Los Angeles Daily

Trump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Trump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor

“I don’t know that there’s any grounds at all for this firing,” said Beach. “And it really hurts the statistical system. It undermines...

Dow futures reverse higher as recession alarm bells jolt Wall Street awake from dreams of a gravity&defying economy thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Dow futures reverse higher as recession alarm bells jolt Wall Street awake from dreams of a gravity&defying economy

With Wall Street now more attuned to economic risks like Trump’s trade war, the tariffs that will go into effect on Thursday may...

North Korean IT worker infiltrations exploded 220% over the past 12 months, with GenAI weaponized at every stage of the hiring process thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

North Korean IT worker infiltrations exploded 220% over the past 12 months, with GenAI weaponized at every stage of the hiring process

Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike red-flags a new North Korean software development hire to clients just about once a day. The North Korean IT worker...

Greer says U.S.&China talks ‘about halfway there’ on rare earths thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Greer says U.S.&China talks ‘about halfway there’ on rare earths

The U.S. Trade Representative said Washington was focused on having rare earth magnets “flow as freely as it did before the control.” U.S....

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial

As of Sunday, the rial was trading at around 920,000 to the US dollar on the street market. The economic commission of Iran’s...

The F&47 stealth fighter will likely be the ‘most important defense decision’ of Trump’s entire term, retired Air Force general says thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

The F&47 stealth fighter will likely be the ‘most important defense decision’ of Trump’s entire term, retired Air Force general says

Trump said at the White House on Friday that Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin on an award that could eventually yield hundreds of...

Tesla investors at a loss as Elon Musk drags down stock price: ‘This time it feels different’ thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Tesla investors at a loss as Elon Musk drags down stock price: ‘This time it feels different’

Tesla finds itself in uncharted territory, now that it appears to have lost its aura of infallibility, leaving punters in the dark about...

Trump plans his tariff ‘Liberation Day’ with more targeted push thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Trump plans his tariff ‘Liberation Day’ with more targeted push

It’s shaping up as more focused than the sprawling, fully global effort Trump has otherwise mused about, officials familiar with the matter say. ...

Pentagon launches probe including polygraphs after Musk visit thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Pentagon launches probe including polygraphs after Musk visit

Musk insisted on the prosecution of Pentagon officials leaking misleading information to the media. The Pentagon has initiated an investigation incorporating polygraph tests...

Trump’s special envoy involved in talks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine says ‘I don’t regard Putin as a bad guy’ thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Trump’s special envoy involved in talks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine says ‘I don’t regard Putin as a bad guy’

Steve Witkoff praised Putin in glowing terms as trustworthy and said the Russian leader told him he had prayed for his “friend” Trump...