Bill Gates felt that Musk was involved in the death of the world’s poorest children
In an interview with The New York Times, Microsoft Co-founder and world’s second-richest person Tim Gates said, “I thought there’d be, like, a 20 percent cut.” He added, “Instead, right now, it’s like an 80 percent cut. I don’t think anybody expected that.” Gates further said his foundation was “rattled” by Elon Musk’s commitment to the ‘Giving Pledge’.
A secret spy memo implicates Trump on Venezuela gang ties
US intelligence agencies had reportedly “circulated findings” that the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela is not part of the country’s government and is not a threat. However, the intelligence agencies didn’t reach the same conclusion after circulating findings in February, The New York Times said. Earlier, President Donald Trump had claimed that the gang is invading the US.
Opinion from Pope Francis
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, DC, revealed that he once came across a priest who recognised me as a gay man. “He said, ‘I’m gay too’,” he added. Gregory, who has apologised for the mistreatment of LGBT people in the church, further said that the priests didn’t understand what was happening to them.
Security questions have been raised after Musk’s team views Treasury data
The US Agency for International Development ( USAID) on Saturday informed employees affected by President Donald Trump’s decision to shut it down that they would be reinstated until the end of Friday, February 14. However, none of them would be suspended with pay during that period, a copy of the notice seen by The New York Times said.
We know who the suspect is in the New Orleans attack
The man suspected in New Orleans truck attack that killed 14 people on New Year’s Day has been identified as 42-year-old Texas resident Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Authorities suspect that Jabbar acted alone and there is “no definitive link” between the attack in New Orleans and a Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas on Wednesday, an official told The New York Times.
The inspector general alleges that the DOJ broke policy and tried to get the journalist’s sources
The Justice Department subpoenaed communications records of eight reporters at CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post, as part of the investigation into the sources of leaked classified information associated with US President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, a report said. The leak investigations targeted a greater number of congressional staffers, almost all of which were Republicans, it added.
The tic tokification of social media may be ending
The New York Times and Dow Jones have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against online news aggregator Perplexity. The lawsuit accuses Perplexity of “hallucinating” news stories without permission. The New York Times had sent the firm a cease-and-desist letter, saying it was using the newspaper’s content without permission. Earlier this month, Forbes had reported how Perplexity appeared to have plagiarized stories.
The publisher of ‘Washington Post’ tried to kill a story about him
The New York Times and New York Times Investigation have revealed that Washington Post CEO Dave Lewis offered an exclusive interview to then-Executive Editor Sally Buzbee if she dropped a story accusing him of taking part in criminality at James Murdoch’s British newspapers. The article was published days before Lewis announced his priorities for the paper, which is financially troubled.