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President Trump

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Republicans outraged after poster for Pearl Jam’s Montana concert depicts White House burning

“The Home Shows” have turned into “The Away Shows” for Seattle rock band Pearl Jam, and with that comes a… Read More

Late-night comics are over the moon when it comes to ridiculing Trump’s Space Force plans

As if the Trump administration’s plan to establish a Space Force by 2020 wasn’t comical enough — especially in the… Read More

Trump ends child separation under pressure from activists and tech leaders but migrant families’ future remains uncertain

President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the controversial policy of separating children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border… Read More

Which president or first lady do you look like? Amazon helps provide answer in White House app

Amazon is helping to power a new app which offers virtual tours of the White House as well as a… Read More

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Judge rules President Trump can’t block his critics on Twitter and calls the action unconstitutional

Blocking people you don’t agree with on Twitter may be a good way to silence them in your social sphere,… Read More

SNL Trump

HIV, HPV and late-night TV: Trump skewered on ‘SNL’ and ‘Colbert’ after Bill Gates video leak

A leaked video of Bill Gates talking about his early encounters with President Donald Trump turned into comedic material for… Read More

SNL

Does Trump hate Amazon and Jeff Bezos? He does in Alec Baldwin’s new ‘SNL’ appearance

President Donald Trump has made a routine out of being up early and on Twitter to take shots at Amazon… Read More

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Trump, Amazon, and tariffs: ‘There is no strategy’

Pramila Jayapal, the congresswoman deemed “Democrats’ fastest-rising star,” pulled no punches when asked about President Donald Trump’s own jabs at… Read More

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Amazon stock slides 5.2 percent amid broad tech selloff and another tweet from Trump

U.S. trade policy, continued scrutiny of tech companies and another tweet from President Trump about Amazon were in the volatile… Read More

Brad Smith

How Microsoft’s Brad Smith navigates the Trump era as the tech industry’s ‘de facto ambassador’

As the tech industry’s unofficial diplomat to Washington, D.C., Microsoft President Brad Smith found himself in a bit of a… Read More

If Steve Ballmer could show President Trump and Congressional leaders one slide, this would be it

Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, has always been a numbers guy. In his post-Microsoft life, he’s deeply entrenched in… Read More

Trump

Three days after Trump’s nuclear button tweet, Twitter defends world leaders and ‘global conversation’

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is most certainly used to getting mentioned in tweets on his own platform calling out other… Read More

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Year in Geek Podcast: How Amazon and Trump shaped tech’s year, and what to expect in 2018

2017 is a year for the history books. Between political unrest, historic natural disasters and leaps forward in innovation, this… Read More

As U.S. braces against brutal cold snap, President Trump calls for ‘good old global warming’

President Trump might want to brace against the cold chill of the internet. With much of the northern and eastern… Read More

Trump Twitter

Twitter adds safeguards after Trump account deactivated; report says employee was contractor

A day after President Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee on that person’s last day of work,… Read More

No Trump on Twitter

Departing Twitter employee goes rogue, deactivates Donald Trump’s account for 11 (joyous) minutes

Fulfilling the fantasy of anyone who has ever wished they could just pull the plug on President Donald Trump’s Twitter… Read More

Bob Ferguson

‘I cannot stand losing’: Washington AG Bob Ferguson on never underestimating Donald Trump

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed 19 lawsuits against the administration of Donald Trump since the president took… Read More

Donald Trump

Could Twitter ban Trump for violating its terms of service? Company forced to explain why it hasn’t

President Trump had a busy weekend on Twitter, as usual. No real surprise there, but the language in at least… Read More

Venture capital group sues Trump administration for delaying ‘startup visa’

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is filing a lawsuit with startups and entrepreneurs claiming it is illegal for President… Read More

President Trump

Trump rips everyone in Arizona speech — including Amazon, again, and Bezos-owned Washington Post

Whether it’s on Twitter or in front of a crowd of raucous supporters, President Trump appears to be making his… Read More

Trump eclipse

President Trump looks at eclipse without protective glasses and the internet gives him a black eye

They told us not to look directly at the sun during the eclipse. But there’s always that guy in the crowd.… Read More

Trump supporters converge on Seattle’s Lenin statue, shout ‘tear it down’ and debate passersby

A handful of self-described supporters of President Donald Trump converged on Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday to call for the removal… Read More

Trump Tweets toilet paper

Such a potty mouth: Toilet paper featuring classic Trump tweets sells out on Amazon

You must be aware by now that when it comes to tweeting, President Trump can sometimes get on a roll.… Read More

Trump tech council

Transcript: Here’s what Microsoft, Amazon and Apple CEOs told Trump about tech this week

President Trump said that he was joined by “an incredible group of leaders” as he kicked off a meeting of… Read More

Donald Trump

Twitter users blocked by Trump argue his feed is a ‘public forum’ and criticism is free speech

Being blocked on Twitter by President Donald Trump might be seen as a singular accomplishment by some users of the… Read More

Airport laptop

President Trump lays out controversial plan to privatize air traffic control system

President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to turn the nation’s air traffic control system over to a private, non-profit… Read More

President Trump

As Trump pulls out of Paris climate deal, Elon Musk quits advisory councils and more tech giants react

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord was rippling through the tech community… Read More

Drone

Proposed bill reportedly could let the government take over and search drones

In a dystopian episode of “Black Mirror,” a hacker tracked and seized control of robotic bees, and the Trump administration is… Read More

Tech investor and ‘Shark Tank’ star Chris Sacca unleashes on Trump, Twitter and scandals at Uber

NEW ORLEANS — “Shark Tank” star and longtime tech investor Chris Sacca (who put early money into companies including Twitter and Uber)… Read More

Seattle health leaders say proposed NIH budget cuts are ‘devastating’ and will cost patient lives

President Donald Trump released his blueprint for the 2018 federal budget on Thursday. It included deep cuts to a number… Read More

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