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Mint
2 days ago
- Politics
- Mint
Kash Patel not partying in Vegas? Deputy claims FBI director spends 13 hours in office
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel spends nearly 13 hours in the office, his deputy has said, quashing all rumours that the FBI chief is often seen at nighclubs in Las Vegas. In an interview with Fox News, Dan Bongino gave a glimpse into the lives of FBI officials, including himself and Patel. Of Kash Patel, who has been accused of spending more time at nightclubs rather than the FBI headquarters, Bongino said he is 'there all day'. 'Kash is in the office by 6 am and rarely leaves before 7 pm If you think we are there for tea and crumpets… I mean, Kash is there all day,' Bongino said. He said that he goes to the office at 7:30 am as he does not use his apartment gym. Don Bongino also addressed the personal cost that comes with the job, revealing he is separated from his wife. 'I stare at these four walls all day in DC, you know, by myself, divorced from my wife. Not divorced, but I mean, separated. And it's hard.' 'My wife is struggling. But I am not a victim. I am not James Comey (former FBI director). I did this and I am proud that I did it,' the deputy director of the FBI said. Comey had earlier raised questions about Patel and Bongino's leadership. Addressing this, the FBI offcial said, 'There are lots of people in the FBI who know what they're doing. I hope these two guys are letting them guide them.' FBI director Kash Patel had earlier been accused of spending more of his time in nightclubs than at his workplace. Frank Figliuzzi, who was FBI's Assistant Director for Counterintelligence under Robert Mueller, claimed that US President Donald Trump's high-ranking officer is seldom spotted at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's office. However, Kash Patel has often been spotted spending his time elsewhere, the former FBI officer claimed. 'Reportedly, he's been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building,' Figliuzzi told Morning Joe co-host Jonathan Lemaire earlier this month. Figliuzzi further claimed that Kash Patel has been dividing his time between Washington DC and his home in Las Vegas.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Morning Joe' Mocks Elon Musk for ‘Desperately Trying' to Distance Himself From Trump
MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' called out Elon Musk over what they say is his desperate attempt to estrange himself from President Donald Trump in an effort to salvage what's left of his business and tech reputation in Silicon Valley and abroad. 'I don't understand the complicated ways of Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. but I do understand that Elon Musk is desperately trying, as subtly as he can but as clearly as he can, to separate himself from the work he did over the past four or five months that savaged his reputation in the business world and has hurt Tesla,' host Joe Scarborough said about the Tesla CEO after reviewing his recent interview with CBS News, during which he criticized Trump's latest spending bill. 'And you can see it there, 'Oh, I'm not going to get specific, but I don't agree with everything they're doing' — nod, nod, wink, wink,' the anchor mocked. Watch the full 'Morning Joe' segment below: The Tesla CEO, who donated $288 million to Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and served as the head of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), exited his position in the White House on Wednesday and appears to be distancing himself from the administration and the actions he made as a 'special government employee,' including his role in slashing the federal workforce in an effort to save money. But what he doesn't know, co-host Jonathan Lemire says, is that Trump is going to hit him with a reality check by making him take full responsibility for his part in the country's economic issues. 'What's he going to get instead, because of that? He's going to get a news conference in the Oval Office where Donald Trump is going to make him grab, with both arms, a lot of what he did in the administration,' Lemire shared. 'In [Musk's] telling, he thought he could do more than what he did. Lemire added that ultimately Musk may be more concerned with how his actions under Trump has impacted his own tech empire. In the first quarter of 2025, Tesla sales dropped by 13%, the worst decline in the company's history. 'He now sees the aftermath of what it's done on his businesses. We've chronicled quite a bit on this show how Tesla has really taken a hit, how Musk has really taken a nose dive in a lot of quarters around the country, and frankly, the planet,' the host added. Check out the full breakdown from 'Morning Joe' in the video above. The post 'Morning Joe' Mocks Elon Musk for 'Desperately Trying' to Distance Himself From Trump | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Axios CEO Warns AI Will ‘Reorder Society'
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei on Friday warned that artificial intelligence will 'reorder society,' further admitting he is alarmed and thrown off by how cavalierly lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are approaching the technology. VandeHei made the comment on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe,' while discussing an Axios story from earlier this week saying AI may lead to a 'white-collar bloodbath.' In the piece, which VandeHei wrote with Axios co-founder Mike Allen, the writers said 'AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years,' according to one AI executive. 'I feel like I'm living in a simulation, where you see so clearly where the world's going over the next five years, and yet Washington pays very little attention to it,' VandeHei told Joe Scarborough on Friday morning. 'What we're saying is: just pay attention.' He also said he views AI as both a 'threat and a massive opportunity,' and that college grads need to be mindful of the industries they are heading into because of it. He added that AI does not have to lead to 'massive upheaval,' but he is concerned by the lack of concern shown by other CEOs and lawmakers over the tech's affect. AI has been a hot topic in media this week, with several attendees at the Wall Street Journal's 'The Future of Everything' event in New York City sharing their takes on it. Imagine Entertainment co-founders Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on Wednesday said they are both 'excited' by AI and use it as a tool to jumpstart ideas, but Grazer said it will never have the 'soul' necessary to replace professional writers. A day later, OpenAI COO Brian Lightcap said he believes artificial general intelligence — where AI models can perform any intellectual task that humans can — will be reached within the next four years. And Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian said during a different panel on Thursday that he believes 'the pure software part of Silicon Valley' will have a 'reckoning' in the next few years as a result of AI. For more on how Hollywood has moved from 'fearful observer to active participant in the AI revolution,' click here. The post Axios CEO Warns AI Will 'Reorder Society' appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Only care when they're out of power': Joe rips GOP hypocrisy on ballooning debt
House Speaker Mike Johnson is responding to Elon Musk's recent comments about the GOP's sweeping budget bill, which Musk said 'increases the budget deficit." On Morning Joe, the panel slams Johnson's dismissal of Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections and calls out what they say is Republican hypocrisy on the national debt.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
‘A bit of a blink': Judge blocks Trump's foreign student ban at Harvard—for now
A federal judge extended a block on the Trump administration's move to bar Harvard from enrolling international students. On Morning Joe, Politico's Josh Gerstein—who was inside the courtroom—breaks down what happened, why it's a rare moment of apparent compromise from the Trump administration, and what may come next.
