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TimesLIVE
5 days ago
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Trump says he wants Musk and his companies to thrive in US
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not destroy Elon Musk's companies by taking away federal subsidies and he wants the billionaire tech entrepreneur's businesses to thrive. The remarks come after a public clash with his former close ally over his tax bill. Earlier this month the space and automotive billionaire announced the formation of a new political party, saying Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax bill would bankrupt the US. 'Everyone is stating I will destroy Elon's companies by taking away some, if not all, the large scale subsidies he receives from the US government. This is not so,' Trump said in a social media post. 'I want Elon, and all businesses within our country, to thrive.' In a post on X, Musk said the 'subsidies' Trump was talking about do not exist. SpaceX won Nasa contracts by doing a better job for less money, he said. 'Moving the contracts to other aerospace companies would leave astronauts stranded and taxpayers on the hook for twice as much.' The president's social media post came on the heels of Musk's warning to Tesla investors on Wednesday that US government cuts in support for electric vehicle makers could lead to a 'few rough quarters' for the company. Though Musk has often said government subsidies should be eliminated, Tesla has historically benefited from billions in tax credits and other policy benefits because of its business in clean transportation and renewable energy. Sweeping tax and budget legislation approved by Congress, and signed by Trump, will halt $7,500 (R132,355) tax credits for buying or leasing new electric vehicles on September 30 and a $4,000 (R70,590) used EV credit that have helped spur their sales in recent years. Before the relationship soured, Musk had spent millions to help Trump win November's presidential election and led the department of government efficiency's chaotic effort to slash the budget and cut the federal workforce. The Tesla CEO left the administration in late May to refocus on his tech empire. Trump and Musk fell out shortly afterward when Musk openly denounced the Republican president's tax-cut and spending bill, leading to threats by Trump to cancel billions in federal government contracts with Musk's companies. A week after the June spat, Reuters reported the White House had directed the defence department and Nasa to gather details on billions in SpaceX contracts to ready possible retaliation against the businessman and his companies. Musk's SpaceX had been considered a front-runner to build Trump's $175bn (R3-trillion) Golden Dome missile defence shield and remains a natural choice for key elements of the project. However, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters this week the administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome as tension with Musk threatens SpaceX's dominance in the programme.
Daily Express
6 days ago
- Daily Express
RM500,000 fags, vehicles seized in Lahad Datu
Published on: Thursday, July 24, 2025 Published on: Thu, Jul 24, 2025 By: Azmie Lim Text Size: The vehicles containing contraband cigarettes seized. LAHAD DATU: Marine police confiscated 215,600 sticks of various brand cigarettes and two vehicles from a house in Silam, here, on Tuesday. Sabah (Region Four) Marine Police Commander ACP Mohd Nazri Ibrahim said a team from the Unit Gempur Marin raided the house at 5.30am. He said a local in his 20s was arrested to assist in the investigation. 'The seizures, including the vehicles, were worth RM507,590,' he said, adding the case would be investigated under the Customs Act 1967. Meanwhile, police arrested three foreigners and seized drugs believed to be syabu in two separate operations by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division, here, on Tuesday. District Police Chief ACP Dzulbaharin Ismail said the first suspect, a 35-year-old Indonesian, was detained at 1.30pm at Jalan Panji. He said police found a translucent plastic packet containing substances believed to be syabu weighing 0.27gm in the suspect's possession. The case would be investigated under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952. 'On the same day, police arrested two men from the Philippines inside a hut in a plantation in Jalan Tengah Nipah and seized 5.45gm of syabu, a modified straw and aluminium foils. 'One of the suspects tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine,' he said, adding that the case would be investigated under Section 39A(1) and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952. Dzulbaharin said all the suspects were currently in their custody for further investigations. He also said Lahad Datu police were committed in carrying out efforts to combat drugs-related activities in the district. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
USA Today
6 days ago
- General
- USA Today
Delta flight forced to hit brakes when another jet lands on same runway
Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight from Mexico City to Atlanta experienced a jolt this week when the pilots were forced to hit the brakes before takeoff as another jet landed on the same runway, airline officials confirmed. Delta flight 590 departed the gate at 7 a.m. local time on Monday, July 21, and was accelerating to takeoff at Benito Juárez Mexico City International Airport when the incident took place, according to Delta and information from theonline site Flight Aware, which tracks flight paths. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft had 144 passengers on board, including two pilots and four flight attendants, Delta spokesperson Morgan Durrant told USA TODAY. The plane had just started to roll for takeoff when a regional Aeromexico jet flew over the Delta flight and landed in front of it on the same runway, forcing the Delta pilots to hit the brakes. Aeromexico Flight 1691 arrived from the city of Aguascalientes, online tracking shows. "As the flight crew was initiating the takeoff, they observed another aircraft landing in front of their aircraft on the same runway," Durrant said. No injuries were reported. More news: Social media users are proving why nothing beats a Jet2 holiday. What's that? Delta near-collision reported to FAA, NTSB After taking on additional fuel and conferring with Delta safety and flight operations officials, the plane eventually departed for Atlanta at 9:42 a.m. local time and arrived at 3:20 p.m. ET, Durrant said. 'Because nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated," Delta released in a statement on Wednesday, July 23. "We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly." According to Delta, the airline reported the incident to the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board. USA TODAY has reached out to both federal agencies. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund.
