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Elon Musk and his allies storm into Washington and race to reshape it
On Friday afternoon, the world’s richest person showed up at what sounds like one of the world’s most boring agencies to demand a list.

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Tesla Q4 results fall short of forecasts. Musk sees unsupervised full self-driving in Texas in June
Tesla’s fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts.

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Things to know about the Trump administration order on miles per gallon for cars and pickups
Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change.

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DeepSeek’s new AI chatbot and ChatGPT answer sensitive questions about China differently
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek 's new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

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EV owners don’t pay gas taxes. So, many states are charging them fees.
Owners of electric cars in Vermont recently got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles with some bad news.

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Why you might suddenly be following Trump on Instagram and Facebook
On Tuesday, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, many Instagram and Facebook users found themselves following him on the social media apps, even though they had not signed up to do so.

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CNN is announcing layoffs as part of a further shift to digital business
CNN announced a restructuring Thursday that includes some 200 layoffs, an accelerated pivot to digital operations and new TV roles for personalities like Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper and Audie Cornish.

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Edmunds Top Rated vehicle awards are out for 2025
Once a year, Edmunds' car experts gather to decide on the best new vehicles on sale.
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US wind power faces challenges after Trump orders a crackdown
President Donald Trump launched a broad attack on the wind power industry in the United States, with a sweeping executive order that could block not just new offshore wind farms in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans but potentially many smaller wind farms on federal land and even on private property across the country.

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What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google’s app store on Sunday?
With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days.
