideas including deporting immigrants and slashing government spending. On Sunday, one of Trump's grandchildren, Kai Trump, posted a photo on X of herself with Musk, writing that Musk was "achieving uncle status."

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk, who've, they're, he's, Trump, Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Elon, pester Trump, Elon doesn't, Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, Kai Trump Organizations: Trump, Tech, SpaceX, Department of Government, America PAC, Mar, Ukrainian, Republican, PAC, West Palm Beach Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, U.S, Beach , Florida, Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach, Mar, West Palm, Austin , Texas

☆ Trump’s tariff threats send U.S. companies scrambling for lobbyists and loopholes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | Lora Kolodny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

“Absolutely everyone is calling,” Collinson told CNBC. “Firms are prepared,” SUNY Buffalo finance professor Veljko Fotak, one of the authors of the 2021 study, told CNBC. “The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail. On Thursday, Steve Madden pledged to reduce its Chinese imports by 45% over the next year in anticipation of Trump’s tariff plans. There’s got to be some way to help companies like that,” Sorini of Sorini, Samet & Associates told CNBC.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nicole Bivens Collinson’s, Collinson, Sandler, Travis, Rosenberg, ” Collinson, Trump, ” David French, “, ” Ron Sorini, ” Sorini, Veljko Fotak, ” Tiffany Smith, Karoline Leavitt, ” Leavitt, Steve Madden, There’s, ” Organizations: CNBC, Wall Street, National Retail Federation, Samet, Associates, Republican Party, White, SUNY Buffalo, National Foreign Trade Council, Trump Locations: China, America

☆ Elon Musk wants to radically reshape who controls America’s money supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“The Federal Reserve is one of many examples of how we’ve deviated from the Constitution in that regard,” Lee added. Challenging the Fed’s independence“The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail. That’s empowered Fed officials to make interest rate decisions that aren’t necessarily popular but could help the nation’s economy in the long run. But on the campaign trail, Trump floated requiring Fed officials to consult with him on interest rate decisions. That could lead to pressure on Fed officials to keep rates lower to satisfy Trump’s wishes, which in turn could reignite inflation.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, it’ll, Elon Musk, Republican Sen, Mike Lee, ” Lee, Jerome Powell, Trump, ”, Vance, Karoline Leavitt, Ron Paul, Thomas Massie of, Lee, ” Leavitt, it’s, That’s, Powell, “, briskly, hasn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal Reserve, Trump, Republican, Fed, Federal, CNN, Treasury Department, National Association of Black Journalists, Republicans, Consumer Financial, Product Safety, Fed’s, of Governors, Consumer, Safety Locations: New York, Thomas Massie of Kentucky

☆ Taiwan wants to buy F-35 fighter jets and Patriot missiles to show Trump it's serious: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The package could include 60 F-35 fighter jets and 400 Patriot missiles, the FT reported. According to the Financial Times, the package could include 60 F-35 fighter jets, four Advanced Hawkeyes, 10 retired warships, and 400 Patriot missiles. "Taiwan is thinking about a package to show that they are serious," one former Trump administration official told the Financial Times. Blandin added that it's highly unlikely the US would send troops to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. AdvertisementIn 2022, Biden vowed to defend Taiwan in case of a Chinese attack.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump, Benjamin Blandin, Blandin, Sari Arho Havrén, Biden, Karoline Leavitt Organizations: Patriot, Service, Financial Times, Hawkeyes, Lockheed, Aegis, Business, Reuters, Institute for Economics, Peace, Bloomberg, Yokosuka Council, Pacific Studies, Trump, Taiwan, Royal United Services Institute, Air Missile Systems, White, British Locations: Taiwan, China, United States, Yokosuka, Asia, Singapore, Philippines, London, Taipei

