U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Rebecca Noble | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is considering a plan that still would apply tariffs to all nations but narrow the focus to a select set of goods and services, … Read more
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes Courtesy of Ann Telnaes A Washington Post cartoonist has quit her role at the paper, saying that her bosses blocked publication of a satirical cartoon that depicted billionaires, including one resembling Post owner Jeff Bezos, kneeling before President-elect Donald Trump. Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post … Read more
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was reelected speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday on the first ballot after two of his three fellow Republicans who initially voted for other caucus members switched their votes to him. Reps. Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas flipped their votes to Johnson after … Read more
Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts in his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York on May 30, 2024. Justin Lane | Via Reuters A judge on Friday rejected a request that he dismiss the New York criminal … Read more
Vice Chair and President at Microsoft, Brad Smith, participates in the first day of Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 12, 2024. The largest technology conference in the world this year has 71,528 attendees from 153 countries and 3,050 companies, with AI emerging as the most represented industry. (Photo by Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty … Read more
The soldier, Matthew Livelsberger, was found dead in the wreckage of the New Year’s Day explosion outside a Trump hotel. Authorities in the United States investigating the explosion of a Cybertruck in front of a Trump-brand hotel in Las Vegas have released new details about the motivation behind the blast. On Friday, investigators with the … Read more
European markets were lower on Friday after a rocky start to 2025 for stocks around the world. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.29% by 10:06 a.m. London time, with major regional bourses and sectors mostly trading in negative territory. Autos stocks led losses, down 1.17% as they extended Thursday’s decline, while mining and travel … Read more
Facebook vice president of global public policy Joel Kaplan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leave the Elysee Presidential Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on May 23, 2018 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta is replacing its president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, with Joel Kaplan, the company’s … Read more
Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration taken Nov. 25, 2024. Dado Ruvic | Reuters After a blistering rally in bitcoin this year, crypto investors and industry executives told CNBC they’re expecting the flagship cryptocurrency to hit new all-time highs in 2025. In December, the world’s largest cryptocurrency broke the highly anticipated $100,000, … Read more
President-elect loses appeal in E Jean Carroll case connected to alleged 1990s attack, must pay $5m. United States President-elect Donald Trump has lost an appeal to a jury’s 2023 finding that he was liable for sexual abuse and defamation related to an alleged attack on writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s. On Monday, a … Read more