Musk suggests deal could go through if Twitter provides info on confirming users
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested early Saturday that his acquisition deal with Twitter could still go through if the social media platform provided information about how it confirms that sampled accounts are real. “If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms,” Musk tweeted. “However, if it turns out that their SEC filings are materially false, then it should not.” The tweet from Musk is the latest in the d
Read MoreBill Gates promotes climate measures in Democrats' economic package
Microsoft founder Bill Gates touted climate measures included in a major reconciliation package Democrats are seeking to pass, saying on Friday that the U.S. “can’t afford to miss” the opportunity to tackle climate change and bolster American energy security. He wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times that the sweeping climate, tax reform and health package, referred to as The Inflation Reduction Act, “may be the single most important piece of climate legislation in American history. It repre
Read MoreJustice subpoenas of Trump counsel mark turning point
The Justice Department's grand jury subpoenas to former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and others in former President Trump's inner circle mark a turning point in the federal law enforcement investigation of the former president. The grand jury probe has considerably more power than the House Jan. 6 select committee to pierce any executive privilege claims that the former president might raise — an issue that has come up with Cipollone. When Cipollone agreed to provide testimony to the Jan. 6 panel, he declined to answer certain questions concerning his conversatio
Read MoreTucker Carlson is correct — again
Thirteen months ago in this space, I speculated that with Donald Trump out of the White House, a number of left-leaning media outlets and progressive organizations would be desperate to replace the clickbait, fundraising gold that the Trump presidency presented with the next best thing, or things. At the time, I surmised that the left would nominate Tucker Carlson from Fox News and Republican Gov. Ron DeSant
Read MoreAmerica's mayors are tackling health equity, but they need Washington’s support
I firmly believe that your zip code should not determine your health outcomes. Growing up, my family didn’t have private health insurance — we relied on the public healthcare system, as many other families in the Acres Homes neighborhood in Houston, Texas, did. My father died of cancer when I was 13, never having any treatment besides painkillers. We didn’t even know he had leukemia until after he passed. He went to the emergency room, picked up his prescription, and carried on. As the Mayor of Houston, these lessons from my childhood impact how I view healthcare policy.
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