Trump flips his 2020 stance, launches absentee ballot and early voting push
Former President Trump is urging Republicans to use “every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats,” which the presumptive GOP nominee says includes early voting and absentee balloting. The former president’s 2024 campaign and the Republican National Committee on Tuesday announced the launch of what they call their “Swamp The Vote USA” effort. It’s a major reversal from Trump’s stance four years ago, when he repeatedly condemned early-in-person voting and mail-in balloting and said they were to blame for what he argued was massive election fraud that led to his defeat at the hands of President Biden. “Republicans must win and we will use every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats because they are destroying our country,” Trump argued in his statement. TRUMP, BIDEN, FACE TESTS IN FINAL 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES And he emphasized that “whether you vote absentee, by mail, early in-person or on election day, we are going to protect the vote. We make sure your ballot is secure and your voice is heard. We must swamp the radical Democrats with massive turnout. The way to win is to swamp them, if we swamp them with votes they can’t cheat. You need to make a plan, register, and vote any way possible. We have got to get your vote.” Democrats have voted early in greater numbers than Republicans the past couple of election cycles, while Republicans have tended to come out in greater force on Election Day in November. REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS CHARGE BIDEN HAS ‘DONE NOTHING BUT ATTACK AMERICAN ENERGY’ While Trump has long railed against early voting, the Republican National Committee under previous chair Ronna McDaniel a year ago launched an early-voting push known as “Bank the Vote.” The Trump campaign on Tuesday highlighted that “Swamp The Vote USA is the successor to the RNC’s Bank Your Vote program.” Trump’s position on early voting in recent months has been unclear. At a rally in Michigan three months ago, he told supporters that early voting was “totally corrupt” and “a hoax.” And at an April rally in Pennsylvania, the former president compared early voting to “stealing” the vote. Last month, at a large rally in New Jersey, Trump said “mail-in voting is largely corrupt.” But at the same event, he urged supporters to “get an absentee or mail-in ballot, vote early or vote on Election Day.” And he’s emphasized a couple of times in social media postings that early voting is important. The Trump campaign says the new effort to promote early voting is part of the recently announced Trump Force 47, the campaign and the RNC’s neighbor-to-neighbor grassroots organizing program “that focuses on mobilizing highly-targeted voters in critical precincts across the battleground states and districts.” It comes as Trump and the RNC play catch-up with the Biden campaign and the DNC when it comes to grassroots outreach and get-out-the-vote efforts, known as GOTV. While Trump’s fundraising has surged in the wake of his conviction last week in the first criminal trial of a current or former president, and while he holds the edge over Biden in the latest polling in the key battleground states that will likely decide their 2024 rematch, Trump and the RNC are facing a deficit when it comes to ground game operations. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Arizona lawmakers to vote on ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests
Arizona would step directly into immigration enforcement by making it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, under a proposal that’s up for a final vote by lawmakers on Tuesday. If approved, voters would decide in November if the measure becomes law. The measure, scheduled for a vote in the Arizona House, would let state and local police arrest people crossing the border without authorization. It also would empower state judges to order people convicted of the offense to go back to their home country. ARIZONA AG CONFIRMS RUDY GIULIANI SERVED IN ELECTIONS CASE AMID FORMER TRUMP ASSOCIATE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY House Republicans closed access to the upper gallery of the chamber before the session started Tuesday, citing concerns about security and possible disruptions. The move immediately drew the criticism of Democrats, who demanded that the gallery be reopened. “The public gallery should be open to the public. This is the people’s House,” said state Rep. Analise Ortiz. The proposal is similar to a Texas law that has been put on hold by a federal appeals court while it’s being challenged. The Arizona Senate approved the proposal on a 16-13 party-line vote. If it clears the House, the proposal would bypass Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who vetoed a similar proposal in early March, and instead get sent to the Nov. 5 ballot. While