Politics
Politics
White House anxiously watches Ukraine’s counteroffensive, seeing the war and Biden’s reputation at stake
U.S. officials do not know if lawmakers will greenlight more funding for Ukraine when the current tranche runs out. Any initial missteps in the counteroffensive, administration officials fear, could empower House Republicans to scuttle efforts by their Senate counterparts to boost defense spending. Anxiety is also growing in Washington as Ukrainian elements are striking deep… […]
Politics
On the tee, from Washington: Bipartisan anger over Saudi golf mega-deal
Scores of members of Congress have criticized the golf mega-merger, warning that it would help consolidate the Saudi government’s U.S. influence despite deep bipartisan concerns about its human rights record. “If the three major auto companies in America decided to merge, the Department of Justice would be all over it. That’s what we have here,”… […]
Politics
Republicans fail to get top recruit for Wisconsin Senate
Gallagher had met with the National Republican Senatorial Committee and its chair, Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who was particularly eager to land him and saw him as the strongest prospective challenger. The committee released polling it commissioned in late May showing Gallagher just 1 percentage point behind Baldwin in a survey of likely voters. A… […]
Economy
Economy
Why the ‘Mother of Dragons’ at SpaceX left her job building rockets to work on nuclear fusion
Darby Dunn, the Vice President of operations at Commonwealth Fusion Systems.Photo courtesy Commonwealth Fusion SystemsFrom March 2009 to December 2018, Darby Dunn held a handful of engineering and production roles at SpaceX.”In one role in particular, my unofficial title was ‘Mother of Dragons,'” Dunn told CNBC in an interview in Devens, Massachusetts. “In that role,… […]
Economy
OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record
OpenAI on Monday announced it had closed what amounts to the largest private tech funding round on record. The $40 billion financing values the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, including the fresh capital. It’s nearly three times the largest amount previously raised by a private tech company, according to PitchBook. The valuation puts OpenAI behind […]
Economy
Amazon resumes drone deliveries after two-month pause
Amazon has restarted drone deliveries in two states after a months-long pause, the company confirmed. In January, Amazon halted Prime Air deliveries in College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Arizona, the two U.S. markets where it’s testing the service, as the company rolled out a software update to its drone fleet. Amazon discovered an abnormality with […]
