An election conspiracy theory is spreading on social media alleging that billionaire Elon Musk hacked the 2024 election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump using his Starlink satellite internet company. Conspiracy theorists allege that Starlink, a satellite constellation developed by Musk’s SpaceX designed to provide high-speed broadband internet across the globe, was connected to the…
Trump has repeatedly claimed that he would end the war started by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 in one day. In an attempt to anticipate any upcoming cuts to Ukraine funding, the government of outgoing President Joe Biden is looking to send the last of more than $6 billion…
As President Joe Biden gathers his personal affairs from the White House in preparation for his departure, he’ll also have to grapple with a huge elephant in the room: whether to pardon his son Hunter. Ahead of his exit, Biden will at some point meet with Donald Trump, the President-Elect – who appears, at least…
President-elect Donald Trump‘s recent victory in the U.S. presidential election is part of a larger global trend of anti-incumbency sentiment and populist appeals to voters, as nearly half the world has held elections this year. More than 60 countries have held elections in 2024. Billions of people were faced with a choice to choose their…
Vice President Kamala Harris will win the 2024 presidential election, at least according to one longstanding indicator based on market performance. Known as the “Presidential Predictor,” this stock-market-based method has successfully forecast the outcome of 21 of the past 24 elections. In 2020, it signaled a win for Joe Biden. According to current trends, the…
A new poll shows a shock reversal in the state of Iowa, with Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris taking the lead among likely voters just days ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The Des Moines Register on Saturday published the results of its most recent poll, finding that Harris took a three-point lead with…
Warren Buffett dumped more Apple stock in the third financial quarter 2024, expanding Berkshire Hathaway’s cash on hand while reducing its stake in the tech giant to only one-third of what it held just two years ago. Berkshire Hathaway, with the most expensive stock in the world priced at around $678,000 per share, held 915.6…
With the presidential election looking as tight as ever, many will be looking to the statistician Nate Silver, for his predictions. Polls show that Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck and neck, with any lead determined by just a few percentage points. Silver, who founded FiveThirtyEight but is no longer affiliated, has essentially said…
In the final days of this year’s election, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, is “gaining ground” on the betting platform Polymarket, according to an update on Friday. As of Friday afternoon, Harris still trailed former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, on Polymarket—59.5 percent to 40.6 percent. The gap, however, has closed over…
‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary is enthusiastically backing Elon Musk’s plan to cut $2 trillion from federal spending—and in fact, he thinks the cuts should be even higher. If former president Donald Trump wins a second term, he has pledged to appoint Musk as head of a new Department of Government Efficiency that would enact…