Kyiv — Ukraine is ready to sign a landmark drone defense deal with the United States, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prepared to sign the deal on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City, but the sources said the deal may…
Washington — GOP Sen. John Curtis of Utah asked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden for testimony regarding their business dealings, relationships with foreign individuals and entities and gifts they received, after recent revelations about a Russian oligarch’s financial involvement in the wedding of President Trump’s eldest…
Washington — The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a sweeping cryptocurrency bill known as the Clarity Act, amid opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans. In a 49 to 50 vote, the measure fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward, with all Democrats and four Republicans opposing. The bill would…
David Sacks, a key adviser to President Trump on technology, told CBS News he believes that fears about artificial intelligence’s potential threat to humanity are overblown and that, while caution is warranted, development of AI should continue. “I think this is becoming a panic,” he told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling…
Kyiv — Ukraine’s most important weapons manufacturer wears mismatched earrings and a black knit dress. “The good thing about being the boss is that you get to set the dress code,” Iryna Terekh, the 34-year-old CEO of Fire Point, one of Ukraine’s largest drone makers, told CBS News, grinning as she took a seat next to…
Beijing — On the outskirts of the Chinese port city of Ningbo, surrounded by lush green hills topped with giant wind turbines to harness the power of the gales off the East China Sea, is a factory where bosses believe they’re making the cars of the future. It’s where the Geely Auto Group, one of China’s…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is making the case for a new bipartisan cryptocurrency bill backed by President Trump, telling CBS News on Thursday that it will broaden consumer protections and prevent a repeat of the FTX fallout. “The current status quo today is that there isn’t much clarity about what the rules are. And so…
A trust company affiliated with the Trump family’s crypto business, World Liberty Financial, has received conditional approval to establish a bank. The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Friday granted preliminary approval to World Liberty Trust Company to establish a bank charter, a move that would allow it to issue…
Trump Media & Technology Group is aiming to energize growth by selling faster access to President Trump’s Truth Social posts for up to $100,000 a month. CEO Kevin McGurn told investors on Monday that the company has signed up “more than 10” customers for its Truth API, or Application Programming Interface, data feed, which he…
