Donald Trump became the first president to make a transaction using bitcoin during a stop at a local bar before heading to his New York rally. PubKey co-owner Thomas Pacchia described his encounter with the former president as "surreal," telling "The Bottom Line" that he’s still "processing" Trump’s crypto transaction on Thursday. "It was really cool. It was a bitcoin transaction. It was surreal, we're still processing, I would say. He was incredibly kind and generous with his time. He wanted...

At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, after communication devices, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, dramatically exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the latest round of blasts on Wednesday, exploding walkie-talkies killed 20 and injured at least 450 people, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The explosions occurred in the vicinity of a large crowd that had gathered for the funerals of four...

Gov. Henry McMaster will decide whether to commute Freddie Eugene Owens’s sentence just minutes before the execution is scheduled to begin. Undated photo of Freddie Eugene Owens. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Corrections Owens was convicted in 1999 of the murder of Irene Graves during a robbery of a Speedway convenience store in 1997. He filed motions to stay the execution on Aug. 30 and Sept. 5, but the court denied the motions in a Sept. 12 order. Owens then submitted an “...

Kamala Harris does not sit around. She doesn't hope people notice her opponent is a bigot who befriends bigots. She reminds them — posthaste. Less than 24 hours after CNN revealed that the Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor is a self-described Peeping Tom, Black Nazi with a love for “tranny” porn, her campaign put out an ad highlighting Trump extolling the “virtues” of Mark Robinson. The video is below. For DKers who would prefer not to click on a Twitter link, here’s a transcript...

A North Carolina judge has rejected Republicans’ request to bar students and school employees from using digital identification cards to vote. Wake Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory denied on Thursday the temporary restraining order from the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the North Carolina Republican Party, which sought to prevent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC) students and employees from using digital IDs as a way to comply with the state voter ID law. The...

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe held an impromptu press briefing Friday to discuss findings from the agency's "mission assurance" investigation into the first attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. "In today's hyperdynamic threat environment, the mission of the Secret Service is clear: we cannot afford to fail," Rowe said The investigation into the security parameters surrounding the first attempt on Trump's life is "...

The Georgia Election Board ruled Friday that ballots must be hand-counted by local precincts despite concerns from election officials and opposition from some state officials. The Georgia Election Board ruled 3-2 to require ballots to be hand counted — an added layer to the machine count that already takes place. The rule change comes less than 50 days before a critical presidential election in a key swing state.

"Donald Trump is resorting to the oldest antisemitic tropes," her campaign said. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign and Jewish advocacy groups on Friday forcefully criticized what they called former President Donald Trump's "dangerous" and "antisemitic" comments saying Jewish voters would be to blame if he lost the presidential election. "I'll put it to you very simply and as gently as I can: I wasn't treated properly by the voters who happen to be Jewish," Trump said at an event Thursday...

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have not given up hope of landing a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal but are increasingly pessimistic that a breakthrough can come anytime soon, according to sources and officials familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported that senior U.S. officials were now privately acknowledging that an agreement may not be within reach before President Joe Biden's term ends in January. While noting the dim prospects, several U.S....

President Joe Biden said in Sept. 19 remarks that he hasn’t spoken with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell since he became president. Verdict: False This statement is inaccurate. Biden met with Powell in May 2022, over a year into his presidency. Fact Check:  Biden said that the recent Federal Reserve rate cut signifies that inflation in America is lowering in remarks made on Thursday at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., according to ABC News. He added...