Tag: Gambit

Three Trump operatives charged in Wisconsin for 2020 election gambit

Kenneth Chesebro, an architect of Donald Trump’s scheme to subvert the 2020 election, has been charged with felony forgery in Wisconsin, court records show. Chesebro, who developed a strategy to send false slates of presidential electors — and to use them to stoke a conflict on Jan. 6, 2021 aimed at blocking Joe Biden’s Electoral […]

The state’s first “Granite Gambit Chess Festival” is a checkmate

May 5—MANCHESTER — School cafeterias are often echo chambers of laughter and mayhem. But the cafeteria at Memorial High School on Saturday, site of the state’s first Granite Gambit Chess Festival, was pin-drop silent — transformed into a learning and playing arena for an activity that is high-stakes, strategic, engrossing and fun. “I like that […]

Trump’s Precarious Truth Social Gambit Just Took a Turn for the Worse

The auditing firm for Donald Trump’s social media company Truth Social doesn’t look so clean. On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged auditor BF Borgers CPA for “massive fraud” that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings. The firm is accused of “deliberate and systemic failures to comply” with federal standards between January 2021 and […]

S&P 500 gains after Tesla’s China gambit in big week for markets

Stocks on Wall Street climbed on Monday, kicking off a big week filled with a Federal Reserve rate decision, the monthly jobs report, and earnings from more Magnificent Seven tech heavyweights. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.3%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) gained roughly 0.4% as Tesla (TSLA) shares surged amid upbeat China news. […]

S&P 500 futures gain after Tesla’s China gambit

Stocks on Wall Street inched higher Monday ahead of a big week filled with a Federal Reserve rate decision, the monthly jobs report, and earnings from more Magnificent Seven tech heavyweights. Futures on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) were both up roughly 0.2% as Tesla (TSLA) shares surged amid upbeat […]

Trump’s Criminal Trial Delay Gambit Now Faces a Crucial Test

For all the controversies and confusion surrounding the legal dramas of former president Donald Trump, a key question looms: Will Trump face election day as a convicted criminal, or not? A conviction before the vote could have massive political and legal consequences. Not only have voters said that a guilty verdict would weigh on their […]