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Musk Suggests Slashing Twitter Takeover Offer Based on Bot Numbers
By Naveen Athrappully Elon Musk has suggested he wants to slash his initial $44 billion takeover bid for social media platform Twitter after accounting for the proportion of bots present on the microblogging site. “I’m worried that Twitter has a disincentive to reduce spam, as it reduces perceived daily users,” Musk said in a series of…
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Texas Ranchers Struggling With Property Damage Amid Surge of Illegal Immigrants
By Autumn Spredemann As a human tidal wave continues flowing across the U.S. southern border from Mexico, cattle ranchers in Texas scramble to deal with the destruction done by illegal immigrants and human traffickers. There were 201,800 encounters between U.S. Border Patrol agents and illegal aliens along the southwest land border in April, according to data released…
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Saudi Arabia Signals Backing for Russia in OPEC+
By Tom Ozimek Saudi Arabia has signaled its support for Russia as a continued member of the OPEC+ oil cartel, which comes amid ongoing Western pressure to sanction and isolate Moscow over the Ukraine invasion. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the energy minister of Saudi Arabia, told the Financial Times in an interview published on May 22 that he sees Russia as…
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Gas Prices Jump 33 Cents in Past 2 Weeks, Some Analysts See $6 per Gallon by August
By Tom Ozimek The average price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past two weeks to $4.71 per gallon, according to the Lundberg Survey, which comes as some analysts predict prices will climb above $6 a gallon by the end of the summer. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said on…
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Georgia Secretary of State GOP Primary Could Hinge on Voter Knowledge of Trump Endorsement
By Nanette Holt Undecided voters and an endorsement from former President Donald Trump could tip the results in Tuesday’s primary elections for secretary of state, recent polls suggest. Researchers with Survey USA found that 60 percent of those planning to vote in the Democratic primary still hadn’t made up their minds about a favorite. So a clear leader…
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Biden Says US Considering Removing Tariffs on China
By Aldgra Fredly President Joe Biden said on Monday that his administration is “considering” removing some Trump-era trade tariffs currently imposed on China, as a measure designed to help reduce pressures from record inflation in the United States. Biden, on his first trip to the Indo-Pacific region as president, arrived in Japan on Sunday after visiting…
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Republicans in Congress Attack Biden for Restricting Energy Production as Gas Prices Reach New Record High
By Bryan Jung Republicans in Washington have accused the policies of the Biden administration and of his political allies of worsening a global energy crisis that is causing pain at the pump for Americans nationwide. The average gas price for the week ending May 20 reached $4.59 a gallon, after eleven days of record-high consecutive…
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Pelosi Barred by Catholic Church From Receiving Communion Over Abortion Advocacy
By Joseph Lord Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been barred by the Catholic Church from receiving Holy Communion over her support of abortion, which the Catholic Church strongly opposes. The decision was announced by San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone, who serves as archbishop for Pelosi’s home city. “After numerous attempts to speak with Speaker Pelosi to…
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Rubio Accuses Google of Election Bias, Censoring Campaign Emails
By Rita Li Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) blamed Google for allegedly filtering his emails to supporters in the run-up to the midterms this fall, describing on May 21 his current situation as being in “purgatory.” The senator said that up to 90 percent of his campaign emails to supporters with a registered Gmail address never reach their…
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Georgia’s Record-Breaking Early Voting Turnout Defies ‘Voter Suppression’ Accusations
By Tom Ozimek Early voting in Georgia broke records this week despite last year’s adoption of election integrity measures that critics derided as “voter suppression” and President Joe Biden called a “blatant attack” on the Constitution and compared to a Jim Crow-era relic. More than 710,000 people had voted early in Georgia’s primary election as of May 19, according to the…
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Hillary Clinton Approved Giving Trump-Russia Allegations to Reporter: Testimony
By John Haughey and Zachary Stieber WASHINGTON—Hillary Clinton greenlighted the plan to give allegations against Donald Trump to a reporter ahead of the 2016 election, Clinton’s campaign manager testified in federal court on May 20. “We told her we have this and we want to share it with a reporter. She agreed to that,” said Robby Mook, the campaign…
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Florida Court Overturns Ruling on DeSantis Redistricting Map
By Caden Pearson A Florida appeals court ruled Friday to reinstate a redrawn congressional map that Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed ahead of the 2022 midterm elections after it was struck down by a lower court judge on May 11. DeSantis sought to redraw the north Florida district of Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, arguing the district was…
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