U.S. colleges and universities won’t receive students’ applications for financial aid until at least early March, the Education Department said Tuesday. The delay is the result of the department’s decision to fix an error in how students’ aid eligibility is calculated. The fix is intended to cover students entering college for the 2024-25 academic year. […]Read More
High-performing Walmart managers now have the ability to earn more than $400,000 a year after the retail giant announced it is offering the ability for some managers to earn $20,000 worth of stock grants starting in April. In a video posted Monday on LinkedIn, Walmart U.S. President and CEO Brian Furner said the amount of […]Read More
U.S. colleges and universities won’t receive students’ applications for financial aid until at least early March, the Education Department said Tuesday. The delay is the result of the department’s decision to fix an error in how students’ aid eligibility is calculated. The fix is intended to cover students entering college for the 2024-25 academic year. […]Read More
A district court judge in Florida on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis over the loss of a long-standing planning district, ruling that Disney lacked standing to bring the suit. Judge Allen Winsor of the Northern District Court of Florida said Disney’s claims of injury resulting from the appointment of board members to […]Read More
A district court judge in Florida on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis over the loss of a long-standing planning district, ruling that Disney lacked standing to bring the suit. Judge Allen Winsor of the Northern District Court of Florida said Disney’s claims of injury resulting from the appointment of board members to […]Read More
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it was keeping interest rates at their current levelsamid improving consumer confidence and a declining inflation rate. In the run-up to Wednesday’s announcement, some Fed officials have been signaling that the current rate has been enough to knock inflation down toward the central bank’s 2% target. The federal funds target […]Read More
Jesse Watters wants this article to be written. This is what the Fox News host does, throws out controversial (and often false) claims and then surveys the turmoil that results. He’s a troll, albeit one with a prime-time cable news show and a big audience. And on Tuesday night, he presented that audience with one […]Read More
While the House Homeland Security Committee was (slowly) marking up articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the (slow) effort to build a case for impeaching President Biden continued apace. Eric Schwerin, a former business associate of the president’s son, Hunter Biden, appeared Tuesday on Capitol Hill for sworn closed-door testimony before congressional […]Read More
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is not only a politician but a politician among politicians. One does not ascend to the most powerful position in the House without being particularly adept at politics even within the world of politics, however clunky that ascent might have been. So, when Johnson rose to speak on the House […]Read More
Fair Fight, the political and advocacy organization focused on voting rights that was started by Stacey Abrams, is restructuring and making significant layoffs to its staff, citing the financial toll of complex legal battles. Fair Fight Action Board Chair Salena Jegede, in a statement to The Washington Post on Wednesday, blamed prolonged processes for two […]Read More