California’s secretary of state declined to remove former President Trump from the presidential primary ballot despite calls from the state’s lieutenant governor for her to do so. Shirley Weber (D) on Thursday published the list of candidates who will appear on California’s March 5 presidential primary, Trump included. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis (D) requested last...
Maine became the second state to ban former President Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment on Thursday, setting up a new obstacle for the former president as he makes his third bid for the White House. Maine and Colorado are now the first two states to bar the former president from their...
Opposition from prominent Black and civil rights groups is threatening to permanently derail Biden administration efforts to ban menthol cigarettes. The ban has also pitted organizations that are often allies, like the NAACP and the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network (NAN), against each other. The tobacco industry has long been accused of targeting the...
The banking sector is bracing for a major set of regulations prompted by the 2007-2008 financial crisis, but whose origins extend as far back as the termination of the gold standard and the introduction of freely floating international currencies. Bank regulators around the world are poised to finalize the third Basel Accord, an international set...
With a presidential election on the horizon and major questions facing the future of the news business, 2024 is likely to be a pivotal year for some of the country’s most prominent media personalities and executives. Here are five figures across the media to watch in 2024. Elon Musk Musk spent much of 2023 as...
Former President Trump is not yet the Republican nominee for president in 2024, but he has in many respects already turned his attention to next year’s general election and a rematch with President Biden. Trump is a dominant front-runner in GOP primary polls at the national and state level, and many of his rally speeches...
A New Hampshire casino owned by former state senator Andy Sanborn is set to shut down on Jan. 1 following accusations of COVID-19 relief loan fraud used for luxury purchases
It has been over 13 years since then-President Barack Obama complained about the lack of “shovel-ready” projects on which to spend the hundreds of billions of dollars appropriated for his 2009 stimulus bill. But President Joe Biden is apparently just now relearning the lesson.