Musk ordered to attend court hearing over $1 million voter giveaway

DOJ sends warning to Elon Musk's PAC over checks to voters

The DOJ sent a letter to Elon Musk's America PAC, warning that the $1 million checks he's giving to registered voters may violate federal law. According to the PAC's website, Musk is randomly ...

Musk, DOJ on collision course over $1M checks to swing state voters

Elon Musk and the Department of Justice (DOJ) appear poised for a showdown as the tech billionaire's super PAC powers ahead despite a warning from the agency over its daily $1 million giveaways to ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

‘She did not even attend his funeral’: My friend married in secret and suddenly died. Does his widow inherit his $1 million home?

“His parents paid for the $50,000 down payment to the house when they purchased it 30 years ago.”

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

Appeals court orders new sentence for disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti over stealing from clients

A federal appeals court on Wednesday vacated the 14-year sentence of disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti, who was convicted of swindling his clients, and ordered he be resentenced. Avenatti, who rose ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

Apple and Goldman Sachs ordered to pay more than $89 million for Apple Card failures

Apple and Goldman Sachs were fined more than $89 million for mishandling consumer disputes of Apple Card transactions, the CFPB said.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Apple, Goldman Sachs ordered to pay $89 million over Apple Card failures

Apple and Goldman "illegally sidestepped" their obligations to Apple Card customers, federal regulators say.

FirstFT: Calls grow for investigation into Musk election giveaways

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World - Financial Times - October 21

Elon Musk's PAC giveaway raises legal concerns

Elon Musk is giving away big bucks to random voters who sign a petition from his political action committee. But there's a catch — and it's raising concerns about possible campaign finance ...

Elon Musk gives pro-Trump PAC $75 million, announces Pennsylvania voter tour

Billionaire Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump over Kamala Harris after Trump was nearly assassinated at a campaign rally.

Business - CNBC - October 16

Elon Musk Is Giving Away $1 Million a Day in Bid to be the 'Secretary of Cost-Cutting'

Four days spent barnstorming Pennsylvania for Donald Trump highlighted support for the tech titan leading a new government efficiency effort.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 21

Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute

A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options

Tech - ABC News - Yesterday

Sara Sharif hooded and burned by abusers, court hears

Makeshift plastic hoods were used on the 10-year-old, who suffered dozens of injuries, jurors heard.

Sara Sharif had more than 70 injuries, court hears

Sara,10, had more than 70 new external injuries, along with internal injuries and older wounds.

Sara Sharif suffered fractures before death, court hears

A fracture to Sara Sharif’s neck bone could have been caused by strangulation, the Old Bailey hears.

Harvey Weinstein's retrial moved to next year, lawyer plans to hire a private investigator

Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sex crimes charges in Manhattan won't start until next year and a new allegation against the former movie mogul will be included in the case

Entertainment - ABC News - October 23

Musk under fire over $1mn prize offer for voters who sign petition

Pennsylvania governor says officials should consider whether billionaire’s raffle breaches electoral law

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Trump hears from undecided Latino voters

Former President Donald Trump attended a Univision town hall with Latino voters a week after the television station held a similar event with Vice President Kamala Harris. Town hall moderator ...

Mexico supreme court judges resign over reforms to allow voters to elect judiciary

Eight of the country’s 11 supreme court judges will stand down over reforms supported by President Claudia Sheinbaum. Eight of Mexico’s 11 supreme court judges have submitted their resignations ...

World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago

Conspiracy theories and a $1m check: a night at Elon Musk’s surreal election giveaway

Musk’s latest ploy to assist Trump to win the US election has been to give away $1m every day to a member of the public. US politics live – latest updates Standing before a large US flag, ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Pressure is mounting on prosecutors to review Musk's $1M swing-state petition giveaway

Prosecutors are facing pressure around payments that Elon Musk's America PAC made to people who signed a petition supporting free speech and gun rights.

Biden says Musk super PAC's $1M giveaways 'totally inappropriate'

President Biden criticized Elon Musk’s daily $1 million giveaways to registered swing state voters Monday, calling them “totally inappropriate.” “I think it's totally inappropriate,” the president ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

More than 46 million early voters already cast ballots as Harris, Trump enter final sprint

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have encouraged voters to get to the ballot box as soon as they can.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Dad told police he killed Sara Sharif, court hears

Urfan Sharif claims his wife caused Sara's death and he was trying to protect her, a jury hears.

Ex-soldier used Facebook to make first contact with Iran, court hears

The ex-soldier created "completely fake" documents to get the Iranians to trust him, the court heard.

Notebook of alleged Georgia school shooter revealed in court hearing

The case against the alleged Apalachee High School shooter's father can proceed, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Supreme Court won't hear challenge to Consumer Product Safety Commission

The dispute raised separation of powers concerns arising from the president's ability to remove members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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