Timed as always to President's Day weekend, the 2024 edition of the quadrennial Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey put Mr. Biden among the top third of U.S. presidents at No. 14 (ahead of Ronald Reagan and tied with John Adams, e.g.).
Capitol One will acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock transaction that is expected to boost the bank's standing in the credit card market, the bank announced Monday. Discover shareholders will receive just over 1 (1.0192) Capitol One shares for each Discover share they own, a nearly 27 percent premium based on Discover's...
Alabama's Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law and subject to legislation dealing with the wrongful death of minor, stating that it "applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location." The court issued this majority decision in a lawsuit brought forth by a group of in vitro fertilization (IVF)...
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary ripped into what he called “loser” New York and vowed to no longer invest in the state, when asked about a New York court’s $355 million verdict against former President Trump last week. Trump, his business and his top executives — including the former president’s sons — were dealt a...
Idaho has asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action so the state can enforce its felony ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, arguing that a district court’s injunction goes too far. Idaho in April became the second state, after Alabama, to make it a felony for health care providers to administer treatments including puberty...
Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) called on the judge overseeing former President Trump's Georgia criminal case to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D). In a Monday op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Loeffler claimed Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade makes it impossible for her to have prosecuted the case against Trump fairly. “Willis’ conflict...
A new study on COVID-19 vaccines that looked at nearly 100 million vaccinated individuals affirmed the vaccines' previously observed links to increased risks for certain adverse effects including myocarditis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. The study was conducted by the Global COVID Vaccine Safety project and took into account 99,068,901 vaccinated individuals across eight countries: Argentina, Australia,...
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said Monday she is "sick and tired" of the discussion about President Biden’s age, saying she has no concerns about his mental well-being and levying the same allegations against former President Trump. Polling has shown Biden’s age as a top concern among 2024 voters, with a majority of Americans believing the...
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