Elections
Kamala Harris wants to take on price gouging. It’s hard to find agreement on what it even is
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images As she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order […]
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Austrian far right pledges to win Sunday’s election as tight race winds up
Austrian Chancellor and Head of the Austrian People’s Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer (L) and chairman and top candidate of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) Herbert Kickl (R) meet during their pre-election tv debate hosted by Austrian state network ORF in Vienna, Austria on September 23, 2024. Joe Klamar | Afp | Getty Images The […]
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Trump calls for prosecution of Google over search results he says favor Harris
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado David Dee Delgado | Reuters Donald Trump on Friday called for Google to be criminally prosecuted for what the Republican presidential nominee called the company’s bias toward his […]
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Trump Media stock jumps in heavy trading after co-founders dump DJT shares
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media were trading more than 6% higher as of 2 p.m. ET on Friday after major shareholder United Atlantic Ventures, LLC, sold nearly 11 million of their shares in the company Thursday. UAV, an investment partnership of former “Apprentice” contestants Andrew Litinsky and Wes Moss, […]
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U.S. charges three Iranian nationals in Trump campaign hack
Federal prosecutors on Friday announced criminal charges against three Iranian nationals in connection with a recent hack of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign and other cyberattacks. The three “malicious cyber actors,” who were employed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, engaged in “a wide-ranging hacking campaign” that also targeted current and former government officials, […]
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Meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump says he will negotiate a Ukraine-Russia deal ‘that’s good for both sides’
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy for the first time in five years, former President Donald Trump complained about his 2019 impeachment and said if re-elected he would […]
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Japan’s ruling party votes to elect new leader and country’s next prime minister
Candidates in the upcoming leadership race for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) join hands after giving speeches for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in Osaka, Japan on September 18, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s ruling party will elect the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday in a […]
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Eric Adams federal probe hones in on little-known Turkish businessman
Federal prosecutors have honed in on ties between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and little-known Turkish businessman Enver Yucel, CNBC has learned from the indictment and other public records, including campaign finance documents. A federal indictment unsealed on Thursday describes a 2021 campaign fundraising scheme involving Adams, his team and a person only identified in the […]
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Trump ally Matt Gaetz says House Ethics panel issued subpoena for him in sex, drug probe
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the House voted on the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act, Sept. 29, 2023. The measure failed to pass. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Matt Gaetz said Thursday that he has learned the House Ethics Committee will subpoena him as it […]
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Conservative outlet Newsmax settles with Smartmatic in 2020 election defamation case
News anchors work at Newsmax’s booth during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images A settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President […]
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