WASHINGTON − The Justice Department has warned tech billionaire Elon Musk and his pro-Trump political action committee that its $1 million daily handouts to registered voters in swing states may violate federal election law, media outlets reported Wednesday. The department’s public integrity section, which investigates potential election-related law violations, sent the letter to Musk’s America…
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is trading barbs with billionaire and X owner Elon Musk. During a rally in Madison, Wisconsin with former President Barack Obama on Tuesday, the Democratic vice presidential candidate jokingly referred to Musk as the “running mate” of former President Donald Trump. “Seriously, where is Sen. Vance after he got asked…
Warren Buffett has decided not to endorse a political candidate this year, joining the latest string of elites who have chosen to stay out of this election season. In the past, Buffett has endorsed candidates like Hillary Clinton and former president Barack Obama. However, after false claims on social media regarding Buffett’s investing and political…
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk stands with Republican presidential nominee former U.S. president Donald Trump during a campaign rally, on the day Trump returns to the site of the July assassination attempt against him, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 5, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters As Tesla prepares for quarterly results on Wednesday, many investors…
The deployment of 10,000 or so North Korean troops to Russia marks a sharp escalation and internationalization of Europe’s biggest war in generations, with potential impacts on the battlefield, in Europe, and in Northeast Asia. It’s an embarrassing comedown for Moscow, bad news for Ukraine, and a very scary development for South Korea and the…
Topline A rare down week for the stock market got dimmer Wednesday, as an $11 billion hamburger selloff and big-ticket losses for big technology stocks pushed U.S. equity indexes to their worst day in six weeks. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Getty Images Key Facts By mid-afternoon,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin awkwardly stood alone and waited, on camera, for his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to arrive for a photo-op at a BRICS summit hosted in Putin’s own country. After arriving to a Xi-less room, Putin shuffled his feet in front of the Chinese and Russian flags for a few painful seconds until…
China’s leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their first formal talks in five years Wednesday — a sign of thawing relations between the world’s two most populous countries. The leaders met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia. Xi called for stronger communication and cooperation, as well as to…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has officially confirmed that North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, marking the first acknowledgment from a senior U.S. official. While the specific activities of these troops remain unclear, reports from Ukraine and South Korea suggest that thousands are already in Russia. Austin emphasized the seriousness of the…
October 23 – US President Joe Biden was in Concord, New Hampshire, on Tuesday touting his administration’s alleged success with lowering health care costs and prescription drug prices. While at the New Hampshire Democratic Party Headquarters, he spoke about how important the November election will be and that Republican nominee Donald Trump should be locked…