Steve Bannon mocks Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos as Trump ‘supplicants’ making an ‘official surrender’ - Trump’s former White House strategist fires latest volley in MAGA civil war as he compares tech ti

The former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump named Steve Bannon in a pretty latest development criticized famous personalities like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and asserted that they have officially surrendered to Donald Trump.

They're not there because they support Trump. They're there because the Trump movement and President Trump broke them’ Bannon said ahead of Trump’s inauguration

But this might be the best mood that MAGA world will be in for a while. The president’s coalition is split between two distinct but overlapping factions that are destined for infighting. On one side are the far-right nationalists and reactionaries who have stood by Trump since he descended down his golden escalator.

Editorial page editor Jim Dao sits down with Globe Opinion columnist Joan Vennochi and Globe political reporter James Pindell to discuss what Trump 2.0 might have in store.

On the day of Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, a group of his top billionaire donors, including the casino magnate Miriam Adelson and the future Republican National Committee finance chair Todd Ricketts, hosted a small private party, away from the publicly advertised inaugural balls.

Once upon a time, the ultimate aspiration of the ultra-wealthy was to accumulate enough “F-you money” to operate above societal constraints.

OpenAI spent $1.76 million on government lobbying in 2024 and $510,000 in the last three months of the year alone, according to a new disclosure filed on January 22—a significant jump from 2023, when the company spent just $260,000 on Capitol Hill.

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a loose coalition of ultraconservatives including Steven Bannon, Dasha Nekrasova, and Curtis Yarvin gathered at a black-tie ball hosted by the book publisher Passage Press.

Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States. From this moment on, America's decline is over. For more from Inauguration Day, I caught up with USA TODAY chief political correspondent Phillip M. Bailey. Phillip, thank you so much for hopping on during this big, big week in Washington. Phillip M. Bailey:

The crowd President Trump is riding into Washington with looks a little different than last time. Gone are the horned helms, body paint, and zip ties, in many cases replaced by a tailored suit and an astronomical net worth. The oligarchy is moving into the people’s house.