History does not repeat itself, but it occasionally rhymes. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s latest broadcast market interventions rhyme much more closely with Franklin Roosevelt’s view of government than with Ronald Reagan’s. This should raise alarms, or as Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) summed it up last week, “Sometimes the FCC scares me right now.” […]
Somewhere in Guatemala City, a labor court has decided that a corporate insider is worth more, by the month, than Cristiano Ronaldo, Stephen Curry, and LeBron James combined. Not a typo. According to his own complaint, a former Tigo Guatemala executive wants his severance calculated on an “average monthly salary” of $4.47 million — a […]
On Aug. 7, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a rule that never should have needed writing down: If you cannot read an English highway sign, you have no business piloting an 80,000-pound truck on an American interstate. Since Duffy’s crackdown began, more than 26,000 drivers have been pulled off the road for failing basic English […]
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley's surprising win in this week's Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary, where recent polling had shown him trailing progressive Francesca Hong by double-digits, had catapulted him from a relatively unknown local leader to the national spotlight. The 40-year-old Wisconsin native became the youngest county executive in Milwaukee County history and the first...
Senate Democrats are pressing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration for more information about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since November, amid reports that sailors have attempted to jump overboard. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has written a letter to...
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Thursday acknowledged punching a man in 1988 when he was 19 years old but disputed pushing his longtime partner after the Bangor Daily News obtained and reported on a police report that detailed allegations of assault nearly 40 years ago. “Nearly forty years ago, when I was 19...
An associate professor of business law argues that the decline of theatrical exhibition is driven by poor industry practices and consumer preference for streaming rather than the potential Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Brothers.
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is leading former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley by double digits in a Senate race in the state, according to a new poll. In the Elon University poll, 53 percent of likely voter respondents backed Cooper, while 42 percent backed Whatley. Three percent said they would...
Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass surveillance. The company announced Thursday it will shorten the recommended default data retention window from 30 to seven days to cut the amount of...