A jury on Friday found that Elon Musk misled Twitter's shareholders by driving down Twitter's stock price ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of the company in 2022. The San Francisco jury were asked if two tweets and comments made by Musk on a podcast showed that he deliberately defrauded the shareholders and drove down...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday dropped his lawsuit against Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte after Swalwell was accused of mortgage fraud. Swalwell sued Pulte in November, accusing him of abusing his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage to the Department of Justice. Swalwell asked the courts to demand Pulte...
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday outlined his list of ways that he thinks the U.S. "f---ed up" its strategy in attacking Iran. "You know where we f---ed up? A few places," he told guests Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Democratic strategist Paul Begala on his HBO show "Real Time." "One, we're blowing up each...
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Wednesday vowed to “rework” a bill he introduced last year proposing the creation of a national park dedicated to César Chávez, after a lengthy piece in The New York Times revealed numerous allegations of sexual abuse against the late civil rights leader. “We’re going to rework that piece of legislation,...
Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counterproposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns about the administration’s immigration crackdown. The counterproposal, outlined in a letter by border czar Tom Homan and James Braid, the White House legislative affairs director,...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has none of President Trump’s penchant for controversy or headline-grabbing language — but these days, he’s putting emphatic distance between Berlin and Washington all the same. Merz is not only declining to answer Trump’s call for help in reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz. He is being scathing of the president’s...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday accused Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) of fabricating information about him blocking the release of an unclassified Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) report on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wyden first flagged the report in February and sent a letter to DEA Administrator Terry Cole requesting an unredacted version, which...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he would not step down as leader of the central bank until his successor is confirmed and would not leave the bank's board of governors until the Trump administration concludes its criminal investigation. During a Wednesday press conference, Powell confirmed that he would stay on the Fed board...
With the price of everthing seemingly still climbing, it can feel rare to find something that hasn't seen a price hike. That includes a staple at your local Costco.
Billionaire enterpreneur Mark Cuban on Wednesday touted the federal government’s TrumpRx drug platform, saying the initiative is saving Americans money. “Everyone wants me to rip on TrumpRx,” Cuban wrote on the social platform X. “Reality is, it’s saving patients money on IVF and a few other drugs. A lot of money. IMO, anything that saves...
The Dallas County Republican Party (DCRP) is rolling back a change to its voting setup that led to voter confusion and disruptions during Texas primary elections earlier this month. Dallas County’s GOP used a precinct-based system in the March 3 primaries, meaning Democrats and Republicans had to cast ballots at specific neighborhood locations on Election...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and others on Wednesday gave praise to organizer Dolores Huerta and several women who came forward alleging they were sexually abused or assulted by civil rights icon Cesar Chavez. The allegations came to light after the United Farm Workers (UFW), the labor union Chavez founded,...
More than half of Americans are against the use of their country’s military force for regime change in Cuba, with President Trump recently making threats of taking over the island nation. In The Economist/YouGov poll, 53 percent of respondents said they “somewhat oppose” or “strongly oppose” American military force for a regime change in Cuba. ...
