The United States Postal Service (USPS) said it had signed a deal with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut costs at the agency. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told Congressional leaders in a letter that he had signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s DOGE to cut jobs and spending at the agency that has...
Nearly half of Americans said the economy is worsening, according to a Thursday The Economist/YouGov poll. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they believe the economy is getting worse, while 19 percent said it is getting better. The poll took place between March 9 and 11, a period that included rough days for the stock market....
A majority of Americans think President Trump is too closely aligned with Russia, including more than a quarter of Republicans, a poll released on Thursday found. The Reuters/Ipsos survey says 56 percent of Americans agreed with the statement that the president is too close to Moscow, which included 27 percent of Republicans and 89 percent...
Google is pushing back against other major technology companies' efforts to put the responsibility of age verification on the app stores, arguing the onus is on both the stores and developers to boost children's safety. In a blog post published Wednesday, Google pushed back against what it called "concerning legislation" in Utah, which became the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental cops away from energy companies. The EPA can pursue civil or criminal cases against polluters. In 2023, the Biden administration said it would focus its environmental cops on companies who violate laws related to climate change, toxic “forever chemicals” and carcinogenic...
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner has threatened to remove a nonprofit art house cinema from city-owned property after it decided to screen the Academy Award-winning documentary 'No Other Land', which he believes promotes antisemitism.
More than two-thirds of respondents in a new poll say they are concerned about the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico. In a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, 69 percent of respondents say they are concerned about the outbreak, including 36 percent who say they’re “very” concerned and 33 percent who say they’re “somewhat”...
Canadians are buying fewer products made in the U.S. in an effort to brace for the impact of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which are set to cause prices to skyrocket across a range of products. “American products we are selling as a percentage of our total sales are rapidly dropping,” said Michael Medline, president and...
President Donald Trump's poll numbers are edging down since taking over the White House nearly eight weeks ago. And Americans appear to be giving DOGE's Elon Musk a thumbs-down.