The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the operators of LA Fitness on Wednesday, alleging the popular gym chain makes the process of canceling memberships too difficult for consumers. “The FTC’s complaint describes a scenario that too many Americans have experienced – a gym membership that seems impossible to cancel,” Bureau of Consumer...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump finds next Fed target President Trump called for the resignation of Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook following allegations by the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that she committed mortgage...
McKinney, Texas has been ranked as the most attractive real estate market in the U.S. by WalletHub, with five other Texas cities in the top 10 and three Louisiana cities in the bottom three.
The Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C., Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday. Burgum wrote in a post on the social platform X that the department “has authorized a service-wide deputization” of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to...
Two German fighter jets were dispatched to Romania's border with Ukraine on Tuesday in response to Russian attacks in the region. Moscow targeted Ukrainian ports on the Danube River, according to Romania’s Ministry of National Defense. However, no intrusions from Russian forces were detected during the German mission. “The close cooperation with Allies throughout the...
Russia is sending signals that it intends to slow-walk a peace deal on Ukraine, showing some daylight between the Kremlin and President Trump’s intentions to end the war. From a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to suggestions of security agreements for Kyiv, Russian officials have expressed doubt about some early prospects of a peace...
The House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation is requesting a meeting with Hertz to discuss the company's use of AI scanners to inspect cars for damage and bill customers without human review.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) sued TikTok on Tuesday, accusing the popular video-sharing platform of preying on young people with addictive algorithms and other design features. Ellison argues the social media company is driven “by an out-of-control pursuit of profit above all else” that seeks to keep young users on the app with features...
Brian Hamilton argues that American politics is being drained by energy-sucking vampires in Congress, and that the solution is to implement term limits and elect leaders who give more than they take.
When you’re the right-hand man to Donald Trump, the guy who wants to convince working-class America that he’s their champion, jet-setting across the globe on lavish retreats doesn’t scream solidarity. It screams out-of-touch.
President Trump has changed his tune on the Smithsonian's depiction of America's past since he visited the National Museum of African American History in 2017. Following that visit to the newly opened museum, Trump was full of praise. “It's a new, beautiful Smithsonian museum that serves as a shining example of African Americans’ incredible contributions...
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to unseal grand jury materials used to charge disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking, instead saying the government is the “logical party” to make any sweeping disclosures. The Trump administration sought to make public the secret grand jury proceedings as pressure from the president’s...
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a defamation lawsuit against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) filed after she took to the House floor to accuse a man of being a predator. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled that, federal law entitles the Justice Department to step in and largely make Mace immune from damages and proceeded to dismiss the case in its entirety. Gergel did...
