A U.S. fighter jet with a troubled history became the subject of an online spat between an Arizona congressman and tech mogul Elon Musk, previewing possible tensions between the new Trump administration’s fiscal goals and the country’s defense sector. Musk, who President-elect Donald Trump recently appointed to lead a government efficiency effort, took aim at…
About 250,000 people unsubscribed from The Washington Post after the newspaper broke a decade-long tradition and announced that it would not endorse a presidential candidate for the 2024 election. The decision was made by The Post’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, who defended it in an op-ed published Oct. 28, citing a goal to eliminate bias….
The Bluesky social media platform — an alternative to X, formerly Twitter — has picked up hundreds of thousands of new users since the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5. Bluesky is designed to feel familiar to X users, with a layout and functionality closely resembling X’s traditional format. People can make posts; share videos;…
Jamie Lee Curtis and Don Lemon are among the big-name X (formerly Twitter) users leaving the social media site since President-elect Donald Trump announced the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, will have a role in his administration. In a Wednesday Instagram post, “Halloween” actress Curtis shared a screenshot showing her X account’s successful deactivation. In her…
A driver struck and killed 35 people and injured dozens of others with a vehicle during a hit-and-run crash in southern China, local police confirmed Tuesday. In what Chinese authorities are calling an intentional act, the attack took place just before 8 p.m. local time Monday when the person drove” “a small SUV” into a…
One of the ideas I liked the most from Donald Trump on the campaign trail was his proposal to harness the expertise and gift for innovation of billionaire businessman Elon Musk if he were to get elected. It looks like Trump will follow through on his promise to have Musk, who leads Tesla and SpaceX…
WASHINGTON − Tech billionaire Elon Musk joined the first phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Trump’s election on Tuesday, media outlets reported, raising questions about his potentially outsized role in the upcoming administration. A spokesperson for Zelenskyy described the call as a positive one based on comments from both…
On Election Day as voters headed to the polls, the wild fluctuations that have become the hallmark of Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock continued their dizzying course. The parent company of Truth Social was halted three times for volatility. Shares closed down 1%. A large portion of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s wealth is…
WASHINGTON ― Puerto Rican reggaetón star Nicky Jam withdrew his support on Wednesday for Donald Trump in next week’s election, the latest fallout after a comedian insulted Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” during the Republican presidential nominee’s Sunday rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden. In a video post on Instagram, Jam…
The close relationship between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin is no secret. The two leaders signed a diplomatic and defense pact on their last face-to-face meeting in June. And North Korea has already provided thousands of containers of munitions to fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine. Now, the U.S., South…