Five takeaways from the Alaska Senate debate
Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) faced off with her two challengers, Trump-backed Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro, in Thursday night’s Alaska Senate debate less than two weeks ahead of the midterms. The three candidates touched on issues like abortion, inflation and election security in the hourlong debate, which was moderated by Alaska Public Media news director Lori Townsend and Alaska’s News Source managing editor Mike Ross. Murkowski and Tshibaka
Read MoreMusk officially closes Twitter deal: reports
Elon Musk officially owns Twitter after closing the deal by a court-imposed Friday deadline, according to multiple outlets, ending a six-month journey over his controversial $44 billion acquisition. CNBC first reported Thursday evening that Musk had taken control of Twitter and the company's CEO Parag Agrawal and chief financial officer Ned Seg
Read MoreTrump loses latest bid to shield tax returns from House committee
A federal court cleared the way Thursday for a Democratic-led House committee to review former President Trump’s tax returns, although the Supreme Court could still block the action. Judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that courts won’t stand in the way of the House’s chief tax committee seeing Trump’s financial documents, denying a petition by the former president to reconsider a previous ruling. Democrats on the committee were quick to show their approval of the ruling. “The law has always been on our side,” House Ways and Means Commit
Read MoreWhy the GDP rebound isn't soothing recession concerns
U.S. economic growth rebounded sharply during the third quarter, according to data released by the Commerce Department Thursday, rising at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent and proving that the U.S. has avoided a recession thus far. But beneath a strong headline number were several warning signs of a deeper slowdown ahead. While household spending and exports helped fuel a strong quarter of growth, both are likely to fall as higher interest rates and inflated prices weigh on buyers. Meanwhile, declines in business spending and other crucial economic engines a
Read MoreJan. 6 committee to seek interviews with Secret Service officials
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is planning to seek interviews with a half-dozen current and former Secret Service officials, according to a source familiar. Dates for the interviews have not yet been set but come after the committee was given more than 1 million electronic communications from the Secret Service after an internal watchdog notified the panel that some of its texts from Jan. 6 appeared to have been “erased.” The development
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