Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help elect Trump Posted on 07/12/2024 Elon Musk gave US$239 million to America PAC, a super political action committee he founded to help turn out voters for Donald Trump. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win November’s presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world’s wealthiest people had on this year’s White House race. The billionaire owner of electric car maker Tesla and SpaceX gave US$259 million to groups supporting Trump’s 2024 campaign, according to new Federal Election Commission filings released late on Thursday. The huge donations made Musk one of the biggest underwriters of a presidential campaign in US history, helping him to become a powerful political ally of Trump and someone who now plays a key role in shaping the incoming Republican administration’s policy agenda. Musk gave US$239 million to America PAC, a super political action committee he founded to help turn out voters for Trump. In late October Musk gave an additional US$20 million to RBG PAC, a group that sought to convince voters that Trump would not sign into a law a national abortion ban, according to the FEC filings. The group’s name refers to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon known for her support of abortion rights. Musk, who also owns the social media platform X, has emerged as a close advisor in Trump’s transition team. Trump has chosen him, along with former Republican presidential candidate and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, to head a task force aimed at slashing government spending and regulations. Musk and Ramaswamy met on Capitol Hill on Thursday with lawmakers whose support they will need to win the sweeping spending cuts Trump has asked them to find. The two men have called for firing thousands of federal workers, slashing regulations and eliminating programmes whose authorisation has expired, such as veterans’ healthcare. Musk has also been a regular fixture and Trump confidante at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate during the transition. News
Thai police: Solid evidence behind arrest of six Malaysians in Sg Golok, including popular Kelantan folk singer, for possessing yaba pills Posted on 09/11/2024 NARATHIWAT, Nov 9 — Thai police have confirmed that the arrest of six Malaysians, including a female singer, at a hotel in Sungai Golok on Nov 1 was based on solid evidence. Sungai Golok district police chief Col. Pol Jedsadavit Ingprapan said the investigation was supported by evidence found at… Read More
2 foreigners nabbed, 6 ‘collectors’ rescued in Johor charity donation scam Posted on 06/12/2024 Johor police chief M Kumar said six men – a Malaysian and five foreigners aged 21 to 70 – had been used by the syndicate to collect donations. (Bernama pic) JOHOR BAHRU: Police arrested two foreign brothers on suspicion of being the masterminds behind a charity donation scam and rescued… Read More
HR Minister: Malaysia employs 2.47 million low-skilled foreign workers, aims to cap their share at 15pc of total workforce Posted on 05/12/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Malaysia currently employs 2,470,781 low-skilled foreign workers, as of September 30 this year, Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong revealed in a written parliamentary reply yesterday. Sim emphasised the government’s commitment to ensuring that foreign workers make up no more than 15 per cent… Read More