The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul and six other celebrities for violating investor-protection laws by promoting cryptocurrencies without disclosing they were being compensated for doing so. The SEC announced Wednesday a number of charges against crypto asset entrepreneur Justin Sun and three of his companies, including “orchestrating a scheme to...
Former President Trump set off a frenzy a few days ago when he declared – without any official word – that he would be arrested on Tuesday, but the case against him in Manhattan has yet to turn up an indictment, lending an air of mystery to if and when the former president will be...
More Americans than not believe that former President Trump should face charges in the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into a hush money payment he made before the 2016 election, according to a new The Economist/YouGov poll. Forty-six percent of respondents to the survey said that Trump, who over the weekend had said he expected to...
The White House on Wednesday condemned the passage of a law by Uganda's parliament that would impose severe punishments on individuals who identify as LGBTQ and raised the possibility of economic consequences if it's enacted. "We have grave concerns with the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, AHA, by the parliament of Uganda yesterday, and increasing...
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced a 0.25 percentage point rate hike on Wednesday after a closely watched meeting of the central bank’s rate-setting committee, which many analysts had been hoping would result in a pause. Prioritizing concerns about inflation over recent instability in the banking sector, which has spurred interventions from both the government...
The president of a western Texas university has canceled a charity drag show organized by students, arguing that drag performances are misogynistic and comparing them to blackface. “Does a drag show preserve a single thread of human dignity? I think not,” West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) President Walter Wendler wrote this week in an email...
Democrats from across the Midwest are urging President Biden to support Chicago's bid to become the location for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. A group of 34 senators, House members, governors and mayors from the Midwest signed a letter addressed to Biden and Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison in which they called for the...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a constitutional amendment in the Senate on Wednesday to cap the Supreme Court at nine justices, in a bid to squash the desire among some Democrats to expand the bench and dilute the current conservative majority. Expanding the Supreme Court has become a popular policy idea with some liberals after...
The Biden administration made fun of Russia for issuing awards to two pilots for downing a U.S. drone when one crashed into the aircraft over the Black Sea.