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'More winning': Trump foe laughs as Truth Social's stock plummet quickens

Stock in Donald Trump's media company continued to crater Monday as company insiders near their first opportunity to unload their stake.

On Friday, Truth Social insiders will have their first opportunity to sell. Monday marks the start of a two-day filing deadline for announcing intentions to cash out, Market Watch said.

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Trump's media stock falls again — this time below $18

Donald Trump's media company stock has fallen again, this time down to $18.

At the end of last week, DJT dropped below $20 after topping out at over $79 at one point. A year later, CNBC showed that the Truth Social parent company is suffering far worse than his presidential campaign numbers, which are down (43 percent) against Kamala Harris' 48 percent, a USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll said.

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Here's the job Trump is eyeing for Elon Musk in a second term

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly eying Elon Musk for a government job if he wins in November.

The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump has secretly been working with advisers to implement a piece of the "Project 2025" plan that he has been trying to distance himself from in recent weeks.

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Trump floods social media with 'explicit' and 'vengeful' memes after new indictment

Donald Trump responded to the news of the grand jury passing down a superseding indictment in the past 24 hours with a flood of memes that MSNBC reporters called "vengeful" and "explicit."

Speaking to MSNBC Wednesday, Vaughn Hillyard showed a handful of posts Trump shared on Truth Social. One image showed a number of Democrats and Bill Gates behind bars and in orange prison uniforms. The caption reads: "How to actually 'fix the system.'"

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Fox host fact-checks Josh Hawley as he suggests reason for Trump hack attack

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told Fox Iran hacked Donald Trump's campaign because they hate him — and got immediate pushback from the network's host.

Speaking on Tuesday, Hawley said he can understand why Iran might oppose Trump because he put them "in a box" after he killed a denuclearization deal with them — and he should get credit with American voters for that.

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'Stark discrepancy': Report shows Trump embraces EVs at his hotels despite public attacks

Donald Trump has spent years publicly ranting about electric vehicles, but when it comes to business he appears to embrace them.

E&E News by Politico reported that he encourages EV drivers to bring their vehicles to his hotel properties, and has even fitted charges specially for them.

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'Problem with his dentures': MSNBC host tries to decode what went wrong in Trump-Musk chat

An MSNBC host cracked jokes Tuesday over former President Donald Trump's interview with tech billionaire Elon Musk, which drew questions over Trump's slurred speech.

The slurred speech prompted responses from social media listeners on X, and on Tuesday, MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace questioned if it was something else.

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Judge with Tesla stock recuses from Elon Musk’s X lawsuit

A judge who owns stock in Tesla has recused himself from a lawsuit involving Elon Musk's social media site X, court documents show.

As an NPR report recently revealed, U.S. Federal Court Judge Reed O’Connor has been overseeing a number of lawsuits involving Musk and ruling in his favor.

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Trump Media — owner of Truth Social app — reports losing $16M as revenue plummets 30%

Donald Trump's company, Trump Media — owner of the social media app Truth Social — reported losing $16 million as revenue plummeted 30% from the same period last year, CNBC reported Friday.

The stock price for the social media company, whose namesake, Trump, is the majority shareholder, fell from more than $71 per share in March to a meager $26 on Friday afternoon, according to the report.

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North Carolina's attorney general 'looking into' Elon Musk's Trump-backing PAC

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is the second to announce a probe into a website set up by billionaire Elon Musk's political action committee, America PAC, CNBC reported Monday.

The site has been running an online voter registration site that invites Americans to update their details. Complaints state if the voter lives in a swing-state a form gathers personal information, but does not register them.

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Vance's ties to Trump foes and 'elites he railed against' revealed in leaked Venmo data

J.D. Vance's semi-public Venmo account reveals former President Donald Trump's running mate mingling with lobbyists, never Trumpers and leaders behind the notorious campaign platform Project 2025, Wired reported Thursday.

Wired analyzed more than 200 payments and a public "friends list" the outlet said reveals "the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against."

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Questions raised over if Melania's statement on Trump assassination attempt written by AI

After her husband was nearly shot at a Saturday rally, Melania Trump released an extensive statement that is leading some to question whether it is genuine.

The Daily Beast reported that the word "human" was used several times in the 12-paragraph release, which is curious because it is a word that actual humans don't generally use that much when talking about themselves.

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Sailor caught trying to breach president's medical reports: Navy

A low-level Navy sailor was punished for attempting to access the private medical records of President Joe Biden, the U.S. Navy confirmed on Tuesday.

According to CBS News, the military will not release the name of the sailor but noted that he is "a junior enlisted sailor serving in the Navy's hospital corps and is based at Fort Belvoir, in Virginia."

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