Julia Ornedo

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RFK Jr. Is Already Failing to Deliver on Autism Promises

2 weeks ago | autism.einnews.com | Julia Ornedo |Farrah Tomazin |Catherine Bouris

Politics Updated May 23 2025 3:51AM EDT / Published May 23 2025 12:12AM EDT Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already falling behind on his promise to get to the bottom of autism by September. The Health Secretary, a longtime vaccine skeptic, vowed in April to undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism. In a Thursday night interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, however, he sang a different tune.
Crisis-Hit Tesla Started Search to Replace Musk as CEO

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Julia Ornedo |Yasmeen Hamadeh

Tesla’s board got serious about finding a new CEO after the company’s stock took a serious hit last month while Elon Musk was busy with DOGE. Tesla board members reached out to multiple executive search firms to initiate the hunt for a new CEO as tensions mounted over the company’s plummeting stock price, sources familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal.
Trump Leads MAGA Meltdown Against Powell for Telling the Truth About His Tariffs

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Nandika Chatterjee |Julia Ornedo

President Trump erupted at the Federal Reserve chair on Thursday after the central bank boss warned that Trump’s tariffs will hurt the American economy. Jerome Powell, speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday, said “the level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated,” which will cause “higher inflation and slower growth.” U.S. stocks tumbled as Powell spoke.
Terrible Sign for Stock Market After Fed’s Brutal Trump Tariff Warning

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Julia Ornedo |Nandika Chatterjee

The stock market showed little signs of recovery from the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff rollout after the Federal Reserve issued a bleak outlook on Wednesday. A CNN expert warned Wednesday night that “bad news is coming” as the markets took another beating. Stocks plummeted after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the Fed was keeping its eye on the “highly uncertain” economic effects of Trump’s policies in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago Wednesday afternoon.
Trump Administration Plans to Nuke Popular Free IRS Tax Filing System

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Julia Ornedo |Nandika Chatterjee |Catherine Bouris

The Trump administration reportedly plans to kill a highly popular program that allows millions of people to file their taxes for free. Two sources told The Associated Press that the government is looking to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File system rolled out last year under the Biden administration and later made permanent after it was “overwhelmingly liked” by taxpayers.
Cop Behind MS-13 Dad Claim Was Convicted of Sex Worker Scandal

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini |Julia Ornedo

The police detective who accused a mistakenly deported Maryland dad of being a member of the gang MS-13 was suspended days later for leaking confidential information to a woman he was paying for sex. President Donald Trump’s administration has admitted Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to the Salvadoran mega prison CECOT because of an “administrative error” but has refused to facilitate his return.
Elon Musk Only Grants ‘Special Status’ to One of His Many Baby Mamas

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Isabel van Brugen |Julia Ornedo

Of Elon Musk’s many baby mamas, it’s Shivon Zilis, mom to four of his kids, who’s snagged the golden ticket. The Neuralink exec is said to enjoy “special status,” according to a bombshell report. The world’s richest man is freaking out over the planet’s plummeting birth rate, even warning that “civilization is going to crumble.” That’s why he has fathered at least 14 children—whom he calls his “legion,” according to The Wall Street Journal—with four women over the past two decades.
Fox Hosts Clash Over Mistakenly Deported Dad: ‘That’s Not True! Stop!’

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Julia Ornedo |Janna Brancolini

A pair of Fox News co-hosts got into a heated argument over the case of a Maryland dad deported in what the Trump administration admitted was an “administrative error.”Jessica Tarlov, The Five’s resident liberal, clashed with Trump acolyte Jeanine Pirro after Pirro offered an impassioned defense of the president’s deportation policy, using Maryland woman Rachel Morin—a hiker killed in 2023 by a fugitive from El Salvador—as an example.
Elon Musk's Wild Plan to Father 'Legion' of Kids by Hitting Women Up on X Revealed

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Julia Ornedo |Amethyst Martinez |Catherine Bouris

Elon Musk isn’t just building his empire by running tech businesses—he’s also creating a “legion” of children. The tech mogul recruits potential mothers on X to fulfill his goal of combating the declining population, according to sources who spoke toThe Wall Street Journal. One woman reportedly spoke of the “harem drama” with Musk’s circle. The 53-year-old currently has 14 children to four separate mothers, including the musician Grimes.
Trump’s Hatred of Two ‘E’ Words Explains His New iPhone Tariff Chaos

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini |Julia Ornedo

President Donald Trump’s erratic and contradictory announcements on whether he will impose tariffs on iPhones and other electronics is grounded in his hatred of two words that start with the letter “e.” The president thinks the words “exceptions” and “exemptions” connote weakness, whereas Trump stands for strength, Axios reported.