Skydance Media may finally win regulatory approval for its $8 billion deal to merge with Paramount Global — but the process could look like something out of “Mission: Impossible.” That’s the word from sources close to the megadeal, who tell me that under terms of a merger approval being discussed by the incoming Trump administration’s … Read more
Analyzing women’s votes in the 2024 election and beyond – CBS News Watch CBS News Fewer women voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election than they did for President Biden in 2020. So what happened with the female vote? Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, joins CBS News … Read more
DONALD Trump will return a bronze bust of Winston Churchill to the White House. The sculpture of the British wartime leader was removed by President Joe Biden. 3 Donald Trump will return a bronze bust of Winston Churchill to the White House after it was removed by BidenCredit: AFP 3 This is the second time … Read more
It also comes as green advocates fear the new balance of power in Washington will lead to a rollback of environmental regulations and the end of climate leadership on the world stage. “Cracking down on methane leakage, decarbonizing our economy, and combatting sea level rise are firmly on my agenda for COP29,” said Whitehouse in … Read more
Stand With Crypto’s bus tour through five battleground states kicked off last week in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Logan Dobson/Stand With Crypto Alliance LAS VEGAS — In Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, a crypto PAC spent nearly $2 million on ads this cycle to support the reelection of Steven Horsford, a Democratic congressman who’s voted in … Read more
So long, America! It’s been real. As U.S. voters choose a new president, Europeans are anxiously waiting to see if the victor will be Donald Trump — a nightmare for many — or Kamala Harris, who’s seen as much better for the transatlantic relationship. Here’s a tip from a lifelong Euro-American: Worry less about the … Read more
Kamala Harris held a star-studded rally Thursday in swing state Georgia, where former US president Barack Obama and rock legend Bruce Springsteen joined her final push for voters ahead of November’s nail-biter election. Harris is cranking up the celebrity wattage — including with Beyonce in Texas on Friday, according to reports — at a series … Read more
A controversial former Chinese state television presenter has resurfaced after his sudden disappearance a decade ago, dismissing speculation about espionage and sex rumours. Rui Chenggang, a former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, known for his exchanges with former US president Barack Obama, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd and other political figures, posted a … Read more
One line of critique has persisted through the news cycles: that his lack of political experience may make Vance less qualified than others, including his opponent, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, to be vice president. Do more politically experienced politicians have advantages in elections? And if they enjoyed such advantages in the past, do they … Read more
In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote an influential book called The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Taleb argued that Black Swan events (e.g., 9/11 or the development of Google) share three criteria: they are extremely rare, extremely impactful, and—in spite of being outliers—explainable and even predictable after the fact. Both Donald Trump’s … Read more
