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Jan 2025
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DeepSeek, Trump and Hegseth’s Pentagon a...

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Chinese startup DeepSeek’s launch of its latest AI models threatens to upset the tech apple cart - and the stock market. Newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at the Pentagon with DEI initiatives in his crosshairs. And the Trump administration has benched around 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development. 


*Please note this description has been corrected to refer to Hegseth as Defense Secretary, not Secretary of State.


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