On June 11, 2020, PayPal launched a $530 million program to invest in “minority-focused investment funds” and “address economic inequality.” One of the first people to inquire about the program was Nisha Desai, the CEO of Andav Capital. Born to Indian immigrants who had been expelled from Uganda during Idi Amin’s ethnic cleansing, Desai launched
Judge’s ruling marks latest setback for CNN in defamation trial brought by Navy veteran CNN moderator Jake Tapper at the Democratic Presidential Debate in 2019 (Scott Olson/Getty Images) CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s jabs at Fox News could come back to bite the network in an upcoming defamation trial over a segment in which Tapper’s show
Can you dislike Bob Dylan and like the new biopic about him? The answer is yes, because I did. The question is why. I will attempt to answer this question now, so pull up a chair, because this could take a while. Now, I should explain that I’ve had it in for Bob Dylan for
America desperately needs a functioning president President Joe Biden might not live long enough to see Donald Trump inaugurated later this month. That’s why, according to our sources, he has already started writing a private letter to his successor, per the longstanding White House tradition. Through a variety of proprietary and semi-legal methods, the Washington
‘I pledge allegiance to the United States of the United States of America’ Vice President Kamala Harris botched the Pledge of Allegiance on Friday while opening the U.S. Senate for members of the incoming 119th Congress. “I pledge allegiance to the United States—of the United States of America,” Harris said, correcting herself upon hearing the
Louisiana Republican prevails after dramatic round of votes Mike Johnson (R., La.), Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Louisiana’s Mike Johnson has retained the speaker’s gavel, with House Republicans backing him to lead the caucus after a dramatic first round of votes. The result comes in the wake of intense speculation over Johnson’s standing with the
Last-minute Biden regulations expected to cost consumers $450 more, one analysis shows Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and President Joe Biden (Getty Images) The Biden administration finalized climate regulations to ban most natural gas-powered instantaneous water heaters—a move that critics say will drive up costs for consumers. The Department of Energy—which formally published the rules the day after