Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media closed down 6.6% on Tuesday, ending the day at $16.14 a share. The dip came just 48 hours before “lockup” restrictions that have so far barred the company’s majority shareholder, Donald Trump, and other insiders from selling their stakes, are set to expire. Until … Read more
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced an idea late last week to help alleviate California water shortages — and it involves British Columbia. “So you have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the north with the snow caps in Canada and all pouring down,” Trump said at a press conference at his Los … Read more
NEW YORK — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on SiriusXM that’s set to air once a week at least through the inauguration of a new president. She’ll do interviews, take listener calls and talk politics on the show, which will be carried Wednesdays from 8 … Read more
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Fraternal Order of Police at their meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. September 6, 2024. Jonathan Drake | Reuters Trump Media breached an agreement with one of the investors that helped the company go public, and must grant the investor a larger share of … Read more
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that the death of a young Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill shows the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions. Amber Thurman’s death, first reported Monday by ProPublica, occurred just two weeks after Georgia’s strict … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Québécois in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun. Voters went to the polls Monday in the Montreal riding as well as in Winnipeg’s Elmwood—Transcona, where the NDP retained its long-held seat after a tough race against the … Read more
Meta said it’s banning Russian state media organizations from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda. The announcement drew a rebuke from the Kremlin on Tuesday. The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, said late Monday that it will roll out the ban over the next … Read more
Elon Musk has been an irredeemable weirdo for years, but recently his absurdist rhetoric and cringe memelord persona has swung violently toward the political alt-right. In a recent (now deleted) tweet he wondered aloud why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris haven’t yet been assassinated. This man, particularly as head of SpaceX, is a major contractor … Read more
The Liberals have “a lot of work to do” after the party suffered a major byelection defeat in what has historically been a Montreal stronghold Monday night, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “It would’ve been nicer to win and hold Verdun but there’s more work to do but we’re going to stay focused on doing … Read more
Lina Khan, chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division, participate in a discussion on antitrust reforms at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Oct. 4, 2023. Khan assumed the role of FTC chair in June 2021 after being appointed by U.S. President Joe … Read more
