The danger posed to Donald Trump was obvious. It was a story that not only drew attention to his links to a convicted sex offender, it also risked widening a growing wedge between the president and some of his most vociferous supporters. The White House quickly concluded a full-force response was required. It was Tuesday…
A jury in Miami on Friday said Tesla was liable in a 2019 fatal crash in the Florida Keys, and ordered the electric vehicle firm to pay $243 million (€209 million) to the family of a deceased victim and her injured boyfriend. Why did the jury find Tesla responsible for the deadly crash? In 2019, a driver in…
President Xi Jinping and Nepalese President Ram Chandra Poudel exchanged congratulations on Friday on the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, with both leaders pledging to boost the countries’ partnership. In his congratulatory message to Poudel, Xi noted that China and Nepal are connected by mountains and rivers, with a long history…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Andrew Garfield and Jason Schwartzman were among multiple celebrities seen filming around the city of San Francisco, shooting what TMZ confirms is a movie based on the life of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. City streets turned into movie sets The celebrities were spotted at Dolores Park, the Fillmore district, and in…
The White House has launched an aggressive public relations campaign promoting a narrative of economic strength during the first six months of United States President Donald Trump, with claims of his policies fueling “America’s golden age”. But an Al Jazeera analysis of economic data shows the reality is more mixed. Trump’s claims of his policies…
Watch: ‘We’re totally prepared’, Trump says following submarine movements US President Donald Trump says he has ordered two nuclear submarines to “be positioned in the appropriate regions” in response to “highly provocative” comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Trump said he acted “just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just…
On Friday, Vladimir Putin met with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, at a remote monastery in Russia’s northern Karelia region. After a religious service, the two presidents sat down on a bench outside and fielded questions from reporters, focusing on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the lack of progress on negotiating a ceasefire. Putin and Lukashenko also commented on anti-corruption politics in Ukraine and the recent U.S.–E.U. trade agreement. Meduza…
Some Republican senators have expressed concern about President Donald Trump’s decision Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after the release of the July jobs report. Several Republicans told NBC News that they would take issue with the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the BLS, if it is…
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, donated $15 million to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, days before he called for the formation of a third party. Musk made the donations in late June. The donations were disclosed in the campaign finance reports of the pro-Trump MAGA Inc., Senate Leadership Fund, and Congressional Leadership…
A federal appeals court on Friday revived part of a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s X of becoming a haven for child exploitation, though the court said the platform deserves broad immunity from claims over objectionable content. While rejecting some claims, the ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco said X, formerly Twitter, must…