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For the first time in well over half a century, Wall Street’s trillion-dollar conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA 0.58%)(BRKB 0.72%), is in uncharted territory. On Dec. 31, Warren Buffett officially retired from his multidecade role as Berkshire’s CEO and handed the reins to his predetermined successor, Greg Abel. Although Buffett remains chairman of the board, Berkshire’s

The discussions are centred on structuring the transaction around Globalstar’s spectrum rights and existing satellite infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter. The Financial Times of India reported that while a deal is considered close, negotiations remain complex and are yet to be finalised. A key complication is Apple’s 20% stake in Globalstar, which

The company famous for producing the chatbot Grok, xAI, is being sued by the NAACP over alleged health impacts its data centers are creating for residents of Mississippi and Tennessee. What’s happening? The NAACP is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI, which also owns the platform X that was formerly known as Twitter, in claiming that

2 If there is one thing we know about Elon Musk, it is that his ambitions sprawl, which suggests Starlink might not just be a fall-back service for telcos for long Last week, Deutsche Telekom announced a satellite-based fixed internet service with Starlink, dubbed Satellite Internet Access by Starlink or SIA. Aimed at enterprises in

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sent at least one criminal referral to the Justice Department seeking investigations of a whistleblower complaint and its handling by the intelligence community watchdog that led to the 2019 impeachment of President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for Gabbard’s office confirmed Wednesday. To bolster the referral, Gabbard this week released

The federal Commission of Fine Arts is set on Thursday to review plans for a hulking 250-foot “triumphal arch” to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, one of several construction projects President Trump has conjured up in an effort to leave his aesthetic mark on Washington. Mr. Trump has reason to be optimistic about the fate of

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was ousted by an opposition campaign with an anti-corruption message, Democrats want to try the same playbook against President Donald Trump before the midterm elections. House Democrats launched Wednesday what they call a task force to overhaul ethics rules and protect access to the ballot. They also want to

(TNND) — A month out from a planned meeting in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, relations between the two powerful countries appear to be fraying from the Iran war and the snarling of the Strait of Hormuz. Xi denounced “the world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle” during comments

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is still trying to expunge the last traces of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. What happened?

Stars were supporting their colleagues all across Manhattan last week. Patrick Ball’s “The Pitt” co-stars turned up to support him at Broadway’s opening night of “Becky Shaw” last Monday. Isa Briones, Supriya Ganesh, Sepideh Moafi, Brandon Mendez Homer, Lucas Iverson and Laetitia Hollard were all in tow at the afterparty held at Yard House in Times

Something unusual is happening in tech. Valuations have fallen so far in 2026 that traditional value investors — the bargain hunters who normally wouldn’t touch high-growth stocks — are starting to pay attention. That’s according to Canadian asset manager Middlefield Group, which noted in recent market commentary that tech stock valuations “have compressed to levels

The fight over who gets poisoned so Silicon Valley can train smarter chatbots has landed in federal court.  The NAACP is suing Elon Musk’s xAI for allegedly skirting permits and running gas turbines that are spewing formaldehyde and smog‑forming pollution into Black communities already scoring failing grades for air quality. To keep its “Colossus” data

Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): As the global energy crisis deepens and the Hormuz blockade enters a critical phase, the “unprecedented” partnership between Russia and China has taken centre stage. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday concluded a high-stakes two-day official visit to Beijing, where he was received by President Xi Jinping and held

Listen to article • 0:00 min The biggest losers in Sunday’s extraordinary election in Hungary, aside from its four-term autocratic prime minister Viktor Orbán, were Russia’s Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump. Moreover, the reasons for Orbán’s fall offer surprising parallels with diminishing support for the U.S. president. And the restoration of Hungarian democracy at the

FILE – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters

The human rights project Department One reports that on March 8, 2022, Vladimir Putin authorized security officials to place Russian citizens and foreigners in pretrial detention centers without a court order for “opposing” the war in Ukraine. Putin’s “decision” had not previously been reported, and the document itself was never made publicly available. Department One learned of it from a document issued by Russia’s

US President Donald Trump said China was “very happy” with his decision to permanently open the Strait of Hormuz, emphasising that he was “doing it for them” and the rest of the world. He added that the situation would not recur and claimed that China had agreed not to send weapons to Iran.“China is very