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The post-pandemic boom fizzled when a chip shortage halted assembly lines.
Updated Nov 4, 2021, 01:13pm EDT Topline Following the narrow reelection victory of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D), conspiracy theories about voter fraud began to fly in many online right-wing circles, despite an election night many political commentators said was the best for the GOP in years after sweeping Virginia’s top offices, continuing a…
Updated Nov 4, 2021, 03:23pm EDT Topline Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease official, went head-to-head yet again during a Senate hearing Thursday over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and controversial studies funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Key Facts In a hearing…
“WE ARE A different company now. We are no longer focused just on mobile. And we have the numbers to back it up.” Cristiano Amon, the boss of Qualcomm, which makes chips mostly for smartphones, is emphatic when he describes what he will tell Wall Street at the firm’s investor day on November 16th. He…
Topline Republican lawmakers in Ohio introduced legislation Tuesday that mimics Texas’ controversial abortion law—but goes a step further by banning all abortions—becoming the second state to introduce such a bill, with potentially a dozen more GOP-led states likely to follow, as the Supreme Court considers whether the law is even legal. Key Facts The Ohio…
Updated Nov 3, 2021, 12:53am EDT Topline Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday’s race for governor of Virginia, the Associated Press said, giving Republicans their first statewide win in over a decade following a tight and acrimonious race that turned into a referendum on the Trump and Biden administrations. Key Facts The…
Topline Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to be leaning Wednesday toward striking down a New York law restricting concealed carry even as they acknowledged there are some places guns should be prohibited, in a case that could have sweeping implications for how states regulate the carrying of firearms in public. Key Facts The justices…
Updated Nov 3, 2021, 05:21pm EDT Topline The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a voting reform bill that Democrats have promoted as a key piece of their legislative agenda, failed to muster enough Republican votes to break a filibuster in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, marking another unsuccessful effort by Democrats to pass a…