federal law already prohibits the unauthorized entry of migrants into the U.S., proponents of the measure say it’s needed because the federal government hasn’t done enough to stop people from crossing illegally over Arizona’s vast, porous border with Mexico. They also said some people who enter Arizona without authorization commit identity theft and take advantage of public benefits. Opponents say the proposal would inevitably lead to racial profiling by police and saddle the state with new costs from law enforcement agencies that don’t have experience with immigration law, as well as hurt Arizona’s reputation in the business world. Supporters of the proposed ballot measure waved off concerns about racial profiling, saying local officers would still have to develop probable cause to arrest people who enter Arizona outside ports of entry. The backers also say the measure focuses only on the state’s border region and — unlike Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration law — doesn’t target people throughout the state. Opponents point out the proposal doesn’t contain any geographical limitations on where it can be enforced within the state. The ballot proposal contains other provisions that aren’t included in the Texas measure and aren’t directly related to immigration. Those include making it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl that leads to a person’s death, and a requirement that government agencies that administer benefit programs use a federal database to verify that a noncitizen’s eligibility for benefits. Warning about potential legal costs, opponents pointed to Arizona’s 2005 immigrant smuggling ban used by then-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to carry out 20 large-scale traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. That led to a 2013 racial profiling verdict and taxpayer-funded legal and compliance costs that now total $265 million and are expected to reach $314 million by July 2025. Under the current proposal, a first-time conviction of the border-crossing provision would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail. State judges could order people to return to their countries of origin after completing a term of incarceration, although the courts would have the power to dismiss cases if those arrested agree to return home. The measure would require the state corrections department to take into custody people who are charged or convicted under the measure if local or county law enforcement agencies don’t have enough space to house them. The proposal includes exceptions for people who have been granted lawful presence status or asylum by the federal government. The provision allowing for the arrests of border crossers in between ports would not take effect until the Texas law or similar laws from other states have been in effect for 60 days. This isn’t the first time Republican lawmakers in Arizona have tried to criminalize migrants who aren’t authorized to be in the United States. When passing its 2010 immigration bill, the Arizona Legislature considered expanding the state’s trespassing law to criminalize the presence of immigrants and impose criminal penalties. But the trespassing language was removed and replaced with a requirement that officers, while enforcing other laws, question people’s immigration status if they were believed to be in the country illegally. The questioning requirement was ultimately upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court despite the racial profiling concerns of critics, but courts barred enforcement of other sections of the law.
Chinese illegal immigrant surge at US southern border ‘proves our worst fears’: lawmakers
FIRST ON FOX: A group of Republican lawmakers is warning the Biden administration about a rise in Chinese nationals coming across the southern border, claiming it proves their “worst fears” about what they see as a weakening of enforcement under the administration. The 20 lawmakers, led by Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., highlights “the dramatic rise in encounters at our nation’s borders with individuals on the Terrorist Screening Data Set (TSDS) and the unprecedented, otherwise unexplained rise in Chinese nationals – largely adult males – crossing illegally.” “These developments prove our worst fears: the weakening of our borders and willful lack of enforcement of immigration laws has encouraged America’s adversaries to exploit this national security vulnerability,” they say. CHINESE, JORDANIAN, TURKISH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT IN LARGE NUMBERS AT SOUTHERN BORDER Over 3,500 Chinese nationals were encountered crossing the southern border illegally in May, sources told Fox News last week. The number of Chinese nationals has increased enormously since 2021. There were 1,970 encounters in FY 2022 and over 24,000 in FY 2023, and so far there have been over 24,200 encounters this fiscal year. Meanwhile, of those on the TSDS, which includes terrorist identities and additional individuals who pose a potential threat, there have so far been 80 encounters of people between ports of entry this year by Border Patrol, compared to 172 in fiscal year 2023 and 98 in fiscal 2022. The Republicans argue that a “strained” system has been exacerbated by the expansion of the CBP One app to allow migrants arriving at ports of entry to make appointments to be paroled into the U.S. Currently, around 1,500 migrants are allowed to schedule an appointment each day to potentially be paroled into the U.S. The lawmakers point to reporting showing that Mexican cartels have used a private network to schedule asylum appointments. