President Donald Trump signed an executive order for a payroll tax holiday at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday. “The very important thing is that people want it, and the people need it, actually,” Trump said, noting that Republicans and Democrats in Congress could not reach a deal. The president said that the…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday banning transactions with ByteDance, the parent company of popular app TikTok . The White House also announced that he signed a similar order banning transactions with WeChat, the messaging app owned by Tencent that is ubiquitous in China, but has a much smaller presence than TikTok…
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order targeting the legal shield that internet companies rely on to protect them from liability for user-created content. That law, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, is essential to large social platforms like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, the kind of companies the president has long…
Spotify has secured another deal in India to fill much of the remaining void in its catalog in the country. The Swedish music streaming service said on Monday it has partnered with Indian music label Saregama to bring more than 100,000 retro and new age songs in over 2 dozen languages to users in one…
The stock market just had its best month since 1987. But analysts are beginning to question how long it will last. These ten indicators are flashing red warnings that the end is near. A panicked February selloff in equities led the stock market to its swiftest 10% decline from a peak in history. By the…
New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who officially left the Democrat Party to become a Republican, has signed onto a discharge petition that would force a floor vote in the House on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Liberty Counsel Action, a grassroots organization promoting pro-life and pro-family policy, announced confirmation of Van Drew’s signature…
Several countries across the world have been repatriating gold to eliminate counter-party risk. Central banks have been buying the precious metal at a record pace and the ultra-rich are hoarding the yellow metal in secret bunkers instead of buying ETFs. These three signs point toward a modern-day gold rush. Gold has entered the new decade…
Last week former NFL player Jack Brewer declared a “tremendous awakening” is happening in the country as some black Americans are abandoning the Democrat Party and turning to support President Donald Trump. Brewer said: I’m going to take the guy who’s actually putting in the policies that are going to make life better for my…
President Donald Trump signed into law a defense bill on Friday that ushered in significant reforms for military families. The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorized $738 billion in defense spending for the current fiscal year, contains the largest pay raise for members of the military in a decade, at 3.1 percent. “As we…
Sign up here to receive Max Q weekly in your inbox, starting December 15. There were lot of highlights in the space industry this past week (even though a rocket launch that was supposed to happened is now pushed to Monday). The biggest news for commercial space might just be that NASA signed on five…
