Breaking News: Politics
- Ilya Lichtenstein, Bitcoin hacker behind massive crypto theft, credits Trump for early prison release - Ilya Lichtenstein had been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty and admitting to the hack of crypto assets valued in the billions of dollars.
- Orsted files legal challenge over Trump's halt to $5 billion offshore wind project - Shares of Orsted, the world's largest developer of offshore wind farms, rose more than 4% on the news.
- Trump says U.S. will intervene if Iran 'violently kills' protestors - Protests erupted last week over the government's handling of a sharp fall in the nation's currency and soaring prices.
- Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis speak out against data center boom. It's a bad sign for AI industry - Sen. Bernie Sanders has called for a data center moratoriu, while Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed back on the AI industry in Florida.
- Trump’s first vetoes of his second term hit bipartisan infrastructure projects, draw accusations of retribution - Trump promised retribution after Colorado refused to release Tina Peters, who was convicted by a state court last year.
- Khanna calls for nationwide fraud investigation after wealth tax proposal caused firestorm - California Rep. Ro Khanna is navigating a difficult environment as one-time supporters turn on him due to his support of a wealth tax.
- U.S. sanctions Iranian, Venezuelan groups tied to weapons trade - The sanctions come a day after President Donald Trump threatened Iran over attempts to rearm, and amid a monthlong pressure campaign against Venezuela.
- California's Ro Khanna faces Silicon Valley backlash after embracing wealth tax - A proposal to tax California billionaires at 5% of their wealth could land on the California ballot in November.
- Trump threatens to 'knock the hell' out of Iran if they build weapons - President Donald Trump threatened further military action against Iran during a Monday meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Zelenskyy asks Trump for 50 years of security guarantees, says meeting with Russia possible - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he had asked for security guarantees for up to 50 years for Ukraine.