With Social Security’s trust funds projected to run dry within the next decade, the Trump administration is weighing changes to keep the program solvent. One option under discussion is raising the retirement age, a move that could set different rules for younger generations. Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano said during an appearance on “Mornings with […]
New details from former Vice President Kamala Harris’ upcoming memoir “107 Days” reveal her account of an angry phone call she got from former President Joe Biden, according to multiple reports. She also noted that she had much more pleasant phone conversations with President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign. Angry Biden calls ahead of […]
A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl is bringing comfort to patients at hospitals and nursing homes, as reported by The Associated Press Friday. “Robin” uses artificial intelligence to provide emotional support for children and adults while also helping to alleviate the impacts of staffing shortages. “Nurses and medical staff are really overworked, […]
The House of Representatives approved, and the Senate quickly rejected, a seven-week government funding extension. We are now 11 days out from a shutdown, and there are no viable options on the table. The Republican-led funding bill was what’s called a clean continuing resolution, or CR, so it’s a copy and paste of the current […]
Clayton Kershaw’s retirement announcement Thursday evening marked the end of an era for the Los Angeles Dodgers and perhaps Major League Baseball. The 37-year-old left-hander is regarded as the greatest pitcher of his generation and one of the best of all time. “I’m going to call it. I’m going to retire,” Kershaw said to begin […]
Darth Vader, Wonder Woman and the Minions all share a common grievance: they’re all being recreated without permission by a Chinese AI company. So say the Hollywood studios that sued the Shanghai-based MiniMax for swiping its content. Filed in a California federal court on Tuesday, the suit is the latest in a slew of copyright […]
Just like a cardboard box traveling from factory to warehouse to doorstep, economic theories are being passed around, examined and repackaged. That unassuming brown cube has become a tool some economists are using to forecast whether a recession is on the horizon. Economists call it the cardboard box index. When box makers begin scaling back […]
Electricity demand is expected to surge, but homes could be doing more to support the grid. A new report from the nonprofit Rewiring America suggests home energy upgrades like solar power, batteries and heat pumps can offset the electricity demand from data centers. The report cites data from the firm Aterio that the grid will […]
A judge threw out the defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times. The judge left the door open for the president to refile the suit. Lawsuit dismissed Judge Steven D. Merryday maintained the suit was too long and did not follow federal rules for this kind of litigation. “It is […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to require an annual fee of $100,000 for H-1B visa applications. Those visas allow employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations. H-1B visas The president said the move is to stop what he calls the overuse of the program. “We need workers,” Trump told reporters […]
