The Wisconsin Supreme Court asked a state elections board Monday to respond this week to Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips’s claim that he has been unlawfully left off the state’s April 2 primary ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission and the Wisconsin Presidential Preference Selection Committee, acting on the recommendation of the state Democratic Party leaders, […]Read More
Former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley would like to be president. Step 1 of that plan is to become the Republican Party’s nominee — a step that, as you know, isn’t going terribly well. Yes, she’s one of two remaining candidates, but that’s a bit like saying that Pete Best is one of […]Read More
Ex-Starbucks employee sues chain for wrongful termination after stopping attempted
A former Starbucks employee is suing the coffee chain, saying he was wrongly terminated after he confronted robbers at his store. NBC affiliate KSDK of St. Louis reported that Michael Harris, 20, was working a drive-thru shift last month when, he said, two men entered the store and began frisking customers. When the two men […]Read More
A former IRS contractor who leaked a slew of confidential tax records filed by the wealthiest Americans, including those of President Donald Trump, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Washington. Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty last year to one count of unauthorized disclosure of income tax returns, a rarely prosecuted crime […]Read More
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff stood in front of a giant menorah outside the White House during Hanukkah last month and assured a crowd of Jewish Americans that he understood their pain. He knew that many felt unmoored amid a wave of antisemitic incidents following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack in Israel. He mentioned a Jewish restaurant […]Read More
Home mortgage rates have soared during the economic recovery from the pandemic, but the swelling ranks ofhomeowners facing steep interest payments this year may find some relief based on how they file their tax returns. Thanks to the mortgage interest deduction, filers who choose to itemize their tax returns rather than take the standard deduction […]Read More
The economy grew at a much more rapid pace than expected in the final three months of 2023, as the U.S. easily skirted a recession that many forecasters had thought was inevitable, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced, increased at a 3.3% annualized rate […]Read More
Tesla is recalling approximately 200,000 vehicles over a software glitch that can prevent rearview cameras from displaying properly. According to a document posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website, affected models include 2023 versions of Tesla’s Model S, Model X and Model Y vehicles. Tesla says it has released an over-the-air (OTA) software […]Read More
DETROIT — Ford is recalling nearly 1.9 million Explorer SUVs in the U.S. because a trim piece can fly off and create a hazard for other drivers. The recall covers Explorers from the 2011 through 2019 model years. Documents posted Wednesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say that clips holding the trim […]Read More
Nearly everyone, from the Federal Reserve to big-bank chiefs, thought a recession was likely to hit last year. Instead, 2023 delivered better-than-expected economic growth and falling inflation — welcome news for Wall Street investors and 401(k) holders alike. All three major stock indexes closed higher on Thursday after new federal data showed the United States’ […]Read More
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