VF Hive editor Jon Kelly, Kristen Scholer and the Hive panel discuss the top five stories of the week in politics, technology and business. Tom Frank and Bess Levin kick off The Hive 5 with the first legislative victory of Donald Trump's presidency. They talk about the tax reform bill that, critics argue, will raise the deficit, harm the middle class, and only benefit corporations.
Maya Kosoff covers the latest troubles for Uber. She and Nick Bilton discuss the recent ruling from the European Court of Justice that Uber is essentially a cab company, as opposed to a digital technology company.
Bess Levin and T.A. Frank weigh in on Bernie Sanders' suggestion that the Republican tax bill will be completely re-written once the Democrats take over Congress in 2018. The panel discusses a possible Sanders run for president in 2020.
Bilton and Kosoff return to report on Facebook, and how 2017 was a reckoning for the company. They talk about whether Mark Zuckerberg can pivot in 2018, or if the company will be broken up.
Levin and Frank round out The Hive 5 with a discussion on the return of Anthony Scaramucci to the news. They bring up his criticisms of Steve Bannon at a recent holiday party, and whether he might be well-suited to star in his own reality show.
Newsom said Sunday he supports increased access to condoms for teens, but vetoed the bill because it would have cost too much.
Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion.
Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower.
A witness claimed that former president Donald Trump revealed potentially sensitive information about U.S. military capabilities to a former businessman.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Elon Musk to compel testimony about his purchase of Twitter.
A private memorial service for Sen. Dianne Feinstein drew crowds outside of San Francisco's City Hall.
A Wisconsin man was arrested for illegally bringing a loaded gun to the Wisconsin capitol and hours later bringing an assault rifle.
A witness claimed that former president Donald Trump revealed potentially sensitive information about U.S. military capabilities to a former businessman.
The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela.
Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
