At least two accounts representing the former German dictator purportedly displayed gray, government-signifying verification badges in February 2025.

Economists warn these tariffs could cost U.S. consumers between $120 billion and $225 billion annually. Businesses that import car parts, medical devices, vegetables and clothing are bracing for the impact, as are industries like U.S. textile production.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Reuters’s sources were “wrong,” that Trump had signed off on the idea, that DOGE and OPM had given the White House advance notice of the email’s release, and that the “White House was not caught off guard.”

As of September 2024, the FAA had 14,000 air traffic controllers in its employ, having surpassed its yearly goal to bring aboard 1,800 new hires. The hiring spree was implemented to reverse a “decades-long air traffic controller staffing level decline,” according to a post from the FAA.