Entrepreneur Todd Pliss appeared on Shark Tank in 2012, pitching an unusual business idea: Rent A Grandma. His pitch? Grandmothers make better caregivers, are more attentive, less glued to their phones and even willing to bake cookies. He was seeking $150,000 in funding. “We charge between 12 and 15% of what the granny’s going to […]
President Donald Trump’s newly passed “Big, Beautiful Bill” is more than 900 pages and incorporates so many little provisions, it’s not hard for some to go unnoticed — like a provision to change medicare drug price controls. The new budget law, officially titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, reverses a Biden-era law put in […]
President Donald Trump clarified his position on a migrant farmworker program during this week’s cabinet meeting, stating that farmers will have an avenue to keep migrants in the U.S. without legal documentation on their payroll amid ongoing mass deportations. However, he emphasized that this does not constitute amnesty. Since the prospect of mass deportations was […]
Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Washington state. Those anomalies, according to an independent analysis by Straight Arrow News, suggest that a device known as an IMSI catcher may have been used to collect identifying information on […]
Russia’s top diplomat is scheduled to visit North Korea during the week of July 6. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) highlights the growing ties between Russia and North Korea. Why was the invitation extended? According to North Korea’s state media, the Korean Central News Agency, the […]
The term “alpha male” has been used to describe everything from CEOs to dating personalities. But a new scientific study suggests dominance might not be as natural as we’ve been led to believe. The study, published Monday, July 7, in PNAS, analyzed research from May 2020 to July 2024. Researchers studied more than 100 primate […]
President Donald Trump told private donors during last year’s presidential race that he threatened to bomb the capitals of Russia and China in separate conversations with Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The newly released audio recordings, obtained by CNN, reveal Trump describing the tense exchanges at closed-door fundraisers in 2024. What did Trump say? […]
President Donald Trump is considering sending Ukraine an additional Patriot missile air-defense system, according to two U.S. officials cited by The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark the first time his administration approved a major weapons system for Ukraine beyond what the Biden administration authorized. Trump has expressed increasing frustration with Russian President Vladimir […]
A U.S. appeals court blocked a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule on Tuesday, July 8, requiring businesses to “make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up.” The FTC announced its final “click-to-cancel” rule in October 2024, targeting businesses that make it difficult for customers to cancel subscriptions […]
Japan is taking a tougher stance against foreign drones as tensions escalate in East Asia’s skies. With Chinese unmanned aircraft operating more frequently near its southwestern islands, the Japanese government has authorized its military to shoot down drones that enter national airspace. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba approved the policy in late June. Under the new […]
