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  • Musk forms new party after split with Trump over tax and spending bill

    Musk forms new party after split with Trump over tax and spending bill

    By  The Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Elon Musk said he’s carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump, announcing the America Party in response to the president’s sweeping tax cuts law. Musk, once an ever-present ally to Trump as he headed up the slashing…

  • Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling

    Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling

    The country’s tense negotiations hinged on taxing and social spending — and they highlight issues facing Europe, and Western democracies, as a whole. By Koba Ryckewaert and Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels Belgium reached an agreement to form a coalition government on Friday, the nation’s monarchy announced, ending seven months of partisan squabbling over deeply…