‘We are deeply committed to being nonpartisan, and today is no different,’ Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan said. Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York City home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Nov. 13, seizing his phone and electronics, the company said. The early-morning raid followed last week’s presidential election, in which bettors
The Department of Energy loan office quadrupled its available lending budget to over $240 billion this week, as Biden officials rush to approve a flurry of “green energy” loans before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) said on Tuesday that it’s increasing its lending power under the Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment
Donald Trump’s early personnel picks have largely centered on national security, with the president-elect naming nominees for national security adviser, secretary of state, and ambassador to the United Nations. And for the most part, the Republican Party’s neoconservative wing likes what it sees. To them, the picks are a demonstration that Trump is taking a
President-elect Trump, who has said he thinks “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” has proposed a variety of taxes on goods imported from other countries. His aim is to deter American companies from relying on parts and goods from overseas, including from China, by making it more expensive for them to do
Some border counties voted for a Republican president for the first time in a century. RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas—President-elect Donald Trump shattered the South Texas blue wall, winning over Hispanics in border counties that haven’t voted Republican in more than a century. South Texas is home to some of the largest Hispanic populations in the
Donald Trump is vowing to reduce wasteful federal spending by tapping two billionaires — Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy — to spearhead the initiative, which the president-elect is calling the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The appointments, announced by Trump on Tuesday, raise a host of questions about the effort, including
With control of Congress in GOP hands in January, President-elect Trump will have a smoother path to implement his agenda and fill his Cabinet. WASHINGTON—With Republicans projected to retain control of the U.S. House, the GOP has won a trifecta in the federal government for the first time since 2016. Although The Associated Press had