Indian online learning startup Byju’s has nearly doubled its valuation in a year as it adds one more high-profile name to the list of its backers: Bond. In a statement on Friday, Bangalore-based Byju’s said it had raised an undisclosed amount from the VC fund co-founded by Mary Meeker. The first-female founded VC firm’s check…
WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General William Barr held a press conference on Monday to discuss the findings of an investigation into the terror attack on a Florida Naval base in December and other topics, at one point defending the Trump administration’s elimination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. A reporter asked Barr if the Trump…
President Donald Trump decided Friday not to officially designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, deferring instead to Mexico. “We will temporarily hold off this designation and step up our joint efforts to deal decisively with these vicious and ever-growing organizations!” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president said that although he was fully prepared to…
Marianne Williamson, 2020 Democrat presidential candidate, on Saturday defended fellow White House hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused her, without evidence, of being a “Russian asset.” “The Democratic establishment has got to stop smearing women it finds inconvenient! The character assassination of women who don’t toe the party line…
Virgin Galactic has $20 million more to pursue its goal of space tourism with a new investment from Boeing announced this morning. The two companies are both deeply involved in human spaceflight, but in different ways — and Boeing seems to feel that it’s better to join Virgin than try to beat them at this…
Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump’s effort to investigate corruption on the part of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on Thursday. “In 2016, the American people elected President Trump and I for many reasons: get the economy moving again, to rebuild our military, but they also elected us…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is not currently considering any tax cuts. “I’m not looking at a tax cut now,” Trump said while talking to reporters on the White House lawn. Trump has faced a difficult challenge in recent weeks, seeking measures that will boost economic growth without scaring U.S. consumers and investors…
