Julia Ornedo

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.