The majority of federal employees were scheduled to be paid Friday. However, their paychecks will be delayed due to the ongoing government shutdown that shows no signs of ending soon. Approximately 670,000 federal employees were temporarily laid off and are not working at all, while roughly 730,000 federal employees are still working without paychecks because […]
Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, is reportedly eyeing fresh talent to anchor the network’s flagship evening newscast — including Bret Baier of Fox News. Baier’s candidacy was first reported by the media news website Status, which revealed Weiss has been “quietly canvassing” for a new face for “CBS Evening News.” But at […]
The Trump administration announced Thursday it is moving forward with a land deal opposed by environmentalists to construct a roughly 18-mile road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, which features virtually no human development and is intended to preserve wildlife habitats on the coast of southwest Alaska. The announcement comes in addition to efforts to […]
As American families begin to plan Thanksgiving celebrations and holiday shopping, many supermarkets are exploring ways to attract cost-conscious customers into their stores. However, as a government shutdown continues and additional tariffs loom, new surveys show many families are worried that they may not have enough money to fill their tables. A recent Axios poll […]
A Colorado woman was convicted of voter fraud Wednesday for casting others’ ballots in the 2022 general election. Elizabeth Ann Davis, 61, of Castle Rock, was found guilty by a Douglas County jury on two counts of forgery and one count of “personating an elector.” Cast ballots for dead ex-husband and son Prosecutors said that […]
President Donald Trump has ended all trade negotiations with Canada, furious over a new ad that uses Ronald Reagan’s own words against tariffs. Plus, federal investigators say a major gambling operation connected to organized crime has disrupted the NBA. And one Hall of Famer is among those involved in the scheme. And new video shows […]
Shelby Green’s lights were off. She could plug her phone into a wall socket, but it wouldn’t charge. It would be weeks until she received her next paycheck for her job as an undergraduate researcher at Florida State University in chemical engineering. And her bank account was nearly empty. “I had no hot water, no […]
A new video released revealed a bizarre twist in what’s being called the heist of the century. Surveillance footage circulating online allegedly shows two of the Louvre thieves escaping — not on foot, but on a cherry picker. One person wearing a motorcycle helmet and the other in a yellow construction vest lower themselves from a broken window before […]
The NBA has placed a head coach and a player on leave after they were indicted in two separate federal gambling cases linked to organized crime. Trail Blazers head coach and Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier were both arrested Thursday. The two are among 34 people charged in two […]
California billionaires could be subject to a one-time tax of 5% of their global net worth under a new ballot measure. Filed Wednesday by Jim Mangia, president and CEO of St. John’s Community Health, and backed by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), the “California Billionaires Tax Act” aims to bring in […]
