Author: KnowledgeHippo
In December 2023, Angela McArdle, the chairwoman of the Libertarian Party, flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald J. Trump.Mr. Trump wanted to learn how to win over libertarian voters, a constituency he believed could help him win the presidency again, Ms. McArdle in an interview. He had an answer: Free Ross Ulbricht, a Bitcoin pioneer who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for creating Silk Road, the world’s largest online drug market. Mr. Ulbricht was seen as a libertarian hero for building an illegal market outside the reach of government.”I like to set people free,” said Mr.…
Amazon announced Wednesday that it is closing all of its warehouses and logistics operations in Quebec, the Canadian province where unions gained ground at one of its facilities, and will lay off 1,700 employees.The closure represents a shift away from Amazon’s recent investments in the province. The company opened three delivery stations in 2021 and one last year. It also had a small fulfillment center in Quebec and two warehouses that sorted packages. In total, the investments amounted to about 2 million square feet of operations, according to an estimate by Marc Wulfraat, a Montreal-based storage industry consultant who has…
Stellantis, the company that owns Chrysler and Jeep, said Wednesday it plans to reopen a plant in Illinois and increase production elsewhere in the United States, a move that is likely to resolve several disputes with the United Automobile Workers union. .The reopening is also likely to help the company in its dealings with the Trump administration and is among the first major changes made by an interim management team running the company since its chief executive, Carlos Tavares, stepped down in December.”These actions are part of our commitment to invest in our U.S. operations to grow our automotive production…
Princess Catherine, wife of Prince William, said on Tuesday that her cancer was in remission. But what does it mean to be in remission from cancer?Last March, she revealed that doctors discovered her cancer unexpectedly when she had a tummy tuck. He has not disclosed the type of cancer he has or how advanced it was when it was discovered.But he said he was undergoing chemotherapy, which he said was completed in September. He told British news agency PA Media that he had a port, a small device that is implanted under the skin and connected to a catheter that…
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it was pushing for a new counter-terror operation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, while Palestinian officials said at least 10 people had been killed.An army spokeswoman said 10 militants were “hit” in the operation, without elaborating. Earlier, Israel said it had killed eight militants since the raid began. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said 10 people had been killed in and around Jenin since the raid began.At least four people were wounded on Wednesday in Jenin, where the new raids were concentrated, according to Palestinian officials cited by Wafa, the official news agency of…
Is Trump bluffing? President Trump’s tariff threats have confused and vexed foreign leaders and CEOs for some time now, as they fear the looming trade war.Investors seem relieved that it has held off so far, with S&P 500 futures gaining this morning. However, a growing number of analysts and business leaders fear that tariffs are inevitable (more on that below). There’s a theory gaining ground: Trump sees the levies not just as a negotiating tactic, but as a way to make money.Recap of Trump’s latest threats: Canada and Mexico could face 25 percent tariffs as soon as Feb. 1, and…
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug market and a cult hero in the world of cryptocurrencies and freedoms.In this way, Mr. Trump fulfilled a repeated campaign promise as he courted political contributions from the crypto industry, which spent more than $100 million to influence the election’s outcome. A Bitcoin pioneer, Mr. Ulbricht, 40, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015 after being convicted of charges that included distributing drugs online.”I just called Ross William Ulbright’s mother to let her know,” wrote Mr. Trump in his post…
After four years apart, Wayne Taylor Racing has reunited with Cadillac. Wayne Taylor, the team’s manager, said he was “refreshed”.After finishing second in the Rolex 24 at Daytona three times in four years with Chevrolet from 2013 to 2016, a switch to Cadillac in 2017 yielded three wins in four events. The team won again in 2021 with Acura, and Wayne Taylor also won as a driver in 1996 and 2005.”I’ve had many years of involvement with Cadillac, both as a team owner and as a driver,” Taylor said in an interview this month. “But those four years were special.”In…
Carlos Navarro was recently eating outside a restaurant in Virginia when immigration officials arrested him and said he was ordered to be removed from the country.He had never been in contact with the law, said the 32-year-old Mr. Navarro, adding that he worked in poultry farms.”Absolutely nothing.”Last week, he returned to Guatemala for the first time in 11 years, calling his wife in the United States from a deportee reception center in the capital, Guatemala City.The experience of Mr. Navarro may be a preview of the kind of fast-track deportations under President Trump to communities around the United States that…
Harvard University will adopt a definition of anti-Semitism when investigating disciplinary cases as part of several moves aimed at protecting Jewish students following the war protests in Gaza, the university said in an agreement Tuesday.The definition includes some criticisms of Israel as examples of anti-Semitism, including characterizing Israel’s existence as a “racist endeavor”.It was part of a settlement in two lawsuits filed by Jewish groups that accused the school of not doing enough to prevent and punish anti-Semitism on campus. Last year, a federal judge in Boston allowed the cases to proceed.Harvard’s move was unusual. Many universities have shied away…