President-elect Trump is expected to nominate former Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler, a businesswoman and politician who served as U.S. senator from Georgia from 2020 to 2021, to be agriculture secretary, according to people familiar with the matter.
Vice President Harris will appear on Saturday Night Live and risk appearing on a live comedy sketch show in the final days before the election in an attempt to appeal to voters on a national platform with wide cultural reach, according to people familiar with the matter. Going live on television is a gamble for presidential candidates or any celebrity with no acting experience, but it has also been played by previous contenders, including Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2015.
BlackRock is preparing to launch a more than $30 billion artificial intelligence investment fund with tech giant Microsoft to build data centres and energy projects to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter. BlackRock will launch the fund with its new infrastructure investment arm, Global Infrastructure Partners, which will become...