President Donald Trump convened some of Silicon Valley's most influential figures Thursday evening at the White House, hosting a high-profile dinner that underscored the tech industry's evolving relationship with his administration. The gathering in the newly renovated Rose Garden brought together 33 attendees, including CEOs from major technology companies, venture capitalists, and administration officials. With 13 billionaires in attendance and many others worth millions of dollars, the event was easily one of the wealthiest gatherings in the history of the White House.
Gates declared he was in the second phase of his career, focusing on areas like vaccines or gene editing. He continued: We don't need new science to eradicate polio, but heralded Trump's past pandemic vaccine drive when adding on diseases like HIV and sickle-cell, we do need new science, but the U.S. has the seeds, the same that Warp Speed' took those seeds and put them together.
Kirkpatrick estimated that the family has raked in more than $3 billion dollars since the start of Donald Trump's second term, with significant earnings linked to foreign investments.
The White House released a highly produced video depicting a SWAT-style raid on Sean Charles Dunn, a former Justice employee charged with felony assault for throwing a sandwich.
Known as SGEs, special government employees are limited to 130 days per year of unpaid work. Like recent SGE Elon Musk, they can be in senior positions and still have private employment and clients, unlike typical government workers at departments that handle hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts.
Trump repeatedly avoided addressing the question of Ghislaine Maxwell's credibility during a recent confrontation with CNN's Kaitlan Collins over her transfer to a minimum security prison.
NASA appears to be acting in accordance with a fringe, extremist ideology emanating from the White House Office of Management and Budget that asserts a right to impound funds appropriated by Congress for the sake of executive branch priorities.
Biden picked up a call from Pager, indicating a willingness to participate in the book, and shared critical views on Trump's presidency, stating nothing productive was done.
Acosta's joke about Ivana Trump drew significant outrage, as it came in a politically charged context involving immigration—leading to a strong response from the White House.