The cryptocurrency industry has become an astonishingly effective Washington lobbying force in recent years. Three political action committees, Fairshake, Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress, spent more than $133m supporting both Republican and Democrat candidates who voiced pro-crypto views during the campaign. As of Monday morning, 52 out of 56 House and Senate candidates backed…
Since the primary race ended in March, Ms Haley has taken a job as the Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute, a Right-leaning Washington think tank. In May, she used her inaugural address to criticise isolationists in the Republican Party ─ although she did not name Mr Trump. “They believe if we leave…
Until this facility was taken away, I’d never realised how often I looked things up on my phone. How cold is it going to be this evening? What time does that shop open? What has that actress been in before? During one discussion, Jeremy asked me the origins of Bonfire Night – why, in this…
It had insisted on a condition that would have ensured its ability to remain in power in Gaza which is “something the US and Israel will never accept”. According to Reuters, three Hamas officials denied it had been told to leave. It is unclear where Hamas will go next but potential options for the group…
Ms Alinejad, meanwhile, had a distrust of authority at a young age, reportedly being expelled from secondary school for challenging its religious teachings before she headed to Tehran to become a journalist. She was catapulted to fame as a reporter in the Iranian parliament, questioning powerful men in a country where women do not have…
Mr Trump has previously said he will end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day in office, but has provided few details on how he will achieve this. One plan that he is thought to be considering involves using British and European troops to enforce an 800-mile buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies. Ukraine…
While the Hong Kong stock exchange slumped, mainland markets performed better. The Shanghai Composite index closed broadly flat. Mr Wrigley said Trump’s victory would probably force the world’s second-largest economy to embark on more stimulus, which could insulate domestic markets from the impact. China’s highest state body, the National People’s Congress, is currently in session…
Elon Musk dispatched an “emergency squad” to Pennsylvania to secure last-minute votes on Election Day. The billionaire tech mogul’s America PAC is targeting would-be Trump voters who filed their initial ballots with errors, meaning they would be rejected in the final count. It is a highly expensive and unusual tactic, but could yield the small…
It comes after the terror group turned down a proposal put forward by Egypt that would have seen a two-day ceasefire declared in Gaza if they had agreed to return four Israeli hostages. Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said Hamas “once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages to secure…
Both the SNL and Fallon skits featured the real and mock politicians staring at each other through a mirror. Ms Harris used the primetime appearance to poke fun at Trump, days after a viral video showed him struggling to climb into a garbage truck in Wisconsin while wearing an orange fluorescent safety vest. In a pep…