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Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.24%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Transport and Optoelectronic sectors led shares higher. At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.24% to hit a new 3-months high. The…

Elon Musk’s legally problematic $1 million voter giveaway

Elon Musk has inserted himself into an American presidential election more than perhaps any other uber-wealthy person in modern history. There is no question that one of the world’s richest people is going to great lengths to speak and spend…

Blinken heads to Middle East in long-shot bid for Gaza cease-fire

With Israeli forces pounding targets in northern Gaza and Lebanon despite U.S. objections, Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked Monday for the Middle East to try to bring about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas amid signs of Washington’s limited…

Former GOP lawmakers, officials urge Garland to investigate Musk

Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a…

Elon Musk targets Michigan with voter misinformation

Two weeks before the presidential election, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) accused billionaire Elon Musk of spreading “dangerous disinformation” about voting in her state after Musk, owner of X and Tesla, shared a post suggesting falsely that the…

Lawyer says DeSantis’s office pressured him to send abortion ad letters to TV stations

Letters that threatened Florida TV stations with criminal penalties if they aired a political ad backing a referendum that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban came directly from Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office, according to the attorney who signed and…