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In 2017, a Bill Gates-linked investment firm spent $80 million on a 24,800-acre property named Belmont located just outside Buckeye, Arizona, and a press release about the purchase described plans for something akin to a smart city.
Musk — who is spearheading the Trump administration’s budget-slashing efforts including sweeping Education Department cuts — amplified an Amuse account post March 17 that criticized American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s work and salary.
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The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward had filed a lawsuit on the same day of the deportations on behalf of five Venezuelan men who were being held in Texas and “threatened with imminent removal under the President’s expected Proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act.” The suit sought class action status for all affected immigrants and asked the judge to block the administration’s use of the act.
It’s premature for the president to take credit for plant expansion given his short time in office, said Dimitry Anastakis, a University of Toronto business history professor and author of the 2024 book "The North American Auto Industry since NAFTA.
In addition, a reverse image search reveals the mugshot which accompanies the posts was released by police in New South Wales, Australia in August 2016, after a woman named Amy Sharp escaped from a custody centre.
The post also included a March "Fox and Friends" clip showing Zelenskyy’s September 2024 visit to a Scranton, Pennsylvania, ammunition plant.
Text that accompanies one of the Facebook posts claims that “Argos is giving away Home Pressure Washer Karcher K5 that have been in stock for more than 2 years to get rid of excess inventory”, while the other says “Argos is selling the Karcher K5 Power Control Pressure Washer for just £1.98”, before adding: “We are closing non-commercial warehouses, so we are offering 2023 models, which we have in stock, at a reduced price for UK residents”.
One Threads user shared the screenshot March 15, writing, "Next time, can we PLEASE require presidential candidates to take a US Citizenship test, if only to make sure they know the names of the 50 states???"
This figure appears to refer to the forecast cost of spending on health and disability benefits for working-age adults, which is set to reach £75.7 billion by 2029/30.
On CNN’s "State of the Union" on March 9, host Jake Tapper asked Scott, "President Trump has acknowledged that there's going to be a little disturbance due to his economic policies.
In September 2015, the Social Security Administration began a process that automatically designates individuals aged 115 and older as deceased and ends payments to them.