☆ Student-loan borrowers can expect 2 of Biden's key debt relief efforts to face roadblocks under Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to continue Biden's student-debt relief efforts. Two of Biden's debt relief plans remain blocked in court, keeping borrowers in limbo. "He's throwing money out the window," Trump previously said of Biden's debt relief efforts, also calling broad relief "vile" and illegal. If they secure the majority in both the House and Senate, legislation to rescind Biden's debt relief efforts has a chance of being signed into law. For now, millions of borrowers remain on forbearance as they wait for the courts to decide what will come of Biden's broader debt relief efforts, leaving their timeline for repayment in limbo.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, —, Joe, Biden, hasn't, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, Mike Pierce, Pierce Organizations: Service, GOP, Education Department, Public, Business, Trump, Protection, Republican, Senate

Sanders added it is “problematic” if schedule F is being used to reinforce and maintain political loyalty. The spoils system was replaced by the current merit-based system where career employees serve multiple administrations, carrying out their jobs independent of politics. The Biden administration erected temporary roadblocks at the federal Office of Personnel Management – rules aimed at protecting federal workers from retaliatory mass firings. The District of Columbia itself has the largest individual chunk of federal workers in any state or territory, with more than 162,000. But it could also be devastating to employment in states that went to Trump, where roughly 967,000 federal workers live.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Ronald Sanders –, Trump’s, –, Sanders, Max Stier, “, ” Stier, didn’t, Karoline Leavitt, Biden, Will Lanzoni, Elon Musk, Mandy Gunasekara, Everett Kelley –, Joyce Howell, “ They’re, Marie Owens Powell, Sunlen Serfaty, Tierney Sneed Organizations: CNN, Trump, Energy Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Partnership for Public Service, Management, DC, of Columbia, Convention Center, Land Management, EPA, Unions, American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE, ”, American Civil Liberties Union, Democracy Locations: Maryland, Virginia, Beach, West Palm Beach , Florida, Washington, Colorado

“We take this type of targeting very seriously.”The FBI said it “is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities on the matter,” according to a statement Thursday. At least some appear to have been sent through TextNow in what the company believes “is a widespread, coordinated attack,” it told CNN on Friday. Texts addressed recipients by nameScreenshots of the texts shared with CNN and appearing on social media show the racist messages addressed the recipients by name. Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland said in a statement Thursday that some of its students received the racist texts. CNN affiliates have also reported instances of students receiving the racist texts in South Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, among other states.

Persons: Derrick Johnson, ” Donald Trump’s, Karoline Leavitt, Orangeburg , South Carolina –, Jessica Rosenworcel, ”, “, Liz Murrill, ” Murrill, Murrill, Cori Faklaris, ” Faklaris, Letitia James, ” Kenneth Gray, Alysa, Arleta McCall, ” McCall, Nimrod, ” Megan Shafer, ‘, ’, Jackie Bradley, WISN, ” Bradley, Bradley, you’re, ” Talaya Jones, Talaya Jones, ” Jones, —, Jim Crow, Johnson, Jones, Tasha Dunham, WCVB, wasn’t, ” Dunham Organizations: CNN, Federal, District of Columbia, NAACP, stoke, Black Colleges, Universities, Hampton University, Fisk University, Claflin University, Federal Communications Commission’s, FBI, Justice Department, & Safety, General’s, Louisiana Bureau, Investigation, University of North, Associated Press, New York, University of New, Montgomery County Public Schools, ”, University of Alabama, Missouri State University, Missouri NAACP, Lower, Lower Merion School District, Milwaukee, WISN Locations: New York, California, Hampton , Virginia, Nashville , Tennessee, Orangeburg , South Carolina, TextNow, Louisiana, Poland, Napoleonville , Louisiana, Washington , DC, Virginia , New Jersey , Illinois, Maryland, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, University of New Haven, Montgomery County, Missouri, South Carolina , Massachusetts , Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Lower Merion, Montgomery County , Pennsylvania, Piscataway , New Jersey, United States, Lodi , California, North Carolina

