Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 8:33 am: Dow futures up 100 points Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average now rose 100 points, indicating a near 150-point higher open. Stock attempt to come back from […]
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Huawei reiterates offer to license 5G tech to US firm to create rival
Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei. Justin Solomon | CNBC Huawei has faced pressure from the U.S. government which has accused it of being a national security threat. Washington maintains that Huawei’s equipment could be used by China to carry out espionage, a claim Huawei has denied. Last year, the U.S. added Huawei and its affiliates […]
Trump calls on Supreme Court’s Sotomayor and Ginsburg to recuse
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. Al Drago | REUTERS President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg of anti-Trump bias and suggested they should stay out of cases involving him. The president, speaking to reporters in India, […]
Democrats are trying to avoid repeating Iowa debacle
People wait in line to vote on the final day of early voting for the upcoming Nevada Democratic presidential caucus on February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mario Tama | Getty Images LAS VEGAS — Democrats in Nevada seek to tamp down fears their Saturday caucus will repeat the botched contest in Iowa, which […]
Trump friend Roger Stone sentenced to prison for WikiLeaks lies
A federal judge sentenced President Donald Trump’s friend, longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, on Thursday to more than three years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness in an effort to protect Trump. “He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president, he was prosecuted for […]
2020 Democratic debate recap: Highlights from Nevada
Just three days before the crucial Nevada caucuses, Democratic candidates took the stage in a contentious debate, firing off rounds of attacks on newcomer Mike Bloomberg. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former […]
Bloomberg builds ‘army’ of executives to act as campaign surrogates
Dozens of elite business leaders have joined Mike Bloomberg’s “army” of surrogates in a bid to help him win the Democratic presidential nomination. The leaders have signed onto a group called the Committee for Mike, whose organizers call on participants to publicly endorse Bloomberg’s campaign, push their networks to vote for him, appear at events […]
Which Democrat is best positioned to beat Trump in November?
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (L), South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), ormer Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greet the audience ahead of the Democratic Presidential Debate at Tyler Perry Studios November 20, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Wong | Getty Images With the Iowa […]
William Barr criticizes Trump tweets about Roger Stone
Attorney General William Barr, in a stunning rebuke to his boss, said Thursday that President Donald Trump should stop tweeting about the Justice Department, complaining that the president’s comments “make it impossible for me to do my job.” The remarks in an ABC News interview followed days of sharp criticism of Barr, Trump and the DOJ […]
Huawei says US charges are an attempt to ‘irrevocably damage’ its image
Chinese telecom giant Huawei announced on October 16, 2019 that it has passed the 400,000 5G antennas mark, the fifth generation of mobile phones, in the world with 56 operators who have already started to roll out the new mobile network. STEFAN WERMUTH | AFP | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Huawei said new charges […]
