Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after nearly two years. The move comes as Elon Musk folds the platform into his artificial intelligence company, xAI. Yaccarino made the announcement Wednesday, July 9, in a post on X, thanking Musk for the opportunity to lead the platform through its transformation into the so-called […]
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 […]
Congressional Democrats introduced a bill to create an inspector general (IG) for the Executive Office of the President. There is currently no inspector general in the White House, but there is for nearly every other department and agency within the executive branch. “That should change, regardless of who is in office,” Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., […]
The New Jersey Legislature is reviewing several proposed bills that would place more rules and limitations on homeschooling in the state. Although homeschooling is very beneficial for many children, there is a smaller group of homeschooled children who could face risks, such as lack of academic support, social isolation or even neglect, depending on their […]
The Justice Department has sued California for allowing transgender athletes to compete in female sports. The Trump administration argues that California violated Title IX, after both the state’s Department of Education and California’s Interscholastic Federation refused to sign a resolution agreement on the issue. Investigation finds policy violates Title IX The U.S. Department of Education […]