☆ Trump promised massive tariffs on imports but how he’ll pull it off is still being figured out
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —Just days after winning a comeback election, President-elect Donald Trump is evaluating how his campaign promises might translate into policy. As a candidate, Trump pledged to slap 60% tariffs on all goods coming in from China and 10% tariffs on goods imported from all other countries. “The way that President Trump looks at tariffs are not in isolation. Trump’s economic advisers – and the president himself – view the forthcoming tariff revenue as a way to offset that cost. “If he can use the tariffs as a means to an end, he’ll do that.”CNN’s Katie Lobosco contributed to this report.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Donald Trump, ”, Trump, Kelly Ann Shaw, Hogan Lovells, –, ” Trump, Larry Kudlow, it’s, ” “, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, Jake Colvin, ” Colvin, “ That’s, Robert Lighthizer, Elon Musk, “, he’s, Katie Lobosco Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, Trump, Republicans, Jobs, Tax, Center, Social Security, Advisers, “, National Foreign Trade Council, European Union, EU, EV Locations: China, Trump’s, America, Canada, There’s, Tesla

It was not immediately clear who sent the messages, and there is no complete list of whom they were delivered to. “My initial reaction was probably like disbelief, like I thought it was like a joke,” said Jones, who forwarded the text message to loved ones. The “racist and vile spam text messages” have also spread to Louisiana, Republican state Attorney General Liz Murrill confirmed said Thursday via X. And in Washington, DC, the attorney general’s office also is “aware of racist text messages being sent to residents there, condemning them unequivocally,” spokesperson Gabriel Shoglow-Rubenstein said. If you believe your safety is at risk, please contact local law enforcement,” he said in a statement to CNN.

Persons: ”, Derrick Johnson, ” Donald Trump’s, Karoline Leavitt, TextNow, “, Talaya Jones, Jones, Alysa, Arleta McCall, ” McCall, Liz Murrill, Letitia James, Brown, Sam Burwell, Chloe Smith, Laura Bass, Gabriel Shoglow, Rubenstein, ” TextNow, Alayna Treene, Andy Rose Organizations: CNN, Authorities, NAACP, stoke, & Safety, Federal Communications Commission, FBI, Justice Department, ” University of Alabama, University of Alabama, Republican, Louisiana Bureau, Investigation, ” New York, Montgomery County Public Schools, KHOU, General’s Locations: United States, Alabama, Georgia, Maryland , Michigan , New Jersey , New York, South Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Nevada, Piscataway , New Jersey, New, Maryland, Montgomery County, Houston, Washington , DC, Hanna

☆ Elon Musk wins big by betting on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elon Musk used his money, power, and influence to help reelect former President Donald Trump. Musk has spent months strengthening his ties to Trump, using his platform on X to advocate for him and investing over $130 million in pro-Trump efforts. Some suggested Musk's actions might be a risk-hedging strategy to secure Trump's backing if he wins. AdvertisementWhat a Trump win means for Musk's business empireAside from direct influence within the government, a Trump presidency could lead to a lot of wins for Musk's business empire, which includes Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, and X. Coglianese said Musk was also "banking on a president who will want to or be willing to repay Musk for his loyalty."

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Trump, Musk, —, Elon, Cary Coglianese, Erik Gordon, Gordon, Francesco Trebbi, Karoline Leavitt, Coglianese, it's, Carl Icahn, Icahn, Joan MacLeod Heminway, Heminway Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Penn, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Department of Government, Securities and Exchange Commission, Twitter, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Tesla, University of California, Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, University of Tennessee Locations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, University of California Berkeley

The West WingOne of Trump’s most important picks will be his White House chief of staff. Karoline Leavitt, who was Trump’s campaign spokeswoman, is being considered as White House press secretary – a job that typically is the most public-facing position in the White House. National security postsTrump has suggested his national security team would be tasked with reassessing the United States’ posture toward Ukraine and Russia, China, Iran, and the simmering conflict in the Middle East. The debate over a renewed Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to pit Republican national security hawks against the party’s isolationist wing. Secretary of state and national security adviser will be among the most hard-fought positions to stand at the forefront of those shifts.

