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5 winners from the Trump-Musk breakup

18 hours ago | thehill.com | Sylvan Lane

The vicious blow-up between President Trump and Elon Musk has shaken up the power dynamics in Washington, D.C.As Musk burns his bridges to the White House and MAGA world, several of his political and business rivals stand to benefit. And while Musk’s enemies may relish his ouster, some of Trump’s biggest rivals could also gain from the president’s feud with the world’s richest man. Here are the people, businesses and factions that could win from Musk’s loss.
Donald Trump moves on after war of words with Elon Musk

19 hours ago | thehill.com | Jonathan Easley

PRESIDENT TRUMP says he’s moving on from his nasty feud with Elon Musk, a day after the U.S. president and world’s richest man gripped Washington and the world with their lacerating insults and threats. In a series of interviews, Trump sought to change the story, focusing on his agenda bill in Congress, talking up Friday’s solid jobs report and pointing to the stock market rally. The rally was driven in part by a surge in Tesla shares, which had plunged at the onset of the Trump-Musk feud.
Abrego Garcia to return to U.S. to face charge

21 hours ago | thehill.com | Ian Swanson

The Trump administration has moved to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from imprisonment in a Salvadoran facility in order to file a criminal case against him with charges stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee, an attorney for Agrego Garcia told The Hill. The return of Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported despite being protected from removal to his home country, comes after administration officials had fought court rulings ordering his return.
Bird flu can live in raw milk for more than a week, study finds

21 hours ago | thehill.com | Taylor Delandro

The bird flu virus can remain infectious in raw milk for over a day at room temperature and more than a week when refrigerated, according to a new, non-peer-reviewed research from a group of UK scientists. The study, published in medRxiv, examined the stability of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in raw cow and sheep milk, with researchers simulating storage conditions common in dairy settings.
National Park Service to close DC park amid WorldPride events

23 hours ago | thehill.com | Brooke Migdon

The National Park Service said Friday it would temporarily close the park at the center of Washington’s historic LGBTQ neighborhood ahead of the city’s annual Pride weekend, moving forward with plans that local officials believed had been scrapped.
Trump hails deal between senators on government-owned spectrum

23 hours ago | thehill.com | Alexander Bolton

President Trump on Friday hailed Senate Republican committee chairmen for reaching a deal with Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) on auctioning of government-owned spectrum. Rounds and Fischer had held up Trump’s big, beautiful bill because they feared that the federal sale of spectrum to the private sector would deprive the Defense Department of critical bandwidth used for radar. Trump on Friday applauded GOP senators for working out their differences.
Trump administration issues rule undermining Biden car fuel efficiency rules

1 day ago | thehill.com | Ian Swanson

The Trump administration on Friday took a step to undermine Biden-era rules that tightened fuel efficiency requirements for cars and trucks.
Democrats call for halt of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac privatization

1 day ago | thehill.com | Alexander Bolton

Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), the ranking member of the Banking Committee, are calling on the Trump administration to halt the re-privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which finance 70 percent of the nation’s mortgage market and entered federal conservatorship after the 2008 financial crisis. “We have serious concerns that you plan to make significant changes to the enterprises in a way that would put investor profits over the homes of millions of Americans.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow gutting of Education Department

1 day ago | thehill.com | Zach Schonfeld

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to resume gutting the Education Department after a lower court judge blocked the efforts. Trump campaigned on abolishing the department, and his administration since taking office has looked to gut its workforce and operations. U.S. District Court Myong Joun last month blocked the efforts, ordering the administration to reinstate nearly 1,400 laid off employees and take other actions to reverse the president’s directives.
House Democrats’ bill would combat LGBTQ elder abuse

1 day ago | thehill.com | Brooke Migdon

Legislation introduced Friday, during Pride Month, by more than a dozen House Democrats would help combat abuse against elderly LGBTQ Americans. The Elder Pride Protection Act would establish a task force within the Department of Justice to study the “increased incidence of elder abuse” against LGBTQ seniors and develop best practice solutions to be implemented by state and local law enforcement, according to a copy of the bill, shared first with The Hill.