The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Jan. 15 granted UBS conditional approval for a national bank charter — the first step toward allowing the Swiss banking giant to offer retail services to American consumers. Before regulators take the next step, they should read the bank’s rap sheet. UBS has spent two decades violating […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Feb. 27, 1776 Gen. George Washington has a warning for […]
Delivery giant FedEx said it will return to customers any refunds it gets from President Trump’s tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled them unlawful last week. FedEx is among more than 1,000 companies that have filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court of International Trade to recoup the costs of Trump's tariffs, mostly filed before the...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats are demanding refunds for their constituents after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of President Trump’s tariff agenda last week. Their request came in a Friday letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The group of senators referenced Bessent's previous assurance in January that refunds...
Scouting America has agreed to change several of its policies to maintain financial backing from the Pentagon, including that membership in the organization will be based solely on “biological sex at birth and not gender identity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday morning. Hegseth, who has threatened to cut ties with Scouting America over its...
Federal employees, Kennedy said, were promoting the “mass poisoning” of the American public. Then, in 2025, measles exploded, with more than 2,200 cases across 45 states.
A top Pentagon official accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday of having a “God-complex,” as the Defense Department (DOD) and the company face off over the terms of use for its AI models. “It’s a shame that @DarioAmodei is a liar and has a God-complex,” Under Secretary of War Emil Michael wrote in a...
Former President Bill Clinton will sit for a deposition in New York before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in its probe of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His closed-door testimony comes a day after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was deposed on the matter, during which she criticized questions that veered off...