The discrepancy between where Trump Media’s shares trade and how the underlying business performs indicates that investors use it as a way to bet on Trump’s push for reelection.
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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site
Crews are undertaking the complicated work of removing steel and concrete at the site of the bridge’s deadly collapse into the Patapsco River after a container ship lost power and crashed into a supporting column.
In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time – with a focus on seniors
With just 1 formal employee and a team of volunteers, Fake News Cleaner has hosted more than 500 events, connecting with college students, elementary school children and older adults.
United Airlines is asking pilots to take time off because of a shortage of new Boeing planes
A month ago, United said it was contractually due 191 planes this year and 127 next year but expects to receive only 88 this year and 64 in 2025.
U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.6% in 2023, the 2nd straight yearly drop
The declines come even though people are driving more, but even with the decline, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation’s roadways.
A person in Texas is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows
The vast majority of infected people got it directly from birds, but scientists have been on guard for any sign of spread among people.
Syria says an Israeli airstrike destroyed Iran’s consular building in Damascus
The strike on the Iranian consulate building, which killed several people, could mark an escalation of the Israeli military’s ongoing targeting of Iranian military officials and allies in Syria.
Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in prison for stealing from clients and his law firm
Already convicted of killing his wife and son, Monday’s sentence is for stealing from what the judge called ‘the most needy, vulnerable people.’
White House Easter egg roll draws a huge crowd after storm-delayed start
A huge crowd descended on the White House lawn for the start of this year’s Easter egg roll, after the event was delayed by thunder and lightning for about 90 minutes.
States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards
A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law.