Dick Cheney to vote Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney says

Dick Cheney to vote Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney says

Liz Cheney arrives with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, to vote at the Teton County Library during the Republican primary election, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Aug 16, 2022. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Republican former Vice President Dick Cheney will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 … Read more

Trump hush money sentencing postponed past Election Day

Trump hush money sentencing postponed past Election Day

Former U.S. President Donald Trump comments as he leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane | Via Reuters Former President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal hush … Read more

Netherlands expands export curbs on advanced chip tools

Netherlands expands export curbs on advanced chip tools

An icon of ASML is displayed on a smartphone, with an ASML chip visible in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The Dutch government on Friday announced it is expanding export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, bringing more of ASML‘s machines under curbs. More types of chipmaking tools are now subject to … Read more

Mark Cuban says Kamala Harris won’t tax unrealized capital gains

Mark Cuban says Kamala Harris won’t tax unrealized capital gains

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban on Thursday insisted that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris would not tax unrealized gains as president. “Every conversation I’ve had is that it’s not going to happen,” Cuban said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Cuban, who says he speaks with Harris’ team frequently, maintained to CNBC that she is not interested in … Read more

Harris will beat Trump, Allan Lichtman predicts

Harris will beat Trump, Allan Lichtman predicts

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House, Washington, U.S., July 22, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024 in a combination of file photographs.  Nathan Howard | Jeenah Moon | Reuters The results are in, and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will defeat Republican rival Donald … Read more

Elon Musk plan for government efficiency enters Trump platform

Elon Musk plan for government efficiency enters Trump platform

President Trump speaks at the Economic Club of New York on November 12, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new batch of economic policy proposals that include Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s idea of creating a government efficiency commission to eliminate wasteful federal spending, a shot … Read more

Trump election interference case resumes in Washington

Trump election interference case resumes in Washington

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall hosted by Sean Hannity in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 4, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The federal criminal election interference case against Donald Trump resumed in Washington, D.C., on Thursday after a nearly year-long delay related to arguments on … Read more

Republican-led states sue to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

Republican-led states sue to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

The U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Seven Republican-led states have sued the U.S. Department of Education to block the Biden administration from carrying out its sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan. In the lawsuit, the states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Dakota … Read more

Harris capital gains tax plan softens Biden proposal

Harris capital gains tax plan softens Biden proposal

Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Sept. 4, 2024. Erin Schaff | The New York Times | Via Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed a 28% tax on long-term capital gains for households with an annual income of $1 million or more, lower than the … Read more

U.S. targets Russia over 2024 election opinion effort

U.S. targets Russia over 2024 election opinion effort

A picture taken on June 8, 2018 shows an unidentified anchor of the Russia Today (RT) TV company as he prepares to go on the air in their studio in Moscow.  Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday will announce actions targeting Russian-government-backed efforts to manipulate American opinion before the … Read more