Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased shares in Google parent Alphabet worth $4.3 billion at the end of the third quarter, a vote of confidence in the search giant after its shares have surged this year. The investment, disclosed in a quarterly regulatory filing, adds to Berkshire’s exposure to the tech industry, which Buffett once shied…
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order eliminating tariffs on a wide range of commodities, including beef, coffee and several tropical fruits, including bananas, in an effort to ease consumer frustration over high prices. The move follows off-year elections earlier this month in which voters cited economic concerns as their top priority, contributing…
On Halloween, Elon Musk appeared again on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, where he repeated false claims about rampant fraud in the Social Security program, among other inflammatory stories about immigrants. Musk’s claims of fraud are wrong, according to figures contained in a November 2021 report from the Social Security Administration (SSA), the independent agency…
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There’s an obvious vibe shift happening in Hollywood right now, and I don’t just mean the general burnout of woke identity politics. We’ve all seen the culture swing back and forth over the years, from early 2000s Miss Buttaface misogyny and body-shaming to the overcompensatory woke politics that branded everything racist, sexist, or “problematic.” With…
At last month’s high-stakes meeting in Busan, South Korea, between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two leaders secured a fragile truce aimed at easing tensions and stabilizing relations. The United States agreed to cut tariffs on Chinese goods by 10 percent, bringing the average rate to 47 percent, while China committed to delaying new export controls…
When President Donald Trump began rapidly deporting migrants earlier this year to a brutal Salvadoran prison – including some wrongfully so – without due process, Democrats were somewhat wary of pushing back. Yes, the move appeared illegal and highly problematic. But didn’t Americans just want undocumented immigrants deported? By standing up for due process, didn’t…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — It has been 100 days since President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and the U.S. Marshals in Washington, D.C. to crack down on crime. The Trump Administration says the nation’s Capital city is safer than before the operation started. “I think this operation is a continued success,” U.S. Marshals Director…
WASHINGTON — Ten months into Donald Trump’s second term, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has positioned herself as a surprising critic of the administration’s policies — and as a torchbearer for the “America First” agenda that she believes the president has drifted from, she told NBC News in recent interviews. Greene, who has long been one…
WASHINGTON — The East Wing that President Donald Trump tore down last month stood for decades. The ballroom he’s building in its place could be gone not long after the first wave of guests sit down for dinner, depending on the outcome of the 2028 presidential race. If elected, a Democratic president would have plenty…