Tesla no longer owns the federal government a dime. On Wednesday the company announced it had repaid the outsanding balance of $451.8 million, with interest, on its 2009 Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan from the Department of Defense. That means taxpayers earned a very, very small $12 million profit on the loan.
When Barack Obama won reelection by a wide margin, a lot of people thought it spelled the end for Karl Rove. The GOP's most dominant money man over the last decade was toast, everyone thought, but Rove is digging in his heels and preparing for a fight. He's not going anywhere.
Occasionally, the headline writers for the New York Post and the New York Daily News are presented a story that will challenge their pun-making skills and gives them an opportunity to try and out do each other. The Petraeus affair has them both in rare form.
The conspiracy theory that thought the husband of CIA Director David Petraeus' mistress wrote to Chuck Klosterman, the New York Times Magazine's Ethicist, asking whether or not he should expose the affair has been debunked.
Who knew Sean Hannity had it in him? But don't go thinking about laser eyes and Hannity in blue spandex with the rest of the X-Men just yet. When Sean Hannity says he has "evolved," he's not talking about mutant super powers. He's talking about his stance on immigration.
Seven members of the Navy SEAL Team Six are being punished for leaking classified information, but the punishment isn't linked to the raid to kill Osama bin Laden at all.
The first trailer for World War Z is finally here and while everything about the movie itself looks encouraging, we have some reservations with the style of zombie they chose to go with.
Obama stopped by the Obama for America headquarters on Wednesday to thank his volunteers for giving him their time and effort over course of the long campaign, and all that hope and change made him tear up a little bit.
NBC's Brian Williams called out Donald Trump for being an arrogant blowhard during NBC's election coverage, but there's one small problem. NBC gives Trump his biggest platform of all.
After losing his bet to David Axelrod, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is going to have to start growing a moustache. We've compiled some helpful suggestions to help Scarborough style his Movember contribution as it grows in.
Not even a 'heel turn' could help her. Linda McMahon lost her second bid for a senate seat in Connecticut to Democratic challenger Chris Murphy. The Associated Press called the race in Murphy's favor already.
If you're young, Internet-savvy, and lacking cable, you might be looking for ways to watch election results online. It's okay, we're here to help you.
You may have noticed some political reporters paying extra close attention to the result of this afternoon's football game between the Washington Redskins and the Carolina Panthers. They aren't football fans, they're just looking to see if they can guess the result of the election. Here's why.
There was a marathon in New York on Sunday. Come hell or high water, these people wanted to run. And run they did.
Filmmaker Casey Neistiat and former professional hockey player Sean Avery drove out to Staten Island on Saturday and captured some disturbing footage of what it's like out there.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we don't understand what this newfangled video game movie is. What ever happened to the Super Mario Bros. movie?
Campaign aides had their final chance to attack their opponents and argue who was really ahead in what battleground state on the Sunday talk shows. Everyone fought over Pennsylvania, and the Democrats think they've got Virginia and Florida in the bag.
We did things a bit differently this week. Instead of the regular quick recap and a few videos, we decided a Louis CK hosted episode of Saturday Night Live needed a little more than that. So join us, please, for a readable, watchable, GIF-able recap of a great SNL episode.
In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, there's some worry in New Jersey that people won't be able to cast their ballots on electronic voting machines. In the interest of preparedness, Gov. Chris Christie has authorized some funny alternative methods for people to exercise their right to vote.
CNBC's shouty money man Jim Cramer made the wildest, most outlandish prediction for the outcome of the Tuesday's election. Just about every other pundit thinks it's either an insane, amazing troll on the punditocracy or that Jim Cramer is on some very good drugs.
Two pundits have dominated the conversation (for different reasons) leading up to election day: Nate Silver and Karl Rove. They're both guessing a different outcome in 2012, but back in the heady days of the 2008 campaign they both predicted an Obama victory.
Political reporters were abuzz when it surfaced on Twitter that none other than Glenn Beck was at Romney's event in Iowa today. He's had a rocky relationship with Romney in the past, but lately the two have been cavorting behind closed doors.
The cover for this week's New Yorker was revealed last night, and it's definitely one you should not miss.
Things are going particularly well for the MTA: the subway is about 80 percent restored and more lines are opening up by the hour.
