Top Trump administration officials planned to meet Wednesday about a House push to force a vote on releasing Justice Department files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, sources said. The meeting was to include Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Rep. Lauren Boebert. CNN...
U.S. stocks were mixed midday: the S&P 500 slipped 0.1%, the Dow rose 309 points and the Nasdaq fell 0.5%. AMD jumped 9.6% on a revenue outlook tied to accelerating AI momentum, while Nvidia swung on lingering valuation worries. IBM climbed on quantum progress; On Holdings surged after a profit...
Waymo will start offering freeway-capable robotaxi rides across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, aiming to cut travel times by up to 50%. Initial access will go to riders who opt in through the app, with trips matched when available. The expansion extends service to San Jose, creating a unified...
With a sponsor invite to The Annika Driven by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Club, 18 year old Kai Trump steps into her LPGA debut under a harsh spotlight. The high school senior and granddaughter of President Donald Trump drew criticism over the exemption, but received encouragement from Annika Sorenstam and...
Dallas Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont dismissed GM Nico Harrison on Tuesday, nine months after the Luka Dončić for Anthony Davis trade and a miserable 3-8 start that triggered relentless Fire Nico chants. Injuries, clumsy hires and a listless offense deepened the fallout, while Mark Cuban and coach-aligned voices pressed their...
Approval of how President Donald Trump is managing the government has fallen to 33% in a new AP NORC poll, down from 43% in March, with support slipping among Republicans to 68% from 81% and among independents to 25% from 38%. The slump comes amid the nation’s longest shutdown, which...
The BBC board convened an unexpected meeting Wednesday as the broadcaster faces a legal threat from President Trump over a serious editing error in an October 2024 documentary. A source said no immediate statement is planned; a spokesperson declined comment beyond saying the BBC is reviewing Trump’s demand letter, which...
Toyota has begun production at a new $13.9 billion battery plant in North Carolina and will invest up to $10 billion more in the U.S. over the next five years. CEO Tetsuo Ogawa called it a pivotal moment. First announced in 2021, the site is Toyota’s first in-house battery facility...
Raphael W. Bostic will step down as president of the Atlanta Fed at February’s end, opening another vacancy as the central bank faces White House pressure to cut rates. His exit comes as the board prepares its five‑year reappointment vote. Bostic, the first Black and openly gay regional Fed president,...
In February 1982, Apple’s Chris Espinosa ended Steve Jobs’ relentless critiques of a Mac calculator by building a tool that let Jobs tweak every visual parameter himself. Within ten minutes, Jobs settled on a look that shipped with the Macintosh in 1984 and stayed largely unchanged through Mac OS 9,...
