Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an impeachment inquiry hearing in Washington, Nov. 13, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Tuesday urged House Republican committee leaders to investigate possible “unlawful manipulation” of the company’s stock. Nunes, himself a former House … Read more
US President Joe Biden speaks after signing the foreign aid bill at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law measures to provide aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, as well as compel Chinese TikTok parent company ByteDance to sell … Read more
If an airline cancels your flight, remember that you’re entitled to a full refund. Bunhill | E+ | Getty Images The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled two new rules that will directly affect the millions of Americans who fly commercially every year. The first rule requires airlines to be more transparent about extra fees. The … Read more
US President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The aid package is narrower Biden’s 2020 campaign promise to erase student debt was thwarted at the Supreme Court in June. The majority-conservative court ruled that Biden didn’t have … Read more
Hundreds of protestors including Google workers are gathered in front of Google’s San Francisco offices and shut down traffic at One Market Street block on Thursday evening, demanding an end to its work with the Israeli government, and to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza, in San Francisco, California, United States on December 14, 2023. Anadolu … Read more
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance combined to spend over $7 million so far this year to try and stop Congress from passing legislation that could ban the social media app in the United States. ByteDance alone spent a record $2.68 million on in-house TikTok lobbyists … Read more
The U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Biden administration issued a final rule on Tuesday that cracks down on the investment advice that advisors, brokers, insurance agents and others give to retirement savers. The U.S. Department of Labor regulation — which follows a rule proposal in October — … Read more
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2023. Kevin Wurm | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 for a nationwide ban against noncompete agreements, which companies use to prevent employees from … Read more
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Senate on Tuesday advanced a package to provide billions in aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, sending the legislation on a glide … Read more
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Trump Media shares fell 9% Tuesday ahead of an expected earnout bonus for former President Donald Trump. DJT was trading at $32 per share Tuesday afternoon, about 50% below its opening price last month of more than $70. Trump will receive an additional 36 million shares, worth about … Read more
