U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East. And Tom Cruise gives the Paris Olympics a Hollywood ending as we look toward the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. U.S. sending submarine to Middle East amid new…

Conservatives want to give Dunkin’ Donuts the Bud Light treatment. Calls to boycott the coffee giant’s more than 13,000 locations are splattered across social media with the hashtag #BoycottDunkinDonuts. It all started when Chris Pavlovski, the CEO of Rumble, YouTube’s conservative counterpart, said Dunkin’ didn’t want to advertise on his site because of its “right wing…

Elon Musk’s X filed a federal antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday, Aug. 6, against the World Federation of Advertisers and four members for what the company’s CEO says was a “systematic, illegal boycott against X.” The companies include CVS Health and Mars Inc., both of which were part of the trade group’s Global Alliance for Responsible…

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has issued a decree, blocking the country’s access to the social media platform X for 10 days. The move comes after Maduro and X owner Elon Musk exchanged words after Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela’s controversial election in July. Maduro’s opposition, Edmundo Gonzalez’s team, said it has evidence that…

Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate while Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance spoke to supporters during separate rallies in Philadelphia. And U.S. officials say a Pakistani national with ties to the Iranian government has been arrested in connection with a plot to kill American politicians. These stories and more highlight The…

Top election officials from five states are urging Elon Musk to address a problem with the AI chatbot Grok on the social media platform X. The secretaries of state from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Washington say the chatbot has been providing false information in response to election-related questions. According to a joint letter,…

A political action committee (PAC) that is backed by billionaire Elon Musk is now under investigation for potentially violating state laws in Michigan. This is according to a spokesperson for the Michigan Secretary of State’s office. The department is now reviewing the PAC’s activities to find out if there have been any violations. They may…

Elon Musk, the founder of Neuralink, made a bold prediction during a podcast. According to Musk, someone with a Neuralink implant should soon be able to be on level or better than someone considered a “pro gamer” due to the technology allowing a faster reaction time. “We feel pretty confident that maybe in the next…

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X over a contentious content partnership deal that was canceled before it ever began. Lemon accuses X of “deliberately misrepresenting” the deal to exploit his name and status to improve X’s reputation under Musk. Lemon was set to host a show on X as part…

Investigators disclosed on Wednesday, July 31, that the driver of a Tesla involved in a deadly crash in the Seattle area had been using “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) mode during the collision that killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in April. Authorities said that they made the discovery after downloading and reviewing the event-data record on the Tesla…