Why are investors excited about Trump’s upcoming term? – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump returned to his hometown of New York City on Thursday to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street investors seem to have embraced the incoming administration as all three major indexes have hit…
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Legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward on Tuesday remembered what President-elect Donald Trump told him in 2016 about his idea of power and explained what it could mean for Americans during Trump’s second term. “Asked about power, what is power, and he [Trump] said ‘Real power is … I even don’t like to use the word…
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that Nikki Haley — who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in his first term, and then ran against him for the Republican nomination this cycle — will not be invited to join his administration. He also said that Mike Pompeo, who was both secretary of state and…
Although the President of the United States is the most scrutinized person on the planet, myopia invariably sets in as we assess them in real time. Often our impressions are dominated by the caricatures we’re served up in the media—a bumbling Gerald Ford, hapless Jimmy Carter, intellectually feeble Ronald Reagan, inept George W. Bush, or…
What Elon Musk could gain from Trump’s second term – CBS News Watch CBS News Some of the richest men in the world have already become even richer due to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the net worth of Elon Musk, one of Trump’s most vocal allies, increased by more…
President Joe Biden stepped into the Rose Garden Thursday to acknowledge Donald Trump’s victory over his Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden has been here before. Eight years ago, he stood in the same spot next to outgoing President Barack Obama after the Democrats suffered a stinging defeat from Donald Trump. Then, Biden wore a red…
President Joe Biden aimed pointed comments at former President Donald Trump and his supporters over the weekend ahead of Election Day. While making a final campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Saturday for Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden called Harris’ rival someone “you’d like to smack in the ass” while slamming Trump’s policy goals during the…
Elon Musk’s political action committee has created a group on his platform X that has become a repository for election misinformation, galvanizing more than 58,000 members to report instances of “voter fraud or irregularities” that are often unsubstantiated, misleading or flat-out fabricated. The “Election Integrity Community,” which launched in late October, has hundreds of new…
Elon Musk has arguably done more than any single individual to aid Donald Trump’s campaign. The mega-billionaire has put more than $75 million toward electing the former president, turned America’s most politically influential social media platform into a vehicle for right-wing propaganda, orchestrated a (shambolic) get-out-the-vote effort, and repeatedly appeared beside Trump on the campaign…