CNN
22-07-2025
- CNN
AeroMéxico plane nearly lands on top of Delta Air Lines 737 taking off
Aviation news Mexico Federal agencies Air travel safetyFacebookTweetLink Follow Two planes nearly collided on the runway in Mexico City on Monday, as an AeroMéxico regional jet coming in for landing flew over and touched down in front of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 jet already beginning to take off. Delta Flight 590 was starting to roll down the runway at Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez with 144 customers and six crew members on board when the pilots saw another plane land directly in front of it, the airline said in a statement. Flight tracking website Flightradar 24 shows AeroMéxico Connect flight 1631, an Embraer 190 regional jet, flew less than 200 feet over the moving Delta plane then landed in front of them on runway 5R. The pilots stopped the takeoff and returned to the terminal. The plane eventually took off on its flight to Atlanta about three hours late. Delta said it reported the incident to Mexican aviation authorities, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board in the United States. 'Delta will fully cooperate with authorities as the circumstances around this flight are investigated,' the airline said in a statement. 'We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly – part of Delta's extensive training.' AeroMéxico and the Mexican civil aviation authority did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded by the FAA in May 2021 for non-compliance with minimum international safety standards. The top level 'category one' status was restored in September of 2023 after, 'the FAA provided expertise and resources via technical assistance… to resolve the safety issues that led to the downgrade,' the agency said at the time. CNN's Alexandra Skores contributed to this report.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
County lauds intake center to help unhoused, but federal funding cuts threaten resources
Steven Martin, left, and Justin Golden, are receiving resources at the Navigation Center, which helps people experiencing homelessness get off the streets. (Photo: Michael Lyle/ Nevada Current) Clark County officials have recently touted its Navigation Center, a 70-bed noncongregate shelter that stabilizes unhoused people before referring them to other transitional housing programs and treatment, as the model that could help address Southern Nevada's growing homelessness crisis. Speaking at an event Wednesday honoring its two-year anniversary since opening the facility, Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom said local officials have discussed replicating the intake center valley wide. It's still uncertain how the slashing of federal funding, including major cuts to Medicaid, might undermine the county's goal to build additional centers and connect unhoused people staying at those facilities to services. Many of the resources provided through the Navigation Center, like referrals to health care providers or mental health treatment, are paid through various types of federal funding, including Medicaid, Segerblom said. The county is taking into account 'what we will potentially lose' from all the federal cuts, he added. 'We are all terrified, frankly,' Segerblom said. 'We are very aware all this is on a house of cards.' President Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' that was signed into law this month features steep reductions to the social safety net, including major cuts to Medicaid and food benefits. Nevada stands to lose about $590 million annually in federal Medicaid funding for the next 10 years and more than 114,500 Nevadans are estimated to lose coverage, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Trump is also proposing additional cuts in his 2026 fiscal budget across various agencies, including slashing U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development budget by more than 40%. The cuts include a $532 million decrease in homeless assistance programs and a consolidation of several grants, like those provided by the federal Continuum of Care program that states use to address homelessness. John Fernandez, program manager with WC Health, which the county contracts to provide case management at the Navigation Center, said they are still waiting to learn how cuts could impact operations and efforts to refer people to services. 'If they don't have Medicaid, it will make it difficult for them to receive any mental health providers or even doctors and get some of the assistance they need,' he said. Stabilizing people The Navigation Center is located in East Las Vegas in a former Motel 6, which was converted into the 70-bed intake center with semi-private rooms for unhoused people. During the height of Covid when it wasn't safe for unhoused people to remain in large, congregate spaces like emergency shelters, the county converted former motels into noncongregate shelters. Since opening in 2023, the Navigation Center has been used by the county as a starting place for people seeking to exit homelessness. They are usually referred to the facility by either a service provider or law enforcement. Once at the center, people can stay roughly 30 days, receive required case management twice a week, are assisted with getting vital documents like birth certificates, and begin to get connected to other housing resources or mental health assessments and treatment. 'It gives them a chance to decompress from being unsheltered and then moving on where they can get more intensive wrap-around services and focus on long term housing solutions,' said Brenda Barnes, the social services manager. The county said that nearly 1,800 people have cycled through the center since it opened. While county officials said they are tracking what services people are referred to, how many were housed and recidivism rates of how many end up on the streets, they didn't provide those figures Wednesday. For Justin Golden, a 37-year-old staying at the Navigation Center, the facility has become the place he has needed to stabilize his life. After being released from City of Las Vegas jail in early June, he began couch-surfing as he tried to get connected to resources, like getting a new EBT card for his Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and finding employment. Three weeks ago, while sleeping in a park in Henderson, outreach workers from the Salvation Army referred him to the Navigation Center, he said. Golden lost his identification when he was arrested and struggled to get new documents since he was released, delaying the process of exiting homelessness. Less than three weeks into his time at the Navigation Center, he has been able to start collecting the documents needed and plans to transfer to another transitional housing program offered by the county by the end of the month. Since coming to the center, Golden has shared a room with 27-year-old Steven Martin, who has been experiencing homelessness for nearly a year after moving to Southern Nevada from California. Because of a criminal record, Martin said he has struggled to find employment and earn enough money to get back on his feet. He didn't know where to turn, or where he could get resources, until he was referred to the Navigation Center by a provider. Martin also plans to go to a 90-day transitional housing program after his time is done at the Navigation Center. Though Fernandez has seen the center has been successful, he said the facility is often at capacity. The other noncongregate shelters he refers people to for the next part of their efforts to exit homelessness are also reaching capacity. It will likely create a backlog in the system. 'I think if we could open up another navigation center it would be beneficial for everyone,' he said. 'At this point, we are getting to a capacity where we can't take too many people in. We only have 70 beds here. All the other properties are getting full as well. If we're not able to transition people in 30 days to another property, then we can't take more people.' While opening the navigation center is one of the many steps the county is taking to address the homelessness crisis, the lack of permanent housing remains a fierce and stubborn barrier to addressing homelessness in Southern Nevada, Segerblom said. 'We need more housing,' he said.
