Washington, DC

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J.D. Vance, an Appalachian turned Alexandrian, is now former President Trump's running mate, and we wanted to dig into the Ohio senator's local Washington persona.Why it matters: Vance's DMV life offers a peek into where a potential second Trump administration could live and hang.Catch up quick: Vance has made a lightning-fast journey over the past eight years from bestselling author and Trump critic to senator and, now, Trump's VP pick.Before becoming senator, Vance briefly worked at the D.C. venture capital firm Revolution, started by AOL co-founder Steve Case. There Vance overlapped with Joe Biden's first chief of staff, Ron Klain.Nowadays,...

Inside J.D. Vance's life in Washington

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Venture capital billionaires Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz each will make donations to former President Trump's election effort, and will lay out their reasoning in a podcast later Tuesday afternoon, Axios has learned. Why it matters: This is part of a small but growing number of tech elites writing checks...

Investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz will donate to Trump

Fortune

Trump's choice of JD Vance is a win for Peter Thiel and the venture capital industry. Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance is perhaps best known for his 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” which was widely hailed as an intimate portrait of rural, working-class resentment that helped put Donald Trump in the White House. The selection of Vance, who the former President announced as his running mate on Monday at the Republican National Convention, however, could benefit the world of venture capital, where the populist Ohio senator spent most of his professional career before heading into politics.

Venture capitalists get one of their own with Trump’s VP pick—what to know about J.D. Vance’s VC career

In his first public comments since reports of the Alphabet deal emerged, Wiz CEO and cofounder Assaf Rappaport said that the "dream" of an IPO has changed and founders see other options.

Wiz CEO says ‘consolidation in the security market is truly a necessity’ as reports swirl of $23 billion Google acquisition

Richard Kim is a former executive of Galaxy, the crypto firm headed by Michael Novogratz, as well as an alumnus of trading divisions at JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs and a former attorney with the prestigious law firm Cleary Gottlieb. Kim founded "Zero Edge," a crypto casino designed with the idea...

Crypto Casino Founder Apologizes for Gambling Away Investor Funds

Bethel Park, PA

CBS Pittsburgh

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Saturday rally for former President Donald Trump, once appeared in an advertisement for investment firm BlackRock, the company said Monday. The ad, which was produced in 2022, was filmed at Bethel Park High School, where Crooks was a student at the time. BlackRock filmed the spot, part of a series aimed at teachers managing their retirement assets, in a classroom led by a real teacher and which featured real students. Crooks was one of those students, BlackRock told CBS MoneyWatch. He was not paid, nor was he hired by the company...

BlackRock says Thomas Matthew Crooks appeared in company ad

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Arizona State

COVID-19 cases are growing or likely growing in 45 states and territories, and more than half of the states have virus levels that are "very high" or "high" as a summertime wave expands, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Why it matters: The prevalence of COVID is especially high...

Mapped: Another hot COVID summer

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Samantha Murphy Kelly, a senior tech writer at CNN, was among the layoffs at the news organization on Wednesday. She has been with CNN since 2016. She previously was the deputy tech editor at Mashable. Kelly covered lifestyle tech and entertainment at Mashable, which she joined in 2011. Before joining...

CNN senior tech writer Kelly among the layoffs

Google owner Alphabet is in advanced discussions to buy fast-growing cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN.

Google is close to making its biggest acquisition ever

Palantir's early experience in serving the government is valuable in the AI race. But there is a risk that the AI excitement could be just a fad. Palantir's stock is not for the faint hearted. The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is on fire in 2024, sending AI-related tech companies to...

Palantir Might Be a Great Stock, But I'm Not Buying It Now. Here's Why

Former President Trump has selected Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee announced Monday. Why it matters: Vance, a Trump critic-turned-fervent supporter, is one of the former president's closest allies on Capitol Hill and a loyal defender of his domestic and foreign policy. Trump...

Trump picks J.D. Vance as VP

Insider

Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, strictly limits the time his kids can spend in front of a screen.

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel says he only allows his children 1.5 hours of screen time a week

Business Insider

Chris Kirchner, a startup founder convicted of defrauding investor was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Thursday.

Chris Kirchner, founder of Goldman Sachs-backed Slync, was sentenced to 20 years for fraud and laundering startup funds

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro identified the victim who was killed in an attempted assassination of former President Trump as Corey Comperatore on Sunday. Driving the news: Comperatore, the former Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company chief, dived on his family members to shield them from the attack, Shapiro said at a press conference after speaking to Comperatore's wife and daughters.

Trump rally attendee remembered as "hero" who died protecting his family

Amazon shoppers drove a 192,400% increase in sales of a t-shirt emblazoned with the now-iconic photo of former President Trump moments after an assassination attempt. Why it matters: The image of Trump with a fist in the air was taken by the AP's Evan Vucci and has been widely published by media outlets in news coverage. That it's also being used in pro-Trump merchandise confirms many photographers' fears that the photo would become propaganda for Trump.

Trump swag sales skyrocket on Amazon

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NewsByJoshua

So, Ford's CEO Jim Farley dropped some pretty big news recently, and it might just shake up how we think about electric vehicles (EVs). Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Farley laid out what he sees as a necessary shift in the automotive industry—especially for those of us accustomed to big, powerful vehicles.

Ford CEO Jim Farley Warns of ‘Radical Change’ and Says EV Batteries Will ‘Never Be Affordable’

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J.D. Vance's short career in venture capital

Venture capital has its vice presidential candidate, with Donald Trump yesterday picking J.D. Vance to be his running mate. The big picture: Vance wasn't a successful...

J.D. Vance's short career in venture capital

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