Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley is finding herself on defense again after she said “I had Black friends growing up” during a town hall as she sought to clean up remarks she made around the cause of the Civil War. During a CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, Haley was asked to...
National Rifle Association (NRA) head Wayne LaPierre will resign from the organization at the end of the month, the group announced Friday. LaPierre’s resignation, first reported by Fox News, comes as the organization defends itself in a New York civil suit alleging that he and other executives spent millions of the group’s funds on luxury...
In spite of modern-day corporate messaging about getting behind employee work-life balance and mental health advocacy, more than half of employees still feel pressured into working late. Last month’s Workforce Index by Slack, the workplace communications app, shows that two workers in five take on additional hours outside of the set eight-hour day, either by...
More than 1,000 additional auto dealers have registered for the point-of-sale electric vehicle tax credit since it became available Jan. 1, the Treasury Department confirmed Friday morning. Treasury officials told reporters that as of Friday, more than 8,700 dealers had registered for the credit, up from the 7,400 announced in late December. Alterations to the...
Shipping giant Maersk warned Friday that cargo ship diversions caused by Houthi military activity in the Red Sea will likely cause disruptions to international shipping and supply lines. Maersk and other major shippers began diverting their ships south from the Red Sea this week after Houthi rebels in Yemen began firing on civilian and military...
Israel’s government appears to be constrained by its most desperate and ideologically-driven members, whose extreme views and precarious political positions compel them to make bold, divisive decisions.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Friday said he would set up a dialogue to discuss the removal of the U.S. military presence in his country after an American strike killed an Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad on Thursday. In an address, al-Sudani said the agreement under which American troops are based in Iraq...
Former President Trump, his business and several top executives — including his adult sons — used “myriad deceptive schemes” to falsely inflate his net worth by billions, the New York attorney general’s office argued Friday in court filings ahead of closing remarks in his fraud trial next week. “The conclusion that defendants intended to defraud...
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) announced Friday morning he will not run for reelection, leaving all three of the state's Republican-held congressional seats up for grabs in the upcoming November election. Lamborn's district has been a solidly Republican district and was not seen as competitive before his decision. Lamborn won his 2022 reelection bid with 57...