US unemployment rate increased to two-year high in February Kamala Harris (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The White House is touting work from Vice President Kamala Harris to combat “economic insecurity” by creating hundreds of thousands of “high quality jobs”—in northern Central America. In a fact sheet released Monday, the White House provided an “update” on Harris’s
The trial in New York is expected to run through the end of May 2024, President Trump’s counsel says. Attorneys for former President Donald Trump submitted a notice to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alerting Judge Aileen Cannon that a late May or early June trial is “no longer workable.”
The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday. Holtec International acquired the 800-megawatt Palisades plant in 2022 with plans to dismantle it. But now the emphasis is on restarting it by late 2025, following support from the state of Michigan and the
Judge Mark Scarsi said he doesn’t see factual evidence to back defense’s claims that charges are politically motivated. A federal judge questioned a lack of evidence provided by attorneys representing President Joe Biden’s son Hunter during a hearing in Los Angeles March 27 as they sought to have several tax-related charges dropped. Judge Mark Scarsi
Trump sued the network over allegedly defamatory statements made by host George Stephanopoulos on his program. American Broadcasting Companies Inc. (ABC) and ABC News have sought a 30-day delay to respond to a defamation lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump against the network and its host George Stephanopoulos. In his lawsuit, President Trump argues
The independent candidate is seeking the Libertarian Party’s backing ahead of the general election. Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle expressed confusion at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pick for a presidential running mate as his campaign is in talks with running on the Libertarian Party ticket. On Tuesday, Mr. Kennedy announced Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole
Monday’s dramatic bond reduction for former President Donald Trump did nothing to dissipate the dark cloud that his civil-fraud case has cast over New York business deals. Although investors won’t publicly admit it, the case is having a chilling effect, said Charles Trzcinka, professor of finance at Indiana University-Bloomington. “If you talk to people in