Texas Attorney General and Senate candidate Ken Paxton celebrated New Year's Eve 2024 in Dubai with two Americans who had left the country after being indicted on federal health care fraud charges, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The revelation comes as Paxton faces a competitive Senate race.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to prevent Greece from granting Binance an EU-wide MiCA license in late May, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Lagarde reportedly asked Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to reject the application over compliance concerns.
CoinEx announced it will cease operations on December 22, 2026, nine years after launching. The closure comes less than three months after a Wall Street Journal investigation highlighted the exchange's role as a hub for illicit Iranian cash transactions, amid broader challenges in the cryptocurrency market.
Sen. John Fetterman is under fire following a Wall Street Journal report detailing instances where he allegedly refused to meet with constituents, including paralyzed veterans, prompting criticism from Democrats and denials from the senator who dismissed the claims as 'hit pieces' from disgruntled former staffers.
OpenAI was issued warrants worth approximately $5.5 billion in power infrastructure firm SB Energy to secure a 20-year lease agreement. The arrangement was disclosed in draft IPO documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal ahead of SoftBank's planned public offering of SB Energy.
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller disclosed that he used artificial intelligence to write a Wall Street Journal op-ed attacking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's debt buyback policies. The admission comes amid growing concerns about AI-generated content and the difficulty of detecting it.
