A woman is reflected in a puddle as she passes a Bank of America branch in New York’s Times Square. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Democrats officially control the Presidency, Senate and House, yet Wall Street appears to be largely unphased. According to data from LPL Financial, the S&P 500 […]
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Overall bitcoin-related crime fell last year, but one type of crypto hack is booming
Kacper Pempel | REUTERS Cryptocurrency-related crime fell last year to a small fraction of overall trading volume. But some targeted hacks boomed as criminals exploited people working from home during the pandemic. Last year, illicit activity made up 0.34% of all cryptocurrency transaction volume, according to a report from blockchain […]
Biden’s stimulus may be too big amid economic recovery, should be targeted at those most impacted
President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administration’s Covid-19 response with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, on Jan. 21. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Joe Biden is trying to push through a $1.9 trillion stimulus program that many congressional Republicans don’t want […]
Companies are racing to build digital passports for people to prove they’ve had the Covid vaccine
Doctor Richard Dang (R), Assistant professor USC School of Pharmacy, administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Ashley Van Dyke as mass-vaccination of healthcare workers takes place at Dodger Stadium on January 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Irfan Khan | AFP | Getty Images People who get vaccinated against Covid-19 at […]
Op-Ed: Xi is positioning China as the world’s indispensable economy — and Biden’s greatest challenge
A news report on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s New Year’s Eve speech is shown on a public screen in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s now Biden’s America, but whose world will it be? Expect China’s President Xi Jinping to answer […]
Man who stormed U.S. Capitol charged with threatening to assassinate Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images A Dallas-area man who joined a violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol earlier this month has been charged with making a death threat in a social […]
Amazon could face a new union push and antitrust scrutiny under the Biden administration
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response as US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) looks on before signing executive orders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Like many in the tech […]
Trump considered ousting U.S. Attorney General and installing loyalist in push to overturn election
President Donald J. Trump stops to talk to reporters as he walks to board Marine One and depart from the South Lawn at the White House. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump earlier this month plotted to oust Jeffrey Rosen as acting […]
‘It’s just Bernie being Bernie’ — How a photo of Sanders wearing mittens at Inauguration Day went viral
One of the most enduring and endearing photos from Joe Biden’s inauguration does not feature the president at all. Rather, an image of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has made waves across the internet, sparking thousands of photoshopped memes on social media. In the picture, Sanders dons oversized mittens and […]
Trump considered ousting Attorney General and installing loyalist in push to overturn election
President Donald J. Trump stops to talk to reporters as he walks to board Marine One and depart from the South Lawn at the White House. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump earlier this month plotted to oust Jeffrey Rosen as acting […]