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS “Mexican cartels reportedly charge as much as $70,000 to smuggle Chinese nationals, compared to $8,000 to $15,000 for other aliens. Last year, 86% of Chinese nationals entering the US were single adults,” he said. They describe the entrance of Chinese illegal immigrants as a “major national security concern.” “Findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Defense outlined over 100 incidents in which Chinese nationals have been caught spying at U.S. military installations and other sensitive sites with national importance,” they say. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY HIT NEW HIGH AMID NATIONAL SECURITY FEARS “In fact, the FBI has stated that they open a new China related counter-intelligence investigation every 12 hours,” they say. “However, CBP continues to weaken the screening process, including reducing the required question list for Chinese nationals from 40 questions to 5 questions, which will further increase the probability of dangerous individuals being undetected.” The lawmakers asked a series of questions, including how many Chinese nationals have been found to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party, how many used CBP One to schedule their entry into the U.S., and how many have been deported and how many released into the U.S. The letter comes as President Biden has announced a new order to restrict asylum for illegal immigrants coming across the southern border when numbers rise above a certain level. Republicans have dismissed that order as “too little, too late.”
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Republicans hammer defiant AG Garland to hand over Biden-Hur audio
Republican lawmakers hammered Attorney General Merrick Garland over his ongoing refusal to release audio from President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur on Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee summoned Garland to Tuesday’s hearing to discuss both the audio tape and former President Trump’s felony conviction last week. Garland repeatedly defied Republican demands for the tape, arguing that there is no legal basis for doing so when the transcript has already been released. Garland argued that the DOJ has already “gone beyond precedent” by publicizing the transcript. “We have made clear that we will not provide audio recordings – from which the transcripts you already have were created. Releasing the audio would chill cooperation with the Department in future investigations. And it could influence witnesses’ answers if they thought the audio of their law enforcement interviews could be broadcast to Congress and the public,” Garland said in his opening statement. TRUMP GUILTY VERDICT REVEALS SPLIT AMONG FORMER GOP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY OPPONENTS Garland went on to say that lawmakers are seeking the audio for “no legitimate purpose,” and he argued the attempt is part of “a long line of attacks on the Justice Department’s work.” Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., argued the tape is critical to understanding Biden’s “demeanor” during his five-hour interview with Hur. HOW TRUMP GUILTY VERDICTS MAY IMPACT THE 2024 REMATCH WITH BIDEN “What [needs to] be done by this committee is to observe the audio recording of the president testifying to see whether it comports with the transcript or whether it reveals things about his capacity or his veracity or anything else that comes from his demeanor as he is interviewed,” Bishop told Garland. “None of the things you just mentioned are a legislative purpose,” Garland responded. “You have yet to suggest any law that you intend to pass or are thinking about in which the audio would make a difference over the transcript. Republicans on the committee have threatened to hold Garland in contempt of Congress if he continues to refuse to hand over the audio recording. TRUMP LAYS OUT HIS ‘REVENGE’ STRATEGY AFTER CONVICTION MAKES HIM A FELON Other GOP lawmakers questioned Garland regarding Trump’s conviction in New York. Garland repeatedly stated that the DOJ has no control over the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which brought the charges against Trump.
