Crypto PACs go into 2024 with $78 million

Crypto PACs go into 2024 with  million

Three allied political action committees funded by leaders of the cryptocurrency industry will be starting 2024 with a combined $78 million as they aim to be key influencers during the pivotal election cycle, the groups announced Monday. The massive amount of cash that the PACs are prepared to use in support of likely pro-crypto candidates … Read more

Venezuela and Guyana pledge not to use force in territory dispute

Venezuela and Guyana pledge not to use force in territory dispute

TOPSHOT – Aerial view of the Essequibo region taken from Guyana on December 12, 2023. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet on December 14, 2023 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on their countries’ growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international warnings against escalating the … Read more

Trump ballot challenge decided by Colorado Supreme Court

Trump ballot challenge decided by Colorado Supreme Court

Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, smiles during a campaign event in Pueblo, CO, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s ballots for the 2024 election due to his incitement of the … Read more

Trump wipes out Biden’s lead with Latino voters in 2024: CNBC survey

Trump wipes out Biden’s lead with Latino voters in 2024: CNBC survey

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event at the Hyatt Hotel on December 13, 2023 in Coralville, Iowa.  Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Republican front-runner Donald Trump appears to be gaining significant ground against President Joe Biden among Latino voters, according to new CNBC survey data. … Read more

Rudy Giuliani sued by election workers over defamation

Rudy Giuliani sued by election workers over defamation

Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on December 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Rudy Giuliani was sued again Monday by two former Georgia election workers who last week won a nearly $150 million defamation verdict against … Read more

U.S. expands Red Sea defense as Houthis disrupt trade

U.S. expands Red Sea defense as Houthis disrupt trade

Mock drones and missiles are displayed at a square on December 07, 2023 in Sana’a, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud | Getty Images U.S. officials on Monday expanded a multinational maritime force in the Red Sea to defend against escalating attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, which have impeded international shipping routes. “The recent escalation in reckless … Read more

Maersk, MSC suspend Red Sea route amid Houthi attacks

Maersk, MSC suspend Red Sea route amid Houthi attacks

An oil tanker anchored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen’s contested western province of Hodeida on July 15, 2023. Mohammed Huwais | Afp | Getty Images Oil prices traded marginally higher Tuesday as tankers shun the Red Sea on the back of heightened attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants which have disrupted international … Read more

House Republicans plan to defund top universities

House Republicans plan to defund top universities

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) questions witnesses in a hearing of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, in the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images House Republicans have a long-term plan to strip elite universities … Read more