Month: February 2025
Crypto and Trump gang up on FDIC over debanking: ‘Our story is pretty ridiculous’
A US Postal Service worker outside a Signature Bank branch in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley wants everyone to know what happened to his crypto company in 2023 during the Biden administration. “Our story is pretty […]
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NATO’s Rutte tells European members to ‘stop complaining,’ pledges spending targets increase
MUNICH, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 15: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte walks outside the main venue at the 61st Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2025 in Munich, Germany. International defence and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the February 14-16 conference. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | […]
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Without Europe a Russia-Ukraine peace deal wouldn’t work, EU foreign policy chief says
If Europe is left out of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, a deal wouldn’t work, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. “For anything to work it has to have Ukrainians and Europeans as a part of it, because Ukrainians and Europeans are the ones who […]
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Zelenskyy calls for creation of ‘European army’ as he warns Russia ‘is not preparing for dialogue’
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent’s defenses as he warned that Russia was “not preparing for dialogue” to advance possible credible peace […]
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Trump officials pitch Zelenskyy on U.S. owning 50% of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Feb. 14, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Trump administration has suggested to Ukraine that the United States be granted 50% ownership of the country’s rare earth minerals, and signaled an openness […]
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Trump Media reports $400 million in 2024 losses
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed a second executive order withholding federal funding from schools and universities that impose a COVID-19 vaccine […]
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OpenAI rejects Musk’s takeover offer, says it was ‘not a bid at all’
Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI has officially rejected Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the artificial intelligence startup’s nonprofit parent for $97.4 billion. In a short letter to Musk’s lawyer Friday, OpenAI’s attorney, William Savitt, said the OpenAI board had reviewed the proposal and determined that […]
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Eric Adams denies quid pro quo, urges New Yorkers to put this ‘episode behind us’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams leaves the federal court after being charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from foreign nationals, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday denied offering the Trump administration a quid pro quo deal in […]
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These Biden clean energy rules are top targets for Senate Republicans to roll back
Republican U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), who was elected to become the next Senate Majority Leader, speaks to the media after a U.S. Senate Republicans meeting to vote on leadership positions for the 119th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune […]
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Here’s a potential winner from the Trump tariffs: American tourists traveling abroad
A customer at a food market in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images As economists ring alarm bells over the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy on consumers and the U.S. economy, there’s a group of Americans who may benefit: tourists traveling abroad. That’s due to the impact of tariffs on the […]
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