Hunter Biden trial: 9 key figures who may testify
Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware for charges that stem from a federal probe into alleged firearms violations. Prosecutors from special counsel David Weiss’ office and Biden’s defense attorney Abbe Lowell made opening statements after jurors were selected Monday. Biden has pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges. Following a yearslong investigation, Weiss charged Biden with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a false statement related to information required to be kept by a licensed firearm dealer; and one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance. LIVE UPDATES: HUNTER BIDEN ON TRIAL FOR FEDERAL GUN CRIMES On Tuesday morning, prosecutors showed a list of witnesses who may be called to testify. Here is who they are: The first prosecution witness sworn in on Tuesday was FBI special agent Erika Jensen. Prosecutors said in a court filing that Jensen will introduce evidence including text messages and admissions in his memoir, “Beautiful Things,” which the government says shows Biden was using illicit drugs at the time he purchased a firearm. The indictment of Biden said that he certified on a federally mandated form “that he was not an unlawful user of, and addicted to, any stimulant, narcotic drug, and any other controlled substance, when in fact, as he knew, that statement was false and fictitious.” Biden and Kathleen Buhle were married from 1993 to 2017. Buhle has spoken publicly about Biden’s drug addiction and many affairs, including his sister-in-law and widow of his late brother, Beau, Hallie Biden, who is also a witness for the prosecution. Buhle detailed difficulties in her marriage to Biden in a 2022 memoir titled, “IF We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction, and Healing.” Prosecutors said that throughout 2018, Buhl would search Biden’s car because “she did not want their children in a vehicle with drugs.” She found drugs or drug paraphernalia about a dozen times, according to court documents. A 2018 text message exchange with Biden said, “I also found a few crack pipes. I took them out because our daughter was driving the car,” according to prosecutors. Zoe Kestan is another former romantic partner of Biden. Prosecutors hope Kestan will highlight the first son’s former use of crack cocaine, “every 20 minutes except when he slept.” They allege Kestan visited Biden in Massachusetts when he was in rehab in the fall of 2018, after he purchased his gun, and observed him using drugs. US V HUNTER BIDEN: OPENING STATEMENTS TO BEGIN IN FIRST SON’S FEDERAL GUN TRIAL AFTER JURY SEATED Prosecutors will also call Biden’s sister-in-law, Hallie Biden, to testify about his drug use. The pair were in a romantic relationship in 2018. Hallie Biden observed Hunter using drugs on multiple occasions, according to prosecutors, and she and her children discovered drug paraphernalia and drugs in his possession when they searched his bags, backpacks and vehicle in an effort to help him get sober. Hallie Biden, identified as Witness 3, “observed that the defendant frequently lost phones and changed phones, which explains gaps in time where there are no messages, and she also had various text message exchanges with the defendant,” prosecutors said. Gordon Cleveland is an employee of Starquest Shooters and Survival Supply in Wilmington, Delaware, who sold Biden a gun. He will be called to testify that Biden purchased a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver, a HKS Speedloader for the .38 special and 25 rounds of Hornady “American Gunner” ammunition. Cleveland is expected to tell jurors that Biden completed ATF Form 4473, federally required background check paperwork, which asked whether he was an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any depressant, stimulant, or narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance, and that Biden lied and answered, “no.” If Biden had answered, “yes,” the gun seller could not have sold him a gun, prosecutors said. HUNTER BIDEN’S CRIMINAL TRIAL ON FEDERAL GUN CHARGES BEGINS WITH JURY SELECTION Delaware State Police Senior Corporal Joshua Marley will testify about his response to an incident at Janssen’s Market, Biden’s admissions and about evidence recovered, prosecutors said. The gun Biden purchased was discovered in a trash can outside Janssen’s Market, a grocery store in Greenville, Delaware, in 2018. According to a police report, Hallie Biden allegedly took Hunter’s gun and threw it in a trash can behind the store, which was located across the street from a high school. She later returned and found the gun missing, Politico reported. Former Delaware State Lieutenant Millard Greer will testify about his recovery of the gun, ammunition, speedloader and brown leather pouch from the man who found them in the trash receptacle at Janssen’s Market, prosecutors said. Prosecutors may call DEA Supervisory Special Agent Joshua Romig as an expert witness on “coded messages” allegedly sent by Biden, which will prove his drug use and support the government’s allegation that Biden lied on a federal gun form. A forensic chemist, Dr. Jason Brewer, will be asked about his analysis of the brown leather pouch that allegedly belonged to Biden and his opinion that the residue is cocaine based on his testing and evidence, prosecutors said. Fox News’ Aubrie Spady contributed to this report.
