Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Trump Tower on the day of his trial on charges of falsifying business records to hide money he paid in 2016 to marry porn star Stormy Daniels Silence, in New York City, USA, April 19, 2024. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Former…
President Joe Biden signed measures on Wednesday to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan and force Chinese TikTok parent company ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a nationwide ban. Biden’s official endorsement ends a six-month saga of tense political battles on Capitol Hill that led to a stalemate over foreign aid….
California Rep. Devin Nunes, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an impeachment hearing on Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Trump media jumped more than 9% on Wednesday, just hours after the company said it was asking Republican committee chairmen in the House of…
Oracle’s top lobbyist in Washington met privately with Senate staffers this spring about the company’s data-sharing agreement with TikTok, following the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives in mid-March that would effectively ban the social media app in the United States could. Oracle acts as a data center for US TikTok users….
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) speaks alongside former U.S. President and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Rome, Georgia, March 9, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage | AFP | Getty Images A media company with ties to former President Donald Trump is off to a rocky start, with stock prices plunging and…
Jonathan Raa | Photo only | Getty Images The price of Trump media Shares closed Friday trading down nearly 20% this week. DJT shares, which fell more than 8% in the first hour of trading on Friday, rose slightly by the end of the day. Shares closed up 18 cents at $32.59, up about 0.5%….
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday for the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed his cryptocurrency exchange and an associated hedge fund. The sentence in federal court in Manhattan was well below the 40 to 50 years in prison that federal prosecutors had sought for Bankman-Fried and well…
C Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images TikTok has launched a $2.1 million ad campaign with a clear message to senators facing tough re-election battles this year: Block the House bill that effectively bans the app in the United States could prohibit. “Think of the 5 million small business owners who rely on TikTok to…
In this illustration from June 8, 2023, a smartphone is placed on a keyboard with the Coinbase logo displayed and cryptocurrency representations. Ruvic cube | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission won a major victory in its lawsuit against it Coinbase On Wednesday, a judge ruled that his claim that the cryptocurrency exchange engaged in…
TikTok creators gather before a press conference to express their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” that calls for a crackdown in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, United States, March 12, 2024 against TikTok is waiting. Craig Hudson | Reuters White House national security adviser John…
