A supporter holds up a sign that read “TikTok” during a news conference on TikTok in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2023. Alex Wong | Getty Images House Committee members are urging the top executives of Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after vowing an economic boom to a cheering crowd of traders and business leaders. “We’re with you all the way,” the incoming Republican president said in the NYSE building in lower Manhattan, where he was invited after becoming TIME’s “Person … Read more
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has met with several U.S. finance executives in the last month as Beijing seeks to build relationships ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on China. He Lifeng is one of China’s four vice premiers, and heads the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s economic and finance committee. He met with BlackRock … Read more
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a meeting with Britain’s Prince William (not pictured) at the residence of the British ambassador to France, on the day of the reopening ceremonies of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral following the 2019 fire, in Paris, France, December 7, 2024. Aaron Chown | Via Reuters In an exclusive interview with … Read more
Paris was abuzz with excitement after the beloved Notre Dame Cathedral reopened after a devastating fire. The April 2019 blaze broke out in the church’s roof space, destroying its iconic spire and damaging the cathedral’s roof and upper walls. Restoration work has been underway on the 860-year-old building ever since. While there is still more work … Read more
A federal appeals court on Friday cited national security concerns as it upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the popular social media app TikTok next month or face an effective ban in the United States. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejected TikTok’s … Read more
Zenefits CEO David Sacks speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Calif. Paul Chinn | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images Venture investor and podcaster David Sacks will join the Trump administration as the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar,” President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday on Truth Social. Sacks will … Read more
A view shows the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Eight members of the OPEC+ oil producers’ alliance will postpone plans to unwind a voluntary 2.2-million-barrels-per-day output cut until April 2025, amid a lukewarm … Read more
Ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on shaky ground – CBS News Watch CBS News Last week’s truce between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon gave renewed impetus to negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire. But in Lebanon, people had not even had time to bury those killed in the past two months before the ceasefire started looking … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Pete Hegseth, the already embattled choice of President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Pentagon, faces a new magazine report detailing his alleged alcohol abuse, sexual impropriety, … Read more