The Daily Populous

Wednesday January 29th, 2025 morning edition

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took an opportunity on the campaign trail Tuesday to criticize Elon Musk, telling CNN that the US billionaire “is intervening in favor of right-wing politicians all over Europe.

Ahead of Germany’s February election, Musk has been controversially inserting himself into the German election campaign in favor of the far-right party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Speaking to CNN, as he came off stage after an hour’s talk with voters in Berlin, the Chancellor said, “I disagree completely with Elon Musk and what he is doing.”

And this is really disgusting, and it is not good for the democratic development in all (of) the European Union.”.

He has also regularly tweeted his support for the party, calling Scholz “an incompetent fool” on his social media platform.

But it is what Musk said about the German need to move on from its historic guilt over the Holocaust that has particularly irked the Chancellor.

At the event in Halle, Musk also spoke to a feverish crowd in grandiose terms about immigration, pride at being German and the upcoming election. »

Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers

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The Trump administration is offering millions of federal workers the option to accept buyouts through a government-wide "deferred resignation" program if they resign by Feb. 6.

The sweeping buyouts are being offered to "make sure that all federal workers are on board with the new administration's plan to have federal employees in office and adhering to higher standards," a senior administration official told NBC on condition of anonymity.

"Purging the federal government of dedicated career federal employees will have vast, unintended consequences that will cause chaos for the Americans who depend on a functioning federal government," AFGE said in a statement. »

85 percent of Greenlanders don’t want Trump takeover, new poll says

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We want to be Greenlanders,” he told reporters earlier this month.

Trump first mulled acquiring the vast Arctic island and its mineral resources during his first term in office, but was rebuffed by Copenhagen.

Egede is keen to hold a referendum that could see the island become independent from Denmark, and freer to chart its own future. »

White House says Medicaid portal 'will be back online shortly' after Trump funding freeze blamed

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Medicaid reimbursement portals went down Tuesday in every U.S. state after the Trump administration ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, a senator said.

But the White House later said it expected the systems to "be back online shortly" without any effect on payments.

"My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., wrote in a post on the social media site X. »

Trump administration offers federal workers a buyout to resign

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President Donald Trump's administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation," which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September.

The offer went out to the federal workforce through a new system the Trump administration set up that gives officials the ability to email all federal employees at once.

But the subject line of the email that will be sent to federal workers is: "Fork in the Road.". »