A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.
Day: November 20, 2024
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee fell in line behind GOP leaders and voted not to release the results of their investigation into Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, despite growing calls from the Senate GOP to make the findings public ahead of his confirmation hearing.
It’s the latest sign that businesses continue to crave more compute power for emerging AI projects.
Investors hoping that Nvidia’s eagerly-awaited earnings after the U.S. close on Wednesday would inject renewed vigor into world markets will be disappointed, heralding the prospect of a lukewarm open in Asia on Thursday. Wall Street spent all day Wednesday firmly in the red before a late rally, bond yields and the dollar were higher, and a weak 20-year U.S. Treasury bond auction was a reminder of how deep Washington’s fiscal deficit runs and the strain on investors to fund it. Then came Nvidia.
Laken Riley’s close friends and family members shared victim impact statements on Wednesday ahead of Jose Ibarra’s sentencing.
House Speaker Mike Johnson had urged the bipartisan panel to keep the report secret.
Laken Riley’s mother and stepfather begged the judge to have “no mercy” ahead of the sentencing of Jose Ibarra, who was convicted of killing the nursing student.
The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s rooms.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., introduced a resolution Monday aimed at barring Sarah McBride from using women’s restrooms.