Trump said former President George H.W. Bush kept secret government documents in a combination bowling alley/Chinese restaurant and should be investigated. Bush died in 2018.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Legacy Sports USA on October 09, 2022 in Mesa, Arizona. Trump was stumping for Arizona GOP candidates, including gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, ahead of the midterm election on November 8. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Donald Trump was at a GOP campaign rally in…

Trump acknowledged Herschel Walker’s ‘complicated personal history’ but said it’s ‘not a problem’ because ‘the world is changing’

Former President Donald Trump speaks as Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker listens during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. Ben Gray/Associated Press Trump discussed Herschel Walker’s history during an interview last year with Maggie Haberman. Trump said he didn’t think past allegations of domestic violence would be a problem…

A company hoping to help California with its high-speed rail built one in North Africa instead, saying the region was ‘less politically dysfunctional’

FILE – This Dec. 6, 2017 file photo shows an elevated section of the high-speed rail under construction in Fresno, Calif. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File A French state-owned railroad operator wanted to help California with its high-speed rail project. The company left after the state refused to listen to its recommendations, The New York Times…

A Ukrainian woman said she carved details of her rape and torture at the hands of Russian troops into the walls of the shed she was held in so others would know what happened to her

Mattresses lie on the floor in a holding cell at the basement of a police station which was used by Russian forces in the recently liberated town of Izium, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press A Ukrainian woman told The Washington Post she was raped and tortured by Russian soldiers in Izium. Alla,…

MediaTek’s new Dimensity 1080 chip focuses on speed and battery life

MediaTek’s newly-announced Dimensity 1080 smartphone chipset promises to bring improved performance and better battery life to 5G-equipped smartphones. The Dimensity 1080 chipset comes with “several advanced features” which, MediaTek’s deputy general manager, CH Chen, claims will “challenge expectations about what a 5G smartphone can do”. Of course, that’s largely marketing speak, but it all boils…

Demanding employees turn on their webcams is a human rights violation, Dutch Court rules

When Florida-based Chetu hired a telemarketer in the Netherlands, the company demanded the employee turn on his webcam. The employee wasn’t happy with being monitored “for 9 hours per day,” in a program that included screen-sharing and streaming his webcam. When he refused, he was fired, according to public court documents (in Dutch), for what…

Trump paying a $3 million lawyer retainer fee — maybe the biggest he’s ever paid — shows he knows how much legal trouble he’s in, NYT reporter says

Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. José Luis Villegas, Pool/Associated Press The New York Times reported Trump paid a $3 million lawyer retainer fee for the Mar-a-Lago case. Reporter Maggie Haberman said the high amount shows that Trump understands…

Mohamed El-Erian said the Fed made 2 big mistakes that will go down in history and spur a damaging recession that was ‘totally avoidable’

Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images Top economist Mohamed El-Erian said the Federal Reserve made two big mistakes he thinks will go down in history.  “I fear that we risk a very high probability of a damaging recession that was totally avoidable,” he said Sunday. The Fed has been quickly raising interest rates in an attempt…