The multi-national legal battles between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have just become a lot less charitable. As the once married Rum Diary co-stars’ inch towards a May 3 trial start in Depp’s $50 million defamation suit against Heard, claims have now reemerged over whether the Aquaman star actually donate her $7 million 2016 divorce settlement to charity as promised. […]

New Zealander Chris Liddell has decided to stay on at the White House to ensure the transition to President-elect Joe Biden’s administration proceeds smoothly. The Deputy Chief of Staff to President Donald Trump has been in charge of the presidential transition process for the past nine months. Liddell and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien had been considering resigning their posts […]

Stock futures traded flat as the overnight session kicked off Thursday evening. The muted after-market moves came following another rally in equity markets during the regular session, with each of the three major indices rising to record intraday and closing highs. Bitcoin prices broke above $40,000 for the first time ever, and U.S. crude oil prices buoyed over $50 per […]

WASHINGTON — With his victory recognized by Congress and his party set to control both the House and Senate, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. moved on Thursday to fill out his cabinet, while his aides and allies drafted plans for an ambitious legislative agenda headlined by $2,000 stimulus checks to individual Americans. Just hours after the House and Senate confirmed […]

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Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC, is facing backlash after Bloomberg reporter William Turton tweeted a video showing maskless Trump supporters mingling inside the hotel after the historic Capitol siege.  Hyatt is now facing backlash on social media after the video, posted on Wednesday night, went viral. Hyatt has called yesterday's riot "shocking, horrifying and indefensible," a Hyatt spokesperson told […]

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, is now the richest person in the world. An increase in Tesla’s share price on Thursday pushed Mr. Musk past Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people. Mr. Musk’s net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New […]

New York (CNN Business)Joe Biden’s projected White House win could boost gun sales in what has already been a landmark year for gun makers. “The election of a Democratic president who has promised to tighten gun control legislation could very well prompt increased demand for firearms,” says Rommel Dionisio, managing director of Aegis Capital. Biden has long been vocal on […]

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. set aside plans to deliver a speech on the economy on Wednesday afternoon, instead calling for an end to violent protests in Washington and calling on President Trump to stop what he called an “insurrection.” Mr. Biden’s speech was expected to emphasize several of his economic priorities, including reiterating calls for another round of financial […]