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House Ethics Committee probes Rep. Madison Cawthorn for cryptocurrency promotion, relationship with staffer
Rep.-elect Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., arrives for the House Republican leadership elections at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ethics Committee is investigating controversial Rep. Madison Cawthorn for his possibly improper promotion of a cryptocurrency in which he may have […]
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DC AG sues Meta CEO Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announces a civil lawsuit against extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, over the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol in Washington, December 14, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg […]
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Bitcoin could fall to $8,000, a more than 70% plunge, Guggenheim’s Minerd says
Scott Minerd, Guggenheim Partners LLC Global Chief Investment Officer, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd, 2022. Adam Galici | CNBC Bitcoin could drop further and fall to $8,000 from its current levels, Guggenheim Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd predicted Monday. That would represent a more than 70% drop to Monday morning’s price of […]
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‘We’re sorry’ for U.S. baby formula shortage, Abbott CEO Ford says in Washington Post op-ed
The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford apologized Saturday in a new op-ed for his company’s role in a nationwide shortage of baby formula, which this week moved Congress and the Biden administration to take emergency actions to alleviate […]
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Biden tops list of Americans banned from traveling to Russia, but Trump is not on it
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July 16, 2018. Grigory Dukor | Reuters President Joe Biden made Russia’s “blacklist” but former President Donald Trump didn’t. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released an updated list of nearly 1,000 Americans permanently barred from […]
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Catholic bishop bars communion to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over abortion rights support
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at the start of a discussion with historians on how to “establish and preserve the narrative of January 6th” on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2022. Al Drago | Pool | Reuters The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco has ordered […]
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Trump pays $110,000 fine but must do more to lift contempt order, New York AG’s office says
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Perry, Georgia, U.S. September 25, 2021. Dustin Chambers | Reuters Former President Donald Trump paid a $110,000 fine imposed as part of a contempt-of-court order against him, but has failed so far to take all the steps required to lift the order, the New York attorney […]
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Democratic senators concerned about phone location data being used to track people seeking abortions
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | […]
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Elon Musk blasts Biden administration, Democrats on Twitter over ‘hate,’ sidelining of Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday blasted the Biden administration and Democrats on Twitter, as the world’s richest man doubled down on his vow to vote for Republicans. Musk in a tweet accused the Biden administration of doing “everything it can to sideline” and ignore Tesla, despite its dominance in the electric vehicle industry. Musk, […]
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Musk denies ‘wild accusations’ against him in an apparent reference to harassment report
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk participates in a postlaunch news conference inside the Press Site auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, following the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. NASA/Kim Shiflett SpaceX founder Elon Musk said in a tweet late Thursday that “wild accusations” […]
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