X owner Elon Musk and former US President Donald Trump were slated for a live interview on X at 8am ET (5:30 am India time). However, at the last moment Musk said that the social media platform was going through a massive DDOS attack that could lead to limited live listeners during the Trump interview….
In an era of wars, weapons proliferation and nuclear threats, missile defence is back in political fashion more than at any time since Ronald Reagan’s pursuit of space-based systems in the 1980s. It is not just MAGA politicians who are keen. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, recently promised “a European…
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed Saturday (August 10, 2024) that, if elected, she’d eliminate federal taxes on tips paid to restaurant workers and scores of other service employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent in November, Donald Trump, has made in a rare moment of political overlap from both sides. Ms. Harris made the announcement…
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said that it had been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents. | Photo Credit: AP Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said on Saturday (August 10, 2024) that it had been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive…
US Presidential candidate Donald Trump held a lengthy news conference on Thursday— veering off topic several to push a few dubious claims, question his rival’s intelligence and even insist that “nobody’s spoken to bigger crowds” than him. The address came a day before his is slated to Kamala Harris — their first clash since President…
This will damage his campaign (and the US), but it seems like the only way Trump knows how to run. Racism and sexism are very powerful forces in American politics and have often worked to great effect. Aware of this, Trump and his allies have trotted out their greatest hits of tropes that amplify both….
Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after performing in the floor exercise during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. | Photo Credit: AP Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles entered the fray of the U.S. presidential race on Friday with…
Financial bubbles are inherently political. John Law’s doomed pumping of Mississippi Company stock in 18th-century France came with the state’s blessing. Deregulation also helped fuel Japan’s 1980s market boom. More recently, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the frizzy-haired mogul jailed for his role in cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s collapse, was accused by prosecutors of using over $100 million…
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waves to supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, July 31, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AP Republican Presidential candidate former President Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of…
Creating doubts: One in five voters said in a survey that they found it ‘credible’ that the shots fired at Donald Trump at a rally earlier this month were “staged and not intended to kill” him. AP Evan Vucci | Photo Credit: AP From false claims of a “staged” assassination attempt on former President and…
