Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in the 2024 election. Now with actual debates. Probably. (Did a friend forward this to you? If so, sign up here. And you can hear my analysis weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.) This post appeared first on The […]Read More
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a broad challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, reversing a lower-court ruling that would have undermined the watchdog agency Congress created in the wake of the financial crisis to protect borrowers from predatory lenders, junk fees and other abuses. In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas, […]Read More
The first jarring line offered by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) during his conversation with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business on Thursday morning was his declaration that he believed that the impeachment inquiry he’s helping to lead into President Biden was “hopefully in the final stages.” That inquiry, initiated in September, has been reportedly in its […]Read More
Netflix will stream its first NFL games on Christmas Day. The streaming giant announced Wednesday that it will feature both Dec. 25 matchups scheduled for this year, with at least one other Christmas game coming in 2025 and 2026. “Last year, we decided to take a big bet on live — tapping into massive fandoms […]Read More
Meme stocks are back. One day after an account associated with the phenomenon posted for the first time in years on the X social media platform, shares in companies that have been linked to speculative trading activity are soaring in value. Leading the way is video game retailer GameStop, whose shares have soared approximately 180% […]Read More
Walmart is laying off hundreds of corporate workers across the country as it relocates many employees to its Arkansas headquarters. The big-box retailer confirmed the layoffs and relocations in a memo sent to employees Tuesday. In the memo, Chief People Officer Donna Morris said the move is meant to bring more of its employees back to […]Read More
The U.S. military on Thursday anchored a floating pier to the shore of the Gaza Strip, officials said, preparing to begin aid deliveries to the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave in an operation directed by President Biden to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis there — but whose critics fear it will leave American troops vulnerable to attack. […]Read More
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) prepped his run for a fiercely contested Senate seat by bashing the incumbent for “abandoning the Democratic Party” and Arizonans, and standing in the way of expanding voting rights and abortion access with her support for the filibuster. Now, after Sinema decided not to seek reelection, Gallego says […]Read More
President Biden and former president Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to a June 27 debate on CNN and a Sept. 10 debate broadcast by ABC News, bypassing the decades-old tradition of three fall meetings organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. The decisions by the major-party candidates to take control of the once independent debate […]Read More
The Supreme Court restored a congressional voting map in Louisiana on Wednesday that includes an additional majority-Black district, handing a victory to African American voters and Democrats less than six months before the November election. The order was in response to emergency appeals filed after a federal three-judge panel in the state threw out the […]Read More