Vance worked at Mithril Capital, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel, in 2016. A former coworker previously told Business Insider that Vance was often away from work promoting his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Thiel ended up playing an instrumental role in Vance’s rise to power in politics, donating $15 million to his Senate campaign
The US movement against data centers went national on Saturday. Protesters across the United States rallied against the massive facility as part of a nationwide demonstration organized by Humans First, a newly founded conservative nonprofit organization taking on what it calls “Big AI.” The group planned more than 100 rallies throughout the day, from Wasilla
President Donald Trump is using smoke from Canada’s wildfires to threaten tariffs. Trump lashed out at Canada in a post on Truth Social on Friday, accusing the United States’ northern neighbor of mismanaging its forests and causing the current outbreak of wildfires that are sending waves of smoke into the United States. “America is being
A White House teleprompter operator has been placed on unpaid leave following reports that he used a prediction betting platform to profit from the content of President Donald Trump’s speeches. Gabriel Perez, who has worked for Trump since his first presidential campaign, is being investigated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over allegations
President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized New York’s new pause in developing AI data centers, arguing that the state is rejecting one of the biggest economic opportunities from the AI boom. “One of the biggest drivers of employment in the future is data centers,” Trump wrote in Truth Social, calling the facilities “money machines” and
Donald Trump wants to add another government-issued item to the growing list bearing his name or likeness: a commemorative $1 coin. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday unveiled the design of a new gold-toned $1 coin commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States. The coin features a portrait of Trump looking forward along with