TOI CORRESPONDENT FROM WASHINGTON:Donald Trump hadn’t even taken the oath of office as President. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) hadn’t even been formally constituted. But Vivek Ramaswamy, the junior of the two principals (Elon Musk is the other) in DOGE, has already been shown the door. The Indian-American technopreneur, a Trump critics-turned- loyalist, has…
Former President Donald Trump has amplified a message from Elon Musk that champions hardworking legal immigrants and calls for defending America’s values. Trump shared Musk’s statement on X, endorsing the Tesla CEO’s stance amidst ongoing debates over immigration and skilled worker shortages in the United States.In his original post, Musk voiced respect for immigrants who…
Like an underdog sports team that defies expectations and clinches victory in the final moments, Donald Trump‘s win in the 2024 US presidential election stands as a remarkable political resurgence that contradicted numerous expert predictions and polling forecasts.Trump encountered substantial opposition across various sectors, including criticism from Hollywood personalities, whilst Kamala Harris leveraged celebrity endorsements…
Amid a heated controversy surrounding US H-1B visa policies and immigration reform, billionaire businessman Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of an online firestorm. Musk’s recent call for increased immigration to combat a talent shortage in tech has reignited debates about his stance on immigration issues, with critics accusing him of…
There’s a theory out there—wild, audacious, but surprisingly hard to dismiss—that just about everything worth celebrating in Western civilization was dreamed up, built, or perfected by Jews. From splitting the atom to decoding life itself, from rewriting the rules of music to redefining what it means to be human, Jewish brilliance turned the world into…
Katie Miller is also the wife of Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff and homeland security adviser. In a significant move to shape his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump has named Katie Miller to an advisory board tasked with slashing government regulations and trimming federal agencies. But who is Katie Miller, and why…
US Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been a critic of Elon Musk over issues like wealth inequality and foreign relations, has voiced support for President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, surprising some of his followers.In a post on X, Sanders emphasised DOGE’s potential to tackle excessive Pentagon spending, while expressing concern over…
File photo: Vivek Ramaswamy (Picture credit: AP) Indian-origin American entrepreneur and Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy has again shared his remarks on the US immigration system being broken, which he claims incentivises dishonesty.Responding to a viral TikTok podcast clip, Ramaswamy took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice his concerns. “The #1 human attribute that our immigration…
Yann Martel, the best-selling author of Life of Pi, once observed that just as the Bible and Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey form the cultural bedrock of Western civilisation, The Mahabharata and The Ramayana serve as the foundational epics of Indic civilisation. These texts, brimming with profound moral and philosophical insights, have shaped the…
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have outlined an ambitious vision to overhaul the federal government, prioritising drastic regulatory cuts and workforce reductions. Writing in a joint op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, the billionaire entrepreneur and the biotech founder shared their plans for the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative spearheaded by…
