“The fifty most valuable technology companies in the world were worth a combined $ 24.8 trillion as of 2024. American firms accounted for 86 percent of that total value, or $ 21.4 trillion. In other words, the United States is responsible for generating nearly nine out of every ten dollars in value of the world’s top technology companies. And of th... See more
At the risk-averse Gates Foundation, officials have asked aides to put next to nothing in emails or other written materials, especially anything that Trump officials could take out of context. Some employees have locked down public social media accounts and shifted much of their work to Telegram or Signal, encrypted messaging apps. (Alex Reid, a sp... See more
"President Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by calling up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in California, making rare use of federal powers and bypassing the authority of the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
It is the first time since 1965 that a president has activated a state’s National Guard force without a requ... See more