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Trump referenced that rally during his speech in Raleigh on Monday, estimating the crowd inside to be 28,000. The crowd for Trump's speech was estimated to be around 53,000, according to the House committee investigating the riot. Harris's campaign said that around 75,000 people attended her speech last week at the same site as Trump's Jan. 6 speech. When she was interrupted by pro-Trump protesters at a rally in Wisconsin last month, she told them they should "go to the smaller rally down the street." The smaller crowd sizes with less enthusiastic participants so close to Election Day have surprised some Republicans, but it's unclear what the cause — and the significance — is, and if it's evidence of less momentum for his campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, ” Trump, —, Charlotte —, he's, Harris, “, ”, Karoline Leavitt, Sean Spicer, Barack Obama, ” Spicer, Martin Luther King Jr's, she'd, Tim Walz, Marveling, Walz, hasn't, Vaughn Hillyard, Jake Traylor, Dareh Organizations: RALEIGH, Madison, Black, Trump, Fiserv, NBC, White House Press, U.S . Capitol, Minnesota Gov Locations: North Carolina, New York, Raleigh, N.C, Reading, Pa, Macon, Ga, Kingston , N.C, Milwaukee, Greensboro, Gastonia, Wisconsin, Phoenix, Raleigh , North Carolina

☆ Elon Musk has a lot to gain if Trump wins. A Harris presidency is more uncertain.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Musk could gain influence at the federal level if Trump is elected president. It's unclear what a Harris administration would mean for Musk and his business empire. Musk under HarrisWhile Musk could gain power, government contracts, and looser regulations under Trump, it's unclear how he might be impacted under a Harris administration. For X, which Musk has branded as the platform for freedom of speech, Gordon said a Harris administration could pressure it to ban material labeled as "misinformation." AdvertisementIt's also possible nothing would meaningfully change for Musk under a Harris administration.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, Trump, Harris, —, He's, Francesco Trebbi, Erik Gordon, Gordon, Tesla, eyeing Musk's, Trebbi, X, Tevi Troy, Troy, Joan MacLeod Heminway, Cary Coglianese, Tom Narayan, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, he's, Coglianese, it's, Carl Icahn, Tim Cook, Heminway, Elon Organizations: Service, Elon, Republican Party, Trump, Trump Many, University of California Berkeley, Musk, University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Traffic Safety Administration, SpaceX, Department of Defense, Bank of America, Center, White House, University of Tennessee, University of Pennsylvania, Penn, RBC Capital Markets, Democratic, Green New Deal, Twitter, Apple Locations: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Texas, California, Mexico

Whoever is elected the 47th president of the United States will start with a rare and clear advantage: a remarkably solid economy. Tuesday’s election will show how much that all matters to voters, who will soon decide which candidate they want to entrust the economy to from here. But to regular American households, it’s more of a “Yes, but” economy: Yes, the job market is strong, but my boss wants me in five days a week, and that doesn’t work for me anymore. Yes, inflation has fallen, but I can’t afford day care. Prices across the rest of the service economy were 4.7% higher overall, and medical care was up 3.9%.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Spencer Platt, Yuki Iwamura, they’re, Helene, Milton, Patrick T, Fallon, Harris, ”, Greg Valliere, Joe Biden wasn’t, Trump, Karoline Leavitt, “ Kamala Organizations: Investment, Stock, Getty, Consumer, Bloomberg, CNBC, First Street Foundation, NBC, AGF Investments, Biden Locations: United States, Ukraine, Israel

☆ Trump and Harris' frantic final 2024 campaign stops show why North Carolina matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump spent Friday in Michigan and Wisconsin, Saturday in North Carolina, and today will be in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. If Harris won Michigan and Wisconsin, she would still need to add Georgia or North Carolina to her column. "Donald Trump is worried about losing North Carolina," Harris spokesperson Ammar Moussa wrote on X under two siren emojis. AdvertisementDoug Sosnik, a longtime advisor to Bill Clinton and a North Carolina native, doesn't see Harris' path there. North Carolina is "not a level playing field" for Democrats, Sosnik said, pointing to Democrats' struggles there except for Obama.

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Friday that her office is investigating whether former President Donald Trump’s violent remarks about former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney broke the law. A spokesman for the attorney general's office, Richie Taylor, confirmed to NBC News the office is "looking into" whether Trump's remarks violated Arizona law. NBC News reached out to the Trump campaign for comment. Trump has escalated his violent rhetoric on the campaign trail in the last month. NBC News reached out to the Trump campaign for comment on the Arizona investigation.

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