Story at a glance Almost 50 percent of U.S. adults report being able to save some for retirement, according to a new Axios/Ipsos poll. The poll asked 1,238 people if they felt they were “just getting by right now” and unable to save for retirement and the future. And 49 percent of respondents said they...
Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, President Biden’s pick to lead the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command, said on Thursday that he is in favor of renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. During a Thursday confirmation hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Haugh said Section 702 has provided invaluable...
Twitter filed a subpoena for Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) communications in recent months with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission. (FTC) The subpoena comes after Warren sent a letter to the SEC on Monday calling for an investigation into Tesla and its potential conflicts of interest following CEO Elon Musk’s purchase of...
President Biden joked Thursday that he got an endorsement from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after the video his campaign made featuring clips from her speech topped 40 million views since it was posted Tuesday evening. “As you may have seen — apparently 40 million people watched — Marjorie Taylor Greene, the very conservative gentlelady...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) lambasted Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., on Thursday, accusing the long-shot Democratic presidential contender of promoting racism and conspiracy theories — and being a pawn in the Republican effort to topple President Biden. "Why would you give Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a congressional platform to spew his hatred? Here's the...
The Senate Thursday confirmed David Uhlmann, President Biden’s nominee for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement chief, in a 53-46 vote more than two years after his initial nomination. Uhlmann, an environmental law professor at the University of Michigan Law School, was nominated by Biden to serve as assistant administrator of the EPA in June...
Matthew McConaughey is launching a new initiative that he says will help schools apply for safety grants that were included as part of legislation passed in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “The long-term goal is to simplify this process, because it is not simple at all,” the “Dallas Buyers Club”...