A new Gallup survey released Tuesday found cost and work conflicts are the top reasons Americans choose to discontinue their higher education. In the poll, 87 percent said cost was a “very” or “moderately” important reason for pursuing further institutional study, while 81 percent pointed to work conflicts. The other two leading reasons were the...
Two key Democrats approved the sale of U.S. weapons, including F-15 fighter jets, to Israel after months of inaction on the arms transfer that comes amid the deadly war in Gaza. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair, signed off...
New York’s top court on Tuesday turned away former President Trump’s challenge to a gag order imposed on his public statements in his hush money criminal case. The gag order, which remains in effect after being imposed weeks before his trial began, blocks Trump from publicly commenting about jurors, witnesses, court staff or the judge’s...
Around two-thirds of Americans say companies are doing a poor job of avoiding major pay gaps between chief executives and average employees, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by Bentley University and Gallup and published Tuesday, found a majority of people believe companies aren’t doing enough to prevent the pay gap between the...
Workers in Amazon’s labor union voted to join the Teamsters by a huge margin of 98.3 percent as labor activity churns following a period of elevated inflation. The newly chartered ALU-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 1 will represent the around 5,500 Amazon warehouse workers at the company’s facility in Staten Island, N.Y., the Teamsters...
Netflix is planning to roll out what it is calling two "experience houses" next year, the company announced Tuesday. The first two locations will open at King of Prussia in Pennsylvania and Galleria Dallas in 2025, the streamer said. It called the locations two "experiential entertainment venues that will bring some of our most beloved...
Oil and gas Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck registered to lobby on issues related to the Federal Trade Commission for Scott Sheffield, the former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources. The regulator accused Sheffield last month of trying to collude with OPEC to inflate prices, which the company said “reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the U.S. and...
Former President Trump endorsed Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom's bid to unseat Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, and represent Alaska's At-Large Congressional District.