Remaining as a consultant in the White House secured

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Trump to Musk: “You can stay as long as you want”

According to Donald Trump, Elon Musk can continue to work in the White House. Trump believes to understand more of interest than the head of the US Federal Reserve. All developments in the news blog.

Kamala Harris returns to the national stage with a passionate appeal against President Trump. She criticizes his economic policy – and demands active resistance. Read more about this here.

US President Donald Trump has guaranteed Elon Musk as a consultant in the White House. “The vast majority of people in this country respects and really appreciates you,” said Trump at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday (local time). “You know that you can stay as long as you want,” added the US President to Musk. The Tesla boss probably wanted to “go back home back to his cars”.

Musk had announced a week ago to restrict his work at the government department for state efficiency (Doge) created by Trump in order to be able to take care of his electric car company Tesla again.

The background was sales declines and burglaries at Tesla. Musks role as an unofficial director of Doge drove a massive cost and personnel loss in the state apparatus, apparently the Tesla brand- in protest against Musk and the policy of the Trump government, there was boycott calls in Europe and the USA. Tesla sales rooms were attacked.

The Democrats in the US Congress failed with the attempt to suspend the flat-rate tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump from ten percent on goods imports from all over the world. A vote on this in the US Senate was short, three Republicans voted with the Democrats. For the necessary majority in the parliamentary chamber, the voice of Vice President JD Vance, who dissolved a patt, was in the end. The Republicans have a narrow majority in the Senate. Read more here.

US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth warns Iran of “consequences” for the support of the Huthi rebels in Yemen. “Message to Iran: We see your deadly support for the Huthis. We know exactly what you are doing,” Hegseth writes on X. “You know very well what the US military is capable of-and you were warned. Iran had previously stated that the Huthis in Yemen acted independently.

Apple has violated a judicial decision that obliges the iPhone manufacturer to allow more competition for app downloads and payment methods in its lucrative app store. This explained US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland on Wednesday in an 80-page judgment as part of a antitrust lawsuit by the “Fortnite” manufacturer Epic Games. “Apple’s continued attempts to impair competition are not tolerated,” said Gonzalez Rogers. She will refer the case to the federal prosecutor in order to initiate a criminal investigation against Apple.

Tesla board members started looking for a successor to CEO Elon Musk last month. According to a report by the “Wall Street Journal”, the board members contacted several personnel consulting companies. The newspaper relies on people familiar with the conversations. Read more here.

A week before the next interest decision by the US Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump asked her boss Jerome Powell to reduce the key interest rate. “He should reduce interest. I think I understand much more of interest than him,” said Trump at a appearance in the White House. “It would be positive, but it won’t play a major role, because ultimately what we create has much more to do with others than with the pure interest rates.” However, low interest rates would be good for potential homes, he added.