Elections
Elon Musk is $26 billion richer after Tesla’s best day on the stock market since 2013
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks during an unveiling event for Tesla products in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2024 Source: Tesla | Youtube Tesla CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, added another $26 billion in paper wealth on Thursday after his company’s stock had its biggest rally since 2013. […]
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French trader bet over $28 million on Trump election win using 4 Polymarket accounts
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024. Dustin Franz | Afp | Getty Images A stark shift toward former President Donald Trump on the political gambling platform Polymarket this month stoked scrutiny about four accounts that have […]
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DOJ warns Elon Musk pro-Trump PAC that $1 million voter contest may be illegal
Elon Musk wears a black “Make America Great Again” cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice has warned the super political action committee founded by […]
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Harris blasts Trump on reported Hitler comments, says ‘he wants unchecked power’
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks before departing the vice president’s residence on October 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday blasted Donald Trump for his reported praise of Adolf Hitler, and said the Republican presidential nominee “wants unchecked power.” Harris, the […]
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Chinese influence operation targets U.S. down ballot races, Microsoft says
Voters enter a polling location to cast their ballots in the state’s primary on March 5, 2024 in Oxford, Alabama. 15 States and one U.S. Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to […]
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‘Higher prices, larger deficits’: 23 Nobel Prize-winning economists slam Trump agenda, endorse Harris
Former President Donald Trump (L), and Vice President Kamal Harris Reuters Twenty-three Nobel Prize-winning economists endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in a joint letter released Wednesday. The nearly two dozen economists said Trump’s economic agenda, which includes hardline tariff proposals and a slate of aggressive tax cuts, would “lead to […]
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Giuliani ordered to hand over NYC apartment, Mercedes, luxury watches to defamation victims
Rudy Giuliani, the former personal lawyer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to the press as he leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on December 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani must hand over his ritzy Manhattan apartment, his collectible Mercedes-Benz and […]
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Paul Tudor Jones says market reckoning coming on spending after election: ‘We are going to be broke’
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is raising alarms about the U.S. government’s current fiscal deficit and the increased spending promised by both presidential candidates, saying the bond market may force the government’s hand after the election in addressing it. “We are going to be broke really quickly unless we get serious about dealing […]
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Harris leads Trump by 20 points with younger Americans, new CNBC Generation Lab survey finds
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with members of the press on board Air Force Two at Philadelphia International Airport, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Philadelphia, before departing to Michigan. Jacquelyn Martin | Via Reuters Exactly two weeks before Election Day, a new CNBC Generation Lab survey finds that Vice President Kamala Harris […]
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Harris, Liz Cheney tour battleground states to reach Republicans down on Trump
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) holds a moderated conversation with Former US Rep. Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, at People’s Light performing arts theater Malvern, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney participated in a series […]
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