Ticketmaster defended its online market power in the digital ticketing space at a packed — and unusually unified — Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday, after months of increased scrutiny following a chaotic sale of tickets to Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour. The company has long been a target of lawmakers after its 2010 merger with Live Nation,...
Former President Trump on Tuesday dropped a second lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) that sought to block her investigations into him and his businesses. Trump’s and James’s attorneys indicated in a one-page filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that they agreed to end the former president’s...
The majority of Georgia voters want to eliminate runoff elections, according to a new survey conducted by The Atlanta Journal Constitution. The survey found that 58 percent of registered Georgia voters want to abolish runoff elections when no candidate receives the majority of the vote, and instead declare the candidate with the highest number of...
Twitter has reinstated the account of Nick Fuentes, who espouses antisemitic and white supremacist view and leads the “America First” movement, after he was banned from the social media site in July 2021. Fuentes has repeatedly denied the Holocaust and spewed anti-Jewish rhetoric, but also has become a better known figure in recent months. That...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday told reporters he will not take the lead in debt limit negotiations with the White House and said any bill to avoid a national default later this year will have to originate in the Republican-controlled House. While McConnell cut a deal with Senate Democrats to allow...
Former Vice President Pence’s team disclosed Tuesday that documents with classified markings were found in his Indiana home last week, an announcement that cuts against Pence’s repeated statements that he did not have classified materials in his possession upon leaving office. Pence has been asked over multiple interviews in the last five months whether he...
Three dramatic changes could open up the promise, potential and resiliency of Haiti’s people.
The Super Bowl matchup isn't even set yet, but ticket prices are already through the roof.
Retail giant Walmart announced on Tuesday it will increase store employees' pay to $14 an hour, up from $12. In a company memo sent on Tuesday, President and CEO John Furner wrote that Walmart plans to invest in higher wages for associates, adding that the move will include “a mixture of associates’ regular annual increases...
Last year, we watched FTX join a long list of crypto-asset companies that shuttered during the “crypto winter” of 2022, underscoring the urgent need to protect our economy from harmful practices by the crypto industry. These collapses have cost investors trillions and have disproportionately harmed low-income, Latino, Black, and first-time investors. In FTX’s bankruptcy filing,...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday declined to say whether he would back Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) if she runs for reelection, though he praised her as an “excellent” senator. “Look, Sen. Sinema is an excellent Congress member and Senate member, and she’s done a lot of good things here, but it’s...
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced a new initiative on Tuesday to increase the global competitiveness of American students. Cardona stressed in a speech laying out his vision for the department this year that “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” needs bipartisan support and cooperation from states and districts, with three main pillars defining the measure. ...
As the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing Tuesday on last year's Ticketmaster meltdown, lawmakers came “Ready For It” with their best Taylor Swift references. The panel’s hearing, aimed at tackling “consolidation in the live entertainment and ticketing industries,” was held in response to November’s Swift concert snafu by distributor Ticketmaster, which left millions of fans unable...
Senate Democrats on Tuesday marked what would have been the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling by declaring they will not back down against Republican efforts to restrict or limit access to abortions. A group of Democratic senators, including Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.),...
Former President Trump called former Vice President Mike Pence “an innocent man” on Tuesday following revelations that classified documents were found at Pence’s home in Indiana. “Mike Pence is an innocent man. He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave him alone!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Earlier on Tuesday, revelations...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced a bill that would ban members of Congress from trading and owning stocks, using the name of his legislation to take a jab at Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Hawley on Tuesday introduced the Pelosi Act — or the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act — renewing a...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday called for the Department of Justice to go through President Biden’s papers kept at the University of Delaware from his time as a senator, after classified documents from the same period were found at Biden’s Delaware home. “How many classified documents are in Joe Biden’s Senate papers at the University...
A Georgia prosecutor investigating whether former President Trump and his allies broke any laws as they sought to influence the outcome of the 2020 election has asked a judge to keep sealed a grand jury report detailing the probe, saying charging decisions for multiple people “are imminent.” The probe, led by Fulton County District Attorney...
SpaceX fueled up its fully stacked Starship for the first time ever on Monday, checking off another huge testing milestone ahead of the rocket's first orbital flight test. The success of Monday's test keeps this Starship vehicle — consisting of a Super Heavy booster, called Booster 7, and the Ship 24 upper-stage — on track...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new guidelines for the amount of lead that can be in processed food for babies and small children under the age of 2, a move the agency says would result in significant reductions in the exposure to the toxic metal. The new guidance includes a limit of 10...
The suspect arrested in connection with a pair of shootings in Northern California on Monday may have worked with the victims, the local sheriff said. “All of the evidence we have points to this being the instance of workplace violence,” San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said at a press conference on Tuesday. Seven people...
Many across America face concerns from a lack of technological infrastructure to the economic state of their rural school districts.
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said she will not support Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) effort to deny Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, making matters more difficult for the GOP leader as he looks to follow through on his pledge to not seat the congresswoman on the panel. Spartz also...
The press has given little attention to this administration’s record, preferring instead to focus on a few high-profile cases.
The FBI confirmed on Monday that North Korean-sponsored hackers known as the Lazarus Group were behind the theft of $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from California-based crypto firm Harmony. Last year, Harmony reported that unknown hackers stole money from one of its blockchain bridges and that it was working with law enforcement and forensic specialists to identify the perpetrators...