The gas situation in New York is getting seriously dire. Reports of line ups eight blocks long are not uncommon. We've seen stories of people pushing empty cars through long lines for some gas. Gov. Andrew Cuomo came out this morning and told everyone to chill out. There's more coming.
Lost amid the hurricane news and the marathon being cancelled late on Friday was the New York Post's Page Six exclusive report that Leonardo DiCaprio is single again.
The Romney campaign officially has Paul Ryan buyer's remorse. Citing "campaign insiders," Politico's Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei report Mitt's first choice for Vice President was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
The Simpsons' resident evil zillionaire Montgomery Burns decided Mitt Romney needed his endorsement on a day where the President got the call from The Economist and Michael Bloomberg.
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced the New York City Marathon would go ahead this weekend. But with some parts of the city still in desperate need of attention, the decision to go ahead with the race is increasingly coming under fire.
President Obama likes many things: basketball, chili, his dog, and being president among them. He also seems to really, really like talking on the phone.
On the night that militants in Benghazi attacked the U.S. consulate and a U.S. ambassador was killed along with four others, the CIA did nothing wrong during the rescue mission, the Washington Post's David Ignatius reports.
The L.A.P.D. is concerned about a Halloween menace that hasn't actually terrorized anyone yet: potheads giving out weed infused candy. They are warning the media about the potential dangers and warning signs of the dopest candy in your bag of loot.
Bloomberg told reporters at his press conference that the Nets cancelled their home opener against the rival New York Knicks on his recommendation. Now fan are wondering when their teams will play again.
Mayor Bloomberg announced that traffic on the East River bridges and the Lincoln tunnel entering Manhattan will be restricted to vehicles with three or more passengers between 6 a.m. and midnight.
During a major crisis like Hurricane Sandy, it's best for PR reps to keep quiet if they represent a company selling something frivolous like V-neck T-shirts. Unfortunately, not everyone has that kind of good sense.
We now know the identity of the Brown student who trolled the local NBC reporter. Meet Daniel Moraff, a 20-year-old member of Brown's class of 2014. He is also a comedy writer. Moraff reached out to the Atlantic Wire shortly after our post went up.
While Romney surrogate Chris Christie is making waves for the heaps of praise he's been giving the President all morning for his emergency preparedness, one guy who is unimpressed with the President's response is the old FEMA director who was in charge during Hurricane Katrina.
This is a continuation of our live blog updates from Monday, October 29. For the most recent news on the storm, please click here.
After being devastated by Hurricane Sandy, the East Coast moved forward with its recovery efforts, though millions remain without power. Stay here for more updates.
The Guardian, normally an upstanding paper of good repute, have claimed to find the first ever live-blog of an election, and they allege it happened before the Internet even existed.
Rupert Murdoch doesn't want to let the rumored Penguin and Random House merger happen so easily, so he's put in a last minute bid to buy Penguin for $1.6 billion. In Cash.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're that guy telling you to put your phone away while the movie is playing.
Campaign aides used their appearances on the Sunday talk shows to fight over who is more confident they're going to win in Ohio next week, while Republicans come to the defense of Richard Mourdock.
The superstorm is coming! The superstorm is coming! New York City is gearing up for Sandy's arrival by shutting down school and the public transit service ahead of the superstorm's arrival. Post being updated constantly.
Chinese Prime Minster Wen Jiabao has directly responded (through lawyers) to the New York Times' report about his family's "hidden riches" for the first time, and he's threatening legal action.
A moderately strong earthquake off the coast of British Columbia last night briefly sent residents of the surrounding areas into a panic and captured our weather related attention.
The New York Times has endorsed Barack Obama over Mitt Romney for President.
A day after being sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is warning his People of Freedom party might withdraw their for current Prime Minister Mario Monti.
Sometimes you just don't have time for a sit-down dinner at a restaurant and you have to resort to cancelling on the person you were going to meet with a text message. This very practice, as the New York Times explains, is destroying our ability to politely cancel plans.
If it wasn't already obvious that things are heating up in Ohio, well, this will certainly convince you. Buzzfeed's Zeke Miller had the brilliant idea of asking each campaign to annotate their opponents voting memo distributed in the Buckeye state.
The four day ceasefire agreed upon by Bashar al-Assad and Syrian rebels should be observing its second day, but both sides have continued fighting and show no signs of slowing down.
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