Iran seized an Emirati oil tanker travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, the first such attack on international shipping in months. The Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Talara was sailing from Ajman, United Arab Emirates, to Singapore when it was intercepted. British maritime risk management group Vanguard and other maritime sources told Reuters that the vessel […]
The longest government shutdown in U.S history is over, but appropriators still have a long way to go to get nine of the 12 necessary funding bills over the finish line by Jan. 31, 2026. The government reopened after 43 days, following the House’s passage, mostly along party lines, with six Democrats voting in favor and two Republicans voting […]
The FBI on Thursday denied saying Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in July 2024, had no online footprint. Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson alleged that the FBI “lied” about the deceased shooter’s seemingly nonexistent digital footprint and asked why that would be the case, teasing […]
The war between Russia and Ukraine hit a brutal stretch on Friday, with both countries reporting being hit by the other’s military weapons. Two Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles reportedly hit the Ukrainian city of Sumy in an industrial zone on Friday morning. Additionally, Russia carried out attacks in other Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, and […]
The government shutdown ended this week, after 43 days, which was the longest on record and is expected to leave the biggest fiscal footprint. While exact estimates of the cost hit and the overall fiscal impact are still being quantified, it is safe to say that, due to the length of the shutdown, it will […]
The second round of November Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Nov. 19. The first round of payments already went out on Nov. 12 for retirees born […]
When clicking on a Wikipedia page, users are often met with fundraising pleas that strongly imply the site is in dire need of funds to ensure its wealth of knowledge remains available to all. A closer look at the financials behind the website, however, reveals that the foundation running Wikipedia has enough surplus cash to bankroll […]
December Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $967, will be issued to recipients in 17 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, as is the case with December’s payment. If a payment falls on either a weekend or a holiday, however, SSI payments are issued on the last […]
Democrats eyeing the 2028 elections are using the fallout from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to draw a sharper contrast with the party’s aging Senate leadership, unleashing unusually blunt criticism of the compromise that helped reopen the government. California Gov. Gavin Newsom was among the first to go public with his frustration. “Pathetic,” […]
For Halloween, Tesla stockholders received a treat. The electric vehicle maker’s stock reached a five-year high of $456.56 a share. Stockholders approved an unprecedented 10-year pay package in November that could be worth $1 trillion for Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk. Musk was already the world’s richest man with a personal fortune estimated at almost […]
