Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced Monday that the company will be laying off another 9,000 employees, marking the second round of significant layoffs this year. These cuts are in addition to the 18,000 layoffs Jassy announced in January, which had started in November. Jassy said in a memo to employees on Monday that most of...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) weighed in Monday on former President Trump’s possible criminal indictment in New York, breaking a two-day silence on Trump’s claim that he will be arrested this week. Asked about the rumored indictment during an event, DeSantis lambasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is investigating hush money paid to...
Prior to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, it would have been the kiss of death for a GOP candidate to cozy up to Russia and its autocratic head of state.
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the implementation of Biden administration water regulations in two states. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, on Sunday halted the implementation of the Biden administration's regulation in Texas and Idaho after the states requested the action. The rule in question defines which waters get federal...
Former President Trump is moving to quash a Georgia investigation into his efforts to influence the outcome of the 2020 election, seeking to bar the use of any evidence presented to a grand jury reviewing the matter. In a 50-page filing in a Fulton County court, Trump’s attorneys blasted the investigation as “confusing, flawed, and,...
Mid-size banks are reportedly asking the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) to insure all bank deposits over the next two years to prevent additional bank runs. That comes after the bank run on Silicon Valley Bank prompted large depositors to move their money from regional banks to the largest U.S. banks over fears of additional...
Alzheimer's disease is expected to spike nationwide in future years, and according to new data released by the Alzheimer's Association, there is a significant shortage in the dementia care workforce.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Moscow for a three-day visit on Monday and signaled that he is open to working with China to resolve the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Associated Press reported that Putin welcomed Xi's plan for "settlement of the acute crisis in Ukraine." Xi arrived in...
Oregon lawmakers could approve an additional $200 million to address the state's homeless crisis. But critics say more money for housing won't fix the problem.
The former San Francisco police commissioner claimed Sunday that car robberies are "basic city life experiences" after a CEO said his coworker was targeted in the city.