In 2014, then-Rep. Tim Walz regaled fellow members of Congress with a recollection of being in Hong Kong during the notorious Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 — but contemporary local media coverage indicates he was actually safe and sound in his native Nebraska as the tanks rolled through Beijing. “I was just going to teach…
Good morning, Quartz readers! HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Mark Cuban has words for Elon Musk. Those words are about Donald Trump, and they are: “His loyalty is only to himself.” AT&T is selling its stake in DirecTV AI is going nuclear in Michigan. Plans are being finalized to restart a nuclear reactor to…
President Joe Biden speaks during an address on gun violence in the East Room of the White House on Thursday. He will address Hurricane Helene on Monday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo Sept. 30 (UPI) — President Joe Biden was scheduled to make a national address about Hurricane Helene and its effects on…
Former President Donald Trump has blamed the White House after his Wisconsin rally was moved to a smaller venue on Saturday. Speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Trump said the administration “would not let us have” 50,000 come to an outside rally in Wisconsin the previous day. Trump was originally scheduled to…
Donald Trump held a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Bayfront Convention Center on Sunday. It was his second consecutive appearance in a crucial battleground state this weekend, following Saturday’s speech in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he called Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris “mentally disabled” while delivering an anti-migrant speech. This time…
Hong Kong’s largest think tank has a pressing task to help repair the “huge reputational damage” the city has suffered as a result of strained US-China ties. Bernard Chan, chairman of the Our Hong Kong Foundation, said it would expand its overseas exchanges to persuade outsiders to come and see the city for themselves, at…
The most likely scenario in polling analyst Nate Silver‘s presidential model is that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, wins all seven swing states in November’s election. Silver—a leading polling analyst and founder of polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight, which he is no longer affiliated with—has come out with his own presidential model for the…
Mark Cuban and Elon Musk. Getty Images Billionaire investor Mark Cuban cautioned Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday against forming an alliance with former President Donald Trump, because, he said, the Republican presidential nominee may not ultimately repay his political debts. “Elon, there will come a time when you need something from Donald Trump,” Cuban…
Vice President Vice President Kamala Harris has seen four Republicans endorse her over Donald Trump in as many days. Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has become the latest high-profile Republican figure to announce they are supporting Harris in November. Flake said Sunday that he wants to back a presidential candidate who represents “a new generation…
1 of 5 | Maya Rudolph and Dana Carvey played Kamala Harris and Joe Biden on this weekend’s edition of “Saturday Night Live.” Screen grab courtesy of NBC Sept. 29 (UPI) — Saturday Night Live veterans Dana Carvey and Maya Rudolph returned for the sketch comedy show’s Season 50 premiere this weekend to parody outgoing…