Amazon’s internal forecast suggests a $700 million financial gain from its AI shopping assistant Rufus
Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy Amazon has rosy projections for its Rufus AI shopping assistant. According to an internal planning document obtained by B-17, Amazon expects Rufus to indirectly contribute over $700 million in operating profits this year. The outlook is part of a metric called “downstream impact,” an internal financial figure Amazon uses to measure…
These 4 GOP senators voted to block Trump’s Canada tariffs right after his ‘Liberation Day’ announcement
Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine were among the Republicans who voted for a resolution that would block Trump’s tariffs on Canada. Just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled a host of new tariffs, the GOP-controlled Senate voted to block a major part of his trade agenda. The Senate passed a…
Why Canada and Mexico are missing from Trump’s tariff chart
President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs had two surprising omissions: Mexico and Canada. Many countries, including China, were slapped with large reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday. After Trump’s announcement, CNBC reported that Chinese goods could receive a 54% tariff when combining the new tariffs (34%) with ones that have been previously announced. European Union goods…
Investigators recovered black boxes from the American Airlines plane collision. Here’s what’s next in the crash investigation.
A diving team and police boat are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. Investigators recovered the recording devices, or black boxes, from one of the aircraft involved in Wednesday night’s midair crash near the Reagan Washington National Airport. A…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the EU deserves tariffs for not buying America’s ‘beautiful beef’
“They hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said of the European Union. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s new reciprocal tariffs are just a response to how the US has been treated on trade. “The European Union won’t take chicken…
Josh Brolin says nepotism worked against him when he auditioned for ‘The Goonies: ‘I went back 6 times’
Josh Brolin, left, as Brand in “The Goonies,” and Brolin, right, in November 2024. Josh Brolin says his famous lineage backfired and put him at a disadvantage when he auditioned for “The Goonies.” “‘I think ‘Goonies’ was quite an accident,” Brolin, the son of actor James Brolin and Jane Cameron Agee, said during an interview…
Trump hit US trading partners with sweeping tariffs. Some countries are prepared to hit back.
Good morning. Ten major firms are under the spotlight as the Trump administration continues its consulting crackdown. B-17 has pored over the DOGE receipts and found one firm has taken the most heat so far: Deloitte. In today’s big story, it’s the morning after Trump’s “Liberation Day” — and some countries were hit harder than…
Now we know how big DOGE’s firings really were
Elon Musk, the de facto leader of the DOGE office, has said its work is necessary to save the US from financial collapse. The White House DOGE office’s actions led to 216,670 announced job cuts of federal workers and contractors in March, a new report by a global outplacement firm found. The DOGE office has…
‘I hope he’s right:’ Trump’s tariffs are rattling GOP senators
Despite their concerns, GOP senators largely demurred on whether they’d support a new bill to reign in Trump’s tariff powers. As the markets reel from President Donald Trump’s Wednesday tariff announcement, senators in his own party are dealing with the fallout. Speaking with reporters at the Capitol on Thursday, several GOP senators said that Trump’s…
