

Elon Musk Takes Helm of Twitter and Fires Executives
Elon Musk fired several Twitter Inc. executives after completing his takeover of the company, according to people familiar with the matter, capping an unusual corporate battle and setting up one of the world’s most influential social-media platforms for potentially broad change. Mr. Musk fired Chief Executive Parag Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal after the deal closed, the people said. Mr. Musk also fired Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top legal and policy executive, a

Where $7.5 Billion in Midterm Campaign Ads Are Hitting Hardest
As the midterm campaign heads into its final weeks, political ad spending for the current two-year election cycle is on pace to more than double from the 2018 midterms. Spending is already close to double the 2018 cycle as Democrats focus on abortion, while GOP stresses gasoline, grocery prices. AdImpact, an ad-tracking firm, says about $7.5 billion has been spent so far by candidates and outside groups trying to influence local, state and federal elections. That compares wit