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Chris White on August 7, 2018 Tesla suspended trading Tuesday after CEO Elon Musk cryptically suggested his willingness to take the automaker private following reports Saudi Arabia bought shares in the company. Musk told his Twitter followers that he has secured “funding” to take the company private at $420 per share, far more than the company’s…
Steve Birr Attorneys for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort tore into the reputation of his former business partner, Rick Gates, during court proceedings Tuesday, suggesting his testimony cannot be trusted. Leading the defense, lawyer Kevin Downing questioned Gates over previous testimony given to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in February that he admitted he knew was false. Gates’s false…
Hanna Bogorowski on August 7, 2018 Australia’s high immigration levels put the population level at 25 million on Tuesday. The 25 millionth person was likely a young, female Chinese student or skilled worker. Australia receives more people from overseas than babies are being born internally. The government discussing ways to relieve pressure from major…
Nick Givas on August 7, 2018 Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano told President Donald Trump’s legal team to keep him away from special counsel Bob Mueller at all costs, Tuesday on “Fox & Friends.” “My hat is off to Rudy Giuliani’s patience, because it seems like every time there is an agreement,…
Neetu Chandak on August 6, 2018 Emmy and Tony nominated actress Charlotte Rae, who starred in “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes,” died at the age of 92 in her Los Angeles home Sunday. She was best known as the housemother Edna Garrett on “Diff’rent Strokes” in 1978. Rae later earned her own spinoff…
Nick Givas Democratic Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel received backlash, on “Fox & Friends” Friday, for favoring illegal immigrants over American citizens. Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell attended a Thursday protest in Chicago, where citizens marched against gun violence and demanded Emanuel’s resignation. “Honestly, the residents of Chicago are fed up with Rahm Emanuel’s inaction,” Caldwell said. “In…
Peter Hasson & Joe Simonson on August 2, 2018 Facebook’s recent policy changes requiring proof of identity to purchase political ads is unfair to Latino immigrants, several progressive groups claimed Thursday. Facebook began requiring users to submit a government-issued ID and mailing address before purchasing any political ads in April as part of the company’s efforts to combat…
Evie Fordham on August 3, 2018 President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump revealed that everyone in the Trump family has received “white powder” in the mail while appearing on Fox News show “Hannity” Thursday evening. “I’ve been threatened,” Eric Trump said. “Our family’s been threatened. All of us. We’ve all had white powder show up…
Follow on Facebook or Twitter It is one week until Missouri voters decide who their Republican nominee will be for the United States Senate. Every hour counts, and candidate Austin Petersen has been suspended by Twitter for 12 hours. The incident on Twitter started when Caroline O (Twitter handle @RVAwonk) who is a writer for…
Chris White A wildfire that led to the evacuation of nearly 40,000 people in Northern California is creating massive fire tornadoes as emergency crews struggle to contain the flames. Skip Murphy of Redding, California, posted a video on social media of a heat vortex, or a fire whirl that occurs when intense rising heat and blustery wind…