J.D. Vance

The United States’ Second Lady, Usha Vance, faced an unexpected setback as local residents in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, declined to welcome her ahead of her planned visit. What Happened: U.S. officials struggled to find locals willing to greet the second lady ahead of her Friday visit...

Billionaire Elon Musk has become a central figure in President Donald Trump's White House administration playing a role in the Department of Government Efficiency, a move that could impact the Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock price. A new poll of voters finds minimal approval of the billionaire's role...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) disclosed buying stock in a handful of public companies including Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR). The latest purchase disclosed Friday could lead to more scrutiny of Congress Trading activity. What Happened: Greene is one of the most well-known members of...

Vice President J.D. Vance is being put in charge of overseeing a deal to save TikTok after President Donald Trump changed his mind and decided to temporarily save the Chinese social media app. What Happened: Vance, who is a former venture capitalist, is being tasked with helping land the best deal...

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted in favor of advancing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.  The Details: The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 along party lines to advance Kennedy's nomination to the Senate floor. He...

Social media followers of the president, first lady and vice president were surprised to learn that they now follow people they may not have wanted to after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president on Monday. What Happened: Users of Instagram and Facebook, which are owned by Meta Platforms Inc. (...

The 2028 presidential election is over 1,000 days away and President Donald Trump just took office, but that hasn’t stopped sportsbooks and prediction markets from taking an early look at the election betting odds. What Happened: From Bet365, here are the current betting odds on who will...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) owned search giant Google is the latest tech company to donate to Donald Trump's inauguration fund ahead of the highly anticipated Jan. 20 event. What Happened: Google announced a $1 million donation to Trump's inauguration, joining the ranks of Meta...

Video platform company Rumble Inc (NASDAQ:RUM) could have reasons to smile with several announced picks of the new White House administration. What Happened: Rumble filed several lawsuits against Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google over the years, alleging favoritism for YouTube in...

As 2024 draws to a close, it leaves behind a series of impactful and memorable news stories that defined the year. When looking for information on top news stories, many people around the world turned to Google, the search engine owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), where they...

The 2024 year is almost at its end, which means a retrospective looking back at the year's top searches, top trends and top listened to musical artists. Crowdsourced encyclopedia Wikipedia has released the lists of its most popular pages for 2024, including some sorted by category. Here's a look at...

Joe Rogan's podcast is among the most listened to in the world but for Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) users, the podcaster ranked third in 2024, despite having one of the most listened to episodes with his Donald Trump interview before the 2024 election. What Happened: Rogan renewed a multi-year deal with...

New polls of Benzinga readers show they don't think the Department of Justice should break up Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) or target other Magnificent 7 stocks. What Happened: A recent investigation by the Department of Justice found prosecutors telling Alphabet it needs to divest the...

Popular podcaster Joe Rogan hosted Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Trump ally Elon Musk in separate interviews on his popular podcast during the campaign season, which may have helped Trump win the presidential election. But a proposed podcast between Rogan and presidential candidate Kamala Harris...

Billionaire Elon Musk may have been one of the central figures in the 2024 presidential election and Republican voters now view him more favorably than a year ago after Donald Trump won the election. What Happened: Musk endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential election and campaigned for the...