Live updates: Trump visits New Mexico while Harris also stumps in the West

Mark Cuban Shows Democrats What They’ve Been Missing

The reality-show billionaire is delivering a Harris-Walz message more effectively than the Democratic ticket.
There’s no one I’ve seen who’s as fluid in publicly defending Harris’ economic agenda as Cuban is. And much of his rhetoric hits differently coming from him than it would from someone who’s spent their career in government. After all, when he talks about how markets and businesses might react to a given policy, he’s often speaking from a place of experience.
Victoria Guida October 31, 2024

How NATO wants to shape the future of war

The Pentagon’s efforts are well-documented: the recent Replicator initiative to field thousands of drones; the decade-old Defense Innovation Unit headed by Apple veteran Doug Beck; the dozens of innovation organizations springing up across the armed forces.
Daniella Cheslow October 31, 2024

Europe is now trying to stand up its own parallel efforts. It launched two projects at the EU level to spark innovation and R&D; a third is the NATO-wide DIANA accelerator that offers grants to companies across the alliance, including the U.S.

Billionaires’ new playground

Billionaire DNA is coursing through the U.S. election system like never before, smashing campaign finance records and ushering in a new age of influence.
Zachary Basu October 31, 2024

Billionaires have business interests hinging on election outcome

Amazon Web Services was awarded a 10-year, $10 billion contract with the National Security Agency in 2021 and a contract with the Defense Department to work on its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability in 2022.
Alexander Bolton October 31, 2024

The next president will play a key role in shaping US trade policy – here’s what voters need to know
Bedassa Tadesse

Why vote for Harris or Trump? A cheat sheet on the candidates’ records, why their supporters like them and why picking one or the other makes sense
While Harris and Trump diverge on many key policy issues, they find common ground in other areas.
Amy Lieberman, October 31, 2024

For an estimated 4 million people with felony convictions, restoring their right to vote is complicated – and varies state by state

Despite the power that political independents are anticipated to have over the election results, there’s a lot that remains unknown about this group.
Jeff Inglis, October 31, 2024