By Austin Alonzo Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s historic pay package on Nov. 6, potentially making him the world’s first trillionaire if all performance targets are met. On Nov. 6, the results of the executive pay vote were announced during the technology company’s annual general meeting at the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. With […]
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Federal Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Boeing for 737 MAX Crashes
By Arjun Singh Chief Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Nov. 6 dismissed a federal criminal case against The Boeing Company for crashes of its 737 MAX 8 model of commercial aircraft. The prosecution stemmed from two air incidents—Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, which went down on […]
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Trump Drafting Executive Order on Election Integrity After Alleging Ballot Fraud in California
By Tom Ozimek White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said an executive order is being drafted to strengthen U.S. elections and curb mail-in ballot fraud, after President Donald Trump alleged that California’s mail voting system “is rigged” and parts of it are under “legal and criminal review.” “The White House is working on an executive […]
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Trump Says California Redistricting Proposition Votes Under Review
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump said the California redistricting proposal on the ballot on Tuesday may have problems and that mail-in ballots were under review. “The entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday afternoon, referring to the ballot proposal. He added that “all […]
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Cybersecurity Agents Accused of Working With Notorious Blackcat Hackers to Extort Firms
By Rachel Roberts Three rogue cybersecurity professionals ran a covert ransomware operation aimed at extorting companies across the United States by encrypting their networks, prosecutors said. They each collaborated with notorious hacking gang ALPHV, also known as Blackcat, in an attempt to extort their owners out of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency, prosecutors alleged […]
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Oil Prices Shrug Off OPEC+ Plans to Pause Supply Hikes
By Andrew Moran Crude oil prices were little changed on Nov. 3, shrugging off OPEC+’s plans to pause its supply increase in the first quarter of 2026. The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices dipped about 0.3 percent, to around $60.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, an international […]
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Foreign Terror Designation Could Boost US Efforts to Dismantle Antifa
By Darlene McCormick Sanchez With the Trump administration intensifying investigations into the overseas operations and financial networks of far-left extremist group Antifa, debate has sharpened over whether the group should be designated a foreign terrorist organization. President Donald Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization in a Sept. 22 executive order, 12 days after […]
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Republican Talk of Changing Filibuster to End Shutdown Ebbs
By Nathan Worcester WASHINGTON—Amid a long-running shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has consistently defended the filibuster. That center has so far held. A Republican-backed continuing resolution has failed to net the 60 votes needed to avert a filibuster, prompting some Republicans to flirt with the idea of altering it—a move last pursued by […]
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How Much Living Space $1 Million Will Buy: Report
By Mary Prenon Depending on which region of the country you decide to call home, a $1 million property will buy you anywhere from 1,700 to 4,500 square feet of living space. In its Oct. 27 Housing Market Luxury Report, Realtor.com indicated that metropolitan areas, such as Atlanta, Denver, and Houston, provide significantly more space […]
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Storm Melissa Strengthens Into Hurricane, Threatening to Bring Catastrophic Flooding
By Bill Pan Tropical Storm Melissa strengthened into a hurricane Saturday afternoon and is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane, bringing heavy rain, catastrophic flooding, and landslides to parts of Jamaica and Haiti, forecasters said. The system strengthened from a tropical storm into a hurricane Saturday afternoon, according to a 2 p.m. ET […]
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Truckers Warn ‘No Name’ Licenses Making America’s Roads More Deadly
By Allan Stein FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—A fully loaded semi-truck barreling down the interstate is like a 40-ton projectile on 18 wheels. In the hands of an untrained driver, it becomes a potential weapon, according to Richard, a truck driver from Oklahoma. “They don’t stop on a dime, I’ll tell you that,” Richard said as he walked […]
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Trump Praises Data Center Developers for Advancing Projects by Building Own Power Plants
By John Haughey Artificial intelligence data center developers are taking advantage of Trump administration inducements to go “behind-the-meter” and build their own power plants, or co-locate adjacent to existing commercial electricity generators to cut transmission costs, short-circuit lengthy permitting requirements, and get projects online faster. During an Oct. 21 Rose Garden Luncheon with Senate Republicans […]
