According to a story about Cole’s win, when Elon Cole saw that Elon Musk fans were eagerly bidding for a contract on the prediction market Kalshi that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could effectively reduce federal spending in a year, he knew he had to bet. Wall Street Journal. If Cole, an international tax…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday questioned Dr. Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, over his earlier recommendation of the use of psilocybin. During Means’ confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Collins, holding a copy of the nominee’s 2024 book “Good Energy,” said she was “concerned” that Means…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital invested roughly $1 billion in OpenAI at a $285 billion valuation in December, a source confirmed Wednesday. It is a preferential deal for the venture capital firm that has long…
Bodo/Shine Pulled off one of the biggest upsets uefa champions league history, as they performed brilliantly over two legs to dispatch last season’s finalists, inter MilanWere eliminated from the knockout round playoffs on Tuesday. Having already won the first leg 3–1 at home, the Norwegians repeated the feat at San Siro where they won 2-1…
Waymo is bringing its robotaxis chicago And charlotte The company said Wednesday as part of its effort to continue expanding autonomous vehicles. Starting today, Waymo will begin manual mapping and initial data collection to lay the groundwork for operations in those cities. Waymo typically enters a new city by conducting months of manual driving and…
Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, said Wednesday that she would not broadly encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles, flu or whooping cough, as her predecessors have done in the past. Means testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee as a key step toward his confirmation, but…
Now available on your favorite food delivery app: restaurant reservations. The still-simmering reservation wars of the last decade could fully reignite this year, as a shifting tech landscape pits some of the biggest players against each other to capture businesses and users alike. Reservation incumbents, delivery app newcomers and premium credit card partnerships are all…
Feb 24, 2026, 07:00 AM ET The NBA All-Star break is behind us, and teams are back to work with a little under two months left in the regular season. The race for the postseason is heating up in the East and the West, as the battle for the No. 1 seed remains highly contentious…
Senator Markway Mullin (R-Okla.) lashed out against Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over Obamacare during the Senate confirmation hearing for Casey Means, President Trump’s surgeon general pick, on Tuesday, leading to a brief but tense debate between lawmakers. Mullin spent much of his time speaking out against the “broken” health care system, which he blamed… Source…
Former Treasury Secretary and president emeritus and professor at Harvard University, Larry Summers attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Larry Summers, the former U.S. Treasury secretary who has been dogged by his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, will resign from…
