Tether Holdings “Have The Money They Say They Have” Confirms Cantor CEO
Howard Lutnick’ – CEO of investment banking giant Cantor Fitzgerald – has a message for Tether Truthers: the stablecoin giant’s assets are 100% backed. During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, the executive reaffirmed his claims that month that Cantor is
After Trump’s landslide Iowa win, GOP race moves to N.H. with new frictions
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The GOP presidential race bounded into snow-covered New Hampshire on Tuesday, with new frictions erupting among the three remaining candidates as Donald Trump aimed to build on his landslide Iowa victory in a pivotal battleground. Trump and his
ABC cancels New Hampshire debate after Haley, Trump decline to participate
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is declining to participate in any more debates unless they include former president Donald Trump or President Biden, a stance that has led to the cancellation of Thursday’s debate. The debate, which Manchester television station WMUR
Court rejects Twitter’s claim of right to alert Trump to Jan. 6 search
A federal appeals court has rejected Twitter’s claim that Donald Trump should have been alerted to the existence of a search warrant for his data by prosecutors investigating interference in the 2020 election, leaving in place a $350,000 fine imposed
The Campaign Moment: How Trump iced his foes in Iowa
Welcome to The Campaign Moment, where we thaw out and analyze the biggest developments in the 2024 election. (Also: Join me Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern time for a Washington Post Live event in which I interview Kentucky’s election-denial-rebuking Republican Secretary
Haley’s politically useful denial of America’s racist past
Speaking on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, hours after her third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses was finalized, former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was asked to respond to comments made by MSNBC host Joy Reid
How Trump dominated Iowa — and held back DeSantis and Haley
DES MOINES — Donald Trump recently began telling dinner guests at Mar-a-Lago about a haunting memory from the 2016 Iowa caucuses. His daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, had shown up to speak at a Des Moines caucus site, not
The best-case scenarios for Haley and DeSantis don’t end in nomination
There are a lot of people who have been and continue to be committed to the idea that this year’s Republican presidential nominating contest is competitive. Some in the media are committed, certainly, both defensively — what if Florida Gov. Ron
Judge blocks JetBlue-Spirit merger in a major win for Biden’s Justice Department
A federal judge blocked JetBlue Airways’ purchase of budget rival Spirit Airlines, a major win for Biden’s Justice Department, which sued to stop the merger, alleging it would drive up fares for some of the most price-sensitive consumers. JetBlue’s proposed $3.8 billion purchase
As EV sales growth slows, some drivers could buy one for as little as $10,000 this year
There are plenty of reasons not to buy an electric vehicle in 2024: Auto loan rates are high. Despite a recent wave of discounting, many EVs remain pricier than gas-burning cars. And an incomplete network of sometimes glitchy chargers has