In December 2020, in the relative lull between Donald Trump’s defeat and Jan. 6, 2021, a right-leaning biotech entrepreneur named Vivek Ramaswamy joined a call with two billionaire titans of the right’s battles over speech and technology: Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. The subject was a plan to roll up a new tech giant that would be wide open to the speech, from extreme partisanship to vaccine skepticism, that had been pushed off platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The company would build a new...

Sally Buzzbee has stepped down as Executive Editor of The Washington Post, the newspaper announced Sunday night. Buzzbee, who has led the Post since 2021, will be immediately replaced by Matt Murray, the former Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal, until the 2024 election.

House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed President Joe Biden's upcoming executive action on immigration, calling it "too little, too late." The criticism comes despite Johnson's previous advocacy for executive measures to address immigration issues, according to Politico. During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," the Louisiana Republican told host Shannon Bream: "He's [Biden] trying to desperately show the American people somehow that he wants to address the issue that he himself created...

Two cops were shot by a 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant early Monday when they tried to stop him as he was riding a motorized scooter — with one of the injured officers rendering aid to his partner since he was “more concerned” about him, according to police and sources. The officers had tried to pull over the teen, identified as Bernardo Castro Mata, after spotting him driving the wrong way down a street at 89th Street and 23rd Avenue in Elmhurst at about 1:40 a.m.,...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) on Sunday agreed to extend output cuts through next year, likely keeping prices high through the November presidential election.  The alliance said after a meeting Sunday that the move was aimed at boosting slack prices that have lulled despite the ongoing war in Gaza and attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea.

A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor (7203.T), opens new tab and Mazda (7261.T), opens new tab both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan's transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify certain models. The irregularities were also found in applications from Honda (7267.T), opens new tab, Suzuki (7269.T), opens new tab and Yamaha Motor (7272.T), opens new tab, the ministry said....

The Republican Party of Texas took a vote on Saturday at the state’s GOP Convention in order to finalize their platform for the coming year. Votes are set to be tallied by Wednesday of next week. The 50-page document outlining platforms and resolutions for the rest of the 2024 year includes a wide swath of issues, many of which push further far-right leaning positions on topics such as gender identity, education, and abortion access than in recent previous years. The...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced Monday it’ll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons, even after the North said it would halt its balloon campaign. Over several days, North Korea flew hundreds of balloons to drop trash and manure on South Korea in an angry reaction against previous South Korean civilian leafleting campaigns. On Sunday, South Korea said it would take “unbearable” retaliatory steps...

A dark SUV cruised past former President Donald Trump’s supporters near his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey on a windy April afternoon. Billowing from the vehicle were three flags: one for the Trump campaign, two others with the initials “PB” – the insignia of the far-right Proud Boys movement. Through the open windows, three Proud Boys flashed the “OK” sign with their hands, a gesture often associated with white supremacy and the far right. Trump’s fans cheered. Four men...

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