Photos: BJP and opposition supporters celebrate India election results
India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed election victory for his party and its allies on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had “punished” the governing party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority. Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Modi, whose campaign wooed the Hindu majority to the worry of the country’s 200-million-plus Muslim community, deepening concerns over minority rights. But for the first time in a decade, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to secure an overall majority of its own, figures from the election commission showed, meaning it would need to rely on its alliance partners. The main opposition Congress party was set to nearly double its parliamentary seats, in a remarkable turnaround largely driven by deals to field single candidates against the BJP’s electoral juggernaut. “Voters have punished the BJP,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told reporters. “I was confident that the people of this country would give the right response.” With nearly 99 percent of votes counted, the BJP’s vote share at 36.7 percent was marginally lower than it was in the last polls in 2019. Celebrations had already begun at BJP headquarters before the full announcement of results. But the mood at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi was also one of jubilation. “BJP has failed to win a big majority on its own,” Congress lawmaker Rajeev Shukla told reporters. “It’s a moral defeat for them.” Adblock test (Why?)
Biden suggests Netanyahu prolonging Israel’s Gaza war for political gains
Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war on Gaza for political reasons, an accusation that highlights the apparent tensions between the two leaders. In a TIME Magazine interview published on Tuesday, the US president said there is “every reason for people to draw” the conclusion that Netanyahu is perpetuating the conflict for his own political ends. Biden’s remarks come as his administration pushes for a truce deal and exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas that Washington says would lead to an “enduring ceasefire” and the eventual reconstruction of Gaza. The US has presented the proposal as an Israeli plan, arguing that Hamas is the only obstacle to the agreement. The Palestinian group said on Friday – hours after Biden made the proposal public – that it is dealing “positively and constructively” with the plan, but it has not issued a formal response to it. Meanwhile, Netanyahu has said the deal would “enable Israel to continue the war until all its objectives are achieved, including the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities”. The discrepancy between how US and Israeli officials are portraying the proposal has led to confusion. Still, the push marks a shift in the position of the Biden administration, which had previously rejected a permanent end to the war, arguing that Israel must eliminate Hamas before a lasting ceasefire is achieved. Biden criticised Israel’s war efforts on Friday. “Indefinite war in pursuit of an unidentified notion of ‘total victory’ will … only bog down Israel in Gaza, draining the economic, military, and human resources, and furthering Israel’s isolation in the world,” he said. The US president’s remarks to TIME Magazine on Netanyahu appear to further underscore his growing frustration with the conflict. Before the war broke out on October 7, Netanyahu was dealing with nationwide protests in Israel over a push to overhaul the country’s judiciary. The Israeli prime minister is also facing corruption charges at home. For months, Palestinian rights advocates have warned that Netanyahu has a personal, political interest in prolonging the war to boost his standing in Israel and extend his political career. Recent surveys in Israel show Netanyahu recovering popularity amid the war and edging out his main rival, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz. Israeli officials close to Netanyahu have previously floated the possibility of a protracted conflict in Gaza. Days before Biden unveiled the truce proposal, Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said the fighting in Gaza would go on for at least another seven months. In the US, Biden’s response to the war in Gaza could harm his re-election chances, with public opinion polls showing that Arab, Muslim and young voters are reluctant to vote for the Democratic president over his support for Israel. Biden, a self-proclaimed Zionist, had been a staunch defender of the war. His administration has vetoed three United Nations Security Council draft resolutions that would have called for a ceasefire. The US president also signed off in April on $14bn in additional military aid to Israel. And his administration has continued to transfer weapons to the country despite growing allegations of war crimes, including withholding aid, killing non-combatants, torturing detainees and targeting civilian infrastructure. International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and his defence minister Yaov Gallant as well as Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes. Last month, Biden rejected the ICC prosecutor’s move and called it “outrageous”, but the White House has opposed congressional efforts to impose sanctions on ICC officials for their investigation of Israeli conduct. The Israeli offensive has killed more than 36,500 Palestinians and brought Gaza to the verge of famine. In his interview with TIME Magazine, Biden said it is “uncertain” that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. In December, Biden said Israel was losing support for its war on Gaza over its “indiscriminate bombing” of the territory – a war crime. Adblock test (Why?)
