This $855 million acquisition could be a boon for Trump’s lofty...
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Kevin Hassett says ‘there will be layoffs’ if Trump decides shutdown...
Federal workers could face layoffs if Republican and Democratic lawmakers can't make headway on talks to end the government shutdown, a top White House economic advisor said Sunday."I think that if the President decides that the negotiations are absolutely going nowhere, then there will start to be layoffs," Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic…
‘SNL’ returns to a late-night world still finding its footing in...
Fans tuning into the premiere of "Saturday Night Live" are likely accustomed to the comedy sketch show's unapologetic approach to political satire.Cast members have mocked everyone from former US President Barack Obama to Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Donald Trump, who once called the show "unwatchable," has been the subject of many sketches.The late-night show…
Inside the anti-‘woke’ revolt that has American troops in its crosshairs
Col. Amy Nieman, a senior JAG officer stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, was scrolling through reactions to the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk when she decided she needed a break from social media."Signing off for awhile. Facebook is just too awful a reminder of where we find ourselves," she wrote in a post,…
YouTube to pay $22 million to Trump to settle post-January 6...
Alphabet is the final major tech company to pay President Donald Trump after it barred him from a social media platform following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.On Monday, Alphabet, which owns YouTube, announced that it would pay $24.5 million to settle a case brought by Trump following his post-riot ban. Of that amount, $22…
Trump keeps threatening to cut off federal funding to NYC if...
If Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, the city could be in for a major standoff with the federal government.President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would cut off federal funding for the city if Mamdani, a democratic socialist state assemblyman, becomes mayor."He is going to have problems with Washington like…
Welcome to the Great Silencing
Business leaders have long embraced the adage: "There's no such thing as bad publicity." Not anymore.Company leaders are becoming increasingly tight-lipped in the wake of the Trump administration's fresh attacks on philanthropist George Soros, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and comedian Jimmy Kimmel, several public-relations pros told Business Insider.They said CEOs are declining press and other…
The US government is increasingly likely to shut down next week....
As of now, the US government is on track to shut down next week.Republicans and Democrats haven't agreed on a plan to fund the federal government past Tuesday, September 30, when current funding expires.That means federal employees may be forced to work without pay (or fired), national parks and museums could close, and other important…
3 AI execs say Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee could hinder...
President Donald Trump's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee has been the talk of Silicon Valley since it was announced in an executive order a week ago.Business Insider spoke to AI executives outside Big Tech, who said they worry the fees could hinder progress and limit the potential of startups. It could also help the US…
Mark Cuban says the AI arms race explains why Zuck, Musk,...
Mark Cuban thinks the spectacle of Big Tech CEOs embracing Donald Trump has less to do with politics than with survival in the world's most expensive technology race.In an interview with "The Tennessee Holler" podcast on Thursday, the billionaire investor and former Shark Tank star said leaders like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Michael Dell…
