President-elect Donald Trump has received a commitment from SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in the U.S., creating 100,000 jobs. The deal, announced Monday, Dec. 16, doubles SoftBank’s funding promise following Trump’s first presidential victory in 2016.  SoftBank said the investment will create jobs in AI and other emerging technologies. It said the projects will…

ABC News and its top political host, George Stephanopoulos, reached a settlement with President-elect Donald Trump in a defamation suit. Details of the settlement were released Saturday, Dec. 14.  The lawsuit pertained to comments Stephanopoulos repeatedly made on his Sunday show “This Week” about the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit, in which Stephanopoulos said Trump was “found liable for rape. Last year,…

Calls are growing for Homeland Security to take more action in identifying the drones reported night after night in New Jersey and New York. And ABC News has reached a multi-million-dollar settlement over comments its top political host made about President-elect Donald Trump. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.…

Amazon will make a large donation to Trump’s inauguration fund. And more allegations of sexual assault against entertainer Sean “Diddy” Combs. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Amazon to donate $1 million to Trump inauguration fund Another big tech company has announced a large donation to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund.…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is using $1 million to mend fences with President-elect Donald Trump. The social media company Trump has called a “true Enemy of the People” donated the sum to his inaugural fund. The company behind Facebook confirmed the donation to multiple outlets. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report it.  It’s a…

Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports from around the globe, including from U.S. neighbors and allies, but especially on Chinese goods. Trump contends that his tariffs, while initially shocking the U.S. and global economies, will ultimately be good for the long-term economic health of the United States. But economists…

The leader of Canada’s largest province says he plans to fight back against President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to put tariffs in place. Ontario Premier Doug Ford was among the provincial premiers who met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, Dec. 11. After the meeting, Ford threatened to cut energy exports to the United States…

President-elect Donald Trump reacts to Christopher Wray’s resignation announcement. And the Pentagon responds to claims that an “Iranian mothership” is behind the mysterious drones over New Jersey. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Trump says Wray resigning as FBI director is ‘a great day for America’ The dust is still…

The White House briefing room, a space where journalists gather daily to ask questions, may soon look different under the incoming Trump administration. Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Trump’s pick for press secretary, suggested this week that the briefing room could be restructured. Leavitt said the Trump administration has possible plans to make room for more nontraditional…

Lara Trump is interested in becoming a U.S. senator. And now, the outgoing chair of the Republican National Committee may have not one but two different states where she could serve. In an interview with The Associated Press released Monday, Dec. 9, Trump, the wife of President-elect Donald Trump’s son Eric, said she would “seriously…