In this photo illustration, the Caterpillar company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. … [+] (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in as the 47th President of the United Stares, and financial markets are pivoting their focus to the […]
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz broke their post-election silence on Tuesday afternoon, addressing volunteers and donors in a 13-minute video that was upbeat but light on self-reflection. Unlike some of her advisors, Harris seems unready to publicly address why her campaign against Donald Trump failed despite a demonstrably better ground game. […]
Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 23, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The price of bitcoin retreated further from the psychologically important $100,000 milestone, as investors booked profits from the cryptocurrency’s post-U.S. election gains. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was last lower by more than 4% at $90,999.30, according […]
No more than two weeks before the November 2024 election, First Lady Jill Biden announced additional multi-million-dollar investments in women’s health: the Pentagon would commit $500M to women’s health research while the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would commit $200 million. These investments concluded about a year of federal initiatives dedicated to women’s health, starting […]
Veteran journalist Chris Wallace is exiting CNN three years after joining from Fox News. “Chris Wallace is one of the most respected political journalists in the news business with a unique track record across radio, print, broadcast television, cable television and streaming,” CNN Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Thompson said in a statement Monday. “We […]
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” and World of Wonder co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato were exchanging text messages early in the afternoon on election day. “Randy texted me an obscenity and said ‘We’re gonna lose,’ very early on,” says Bailey. Barbato sent the message at 3:48 p.m. precisely. How did Barbato know, when most felt optimistic […]
The major Hollywood studios always knew the post-presidential Nov. 8-10 weekend was going to be especially quiet this year as they avoided releasing big event films, both because of jacked-up ad rates and worries of civil unrest if Republican candidate Donald Trump didn’t win (the images of the Jan. 26 attack on the U.S. Capitol […]
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are poised Thursday to reduce their key interest rate for a second straight time, responding to a steady slowdown of the inflation pressures that exasperated many Americans and contributed to Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Yet the Fed’s future moves are now more uncertain in the aftermath of the election, […]
This election season feels like one of the most divisive in recent memory. getty This election season feels like one of the most divisive in recent memory, with the world waiting with bated breath to find out who the United States’ next president will be. The mudslinging this election seems to have reached monumental lows, […]
