President-elect Donald Trump will no doubt be tougher on the world stage than President Joe Biden ever dreamed of being, but that doesn’t mean his ego won’t still get in the way from time to time. His pandering to TikTok is one example. TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has until Sunday to sell TikTok in […]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said statements in President Biden’s farewell speech came much too late in a Thursday statement, raising question with the commander-in-chief's parting remarks. “Now he tells us. Biden speaks out against dark money, for climate action, and for SCOTUS term limits. I pressed four years for this speech,” Whitehouse posted on the...
American Express has agreed to pay $230 million to settle a federal probe into deceptive marketing practices and civil fraud allegations, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. Under the settlement released by the DOJ, American Express has agreed to pay a more than $108 million civil penalty to resolve allegations the company violated the...
Canada must send a “message” to President-elect Trump on tariffs, one of its provincial leaders said Wednesday alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who described the threatened levies as unnecessary. The outgoing leader said Canada would "respond, purposefully, forcefully and resolutely" if the Trump administration implemented tariffs. “There’s no sugarcoating it,” Trudeau said alongside several provincial premiers. “The...
President-elect Trump named Troy Meink, a top spy chief who has previously served as a missile engineer, as his pick for secretary of the Air Force on Thursday. Trump said in a statement on Truth Social that Meink would work with his Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth "to ensure that our Nation’s Air Force is...
Not waiting until after his inauguration, on Thursday President-elect Trump gave the country a look at what he says are the official portraits of himself and Vice President JD Vance.
Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage. Bessent, if confirmed, would not have the authority to raise wages, which would require an act of Congress. But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who introduced a bill in the 117th Congress to raise the minimum wage to...
The Biden administration has finalized a massive loan to electric-vehicle maker Rivian just days before the Trump administration is taking office. The $6.57 billion loan will finance an electric vehicle plant in Georgia where the company, which currently specializes in luxury vehicles, will make SUVs and crossover vehicles. The Energy Department, in a press release,...
The Biden administration is setting in motion actions that could prevent drilling in more “special areas” of Alaska’s north slope — if the incoming Trump administration does not shelve it. The Interior Department issued a memo Thursday proposing a new protected area and expansions of existing protected areas. The impacted areas would be expected to...
The Supreme Court has signaled it will release at least one opinion Friday, a hastily scheduled announcement that comes as TikTok’s divest-or-ban deadline approaches Sunday. The justices indicate in advance when they will hand down opinions, but Thursday’s update was highly unusual. It came with short notice and indicated the justices won’t read their opinions aloud...