India shares plunge on concerns of a narrower win for India’s Modi
Indian stocks have suffered their worst intraday fall since March 2020 and foreign investors sold the most on record, as vote-counting trends in the general election suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance was unlikely to win the overwhelming majority predicted by exit polls. With over half the votes counted on Tuesday, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked unlikely to secure a majority on its own in the 543-member lower house of parliament and likely to need allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to form the government. That could lead to some uncertainty over economic policies, such as the push for investment-led growth, which has been the cornerstone of the Modi government’s rule. The Indian economy grew 8.2 percent in the financial year ended March 2024. “The key question is whether BJP can retain a single-party majority,” said Ken Peng, head of investment strategy for Asia at Citi Global Wealth. “If not, then would its coalition be able to deliver economic development, particularly infrastructure?” The NSE Nifty 50 index closed down 5.93 percent at 21,884.5 points, and the S&P BSE Sensex fell 5.74 percent to 72,079.05. The indexes fell as much as 8.5 percent earlier in the day, after hitting record highs on Monday. At the day’s low, the indexes saw their biggest intraday fall since March 2020, when stocks were battered by the first lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Due to the dependency on coalition partners, the upcoming NDA government may shift its focus towards a welfare-oriented approach rather than concentrating on reforms during the July budget,” said Puneet Sharma, CEO and fund manager at Whitespace Alpha. Indian markets are likely to now derate due to higher risk perception, said analysts at brokerage Emkay Global, which believes that difficult reforms like changes to land and labour policies, along with privatisation of state-run enterprises, were “off the table”. Exit polls over the weekend had projected a big win for Modi’s NDA, catapulting markets to all-time highs on Monday as investors were buoyed by expectations of sustained economic growth. ‘Policy continuity’ Benchmark indexes had more than tripled in value since Modi became prime minister in May 2014, as of Monday’s close. Foreign investors, who poured a net $20.7bn into Indian equities last year but pulled back ahead of the election, had been widely expected to turn buyers if the Modi alliance secured a decisive mandate. On Tuesday, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold a record 124.36 billion rupees (about $1.5bn) worth of Indian shares, according to provisional data released Tuesday evening. They had bought shares worth a net 68.51 billion rupees ($824.4m) on Monday. “In our view, the important thing is that the NDA returns to form the next government, which represents policy continuity,” said Mike Sell, head of global emerging market equities at Alquity in London. “Whether they win by 20 or 120 impacts the amount of structural reform that can take place, but ultimately a win is a win and the increasing positivity around the Indian structural growth story will be undiminished.” The lack of clarity on the margin of victory for the NDA saw intraday volatility on the share index rise to its highest level in 26 months. Traders said that selling by high-frequency traders accelerated the drop and the sharp fall triggered margin calls. The market is witnessing a significant correction due to margin calls as retail investors were carrying heavily leveraged positions, said Rupak De, senior technical analyst at LKP Securities. Some investors saw the decline as a buying opportunity. “Regardless of the final election count, the India economy will continue to benefit from longer-term tailwinds of favourable population demographics and the ongoing geopolitical tensions between China and the US,” said Gary Tan, portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments. Investors expect the Modi government to continue focusing on turning the country into a manufacturing hub – a project that has courted foreign companies including Apple and Tesla to set up production as they diversify beyond China. The rupee ended at 83.53 against the United States dollar, down 0.5 percent on the day, marking its worst single-day fall in 16 months. The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose 10 basis points on the day, its biggest on-day rise in eight months, ending at 7.03 percent. Adblock test (Why?)
Texas AG Ken Paxton launches new team to prosecute online privacy and security cases
The new initiative will target companies that illegally collect and sell users’ data, Paxton’s office said.