Chipotle’s CEO announced plans to “retrain” and “re-coach” restaurant operators amid recent criticism over their portion sizes. “There was never a directive to provide less to our customers. Generous portion is a core brand equity of Chipotle. It always has been, and it always will be,” Brian Niccol, the company’s chairman and CEO, said during […]
The House adjourned for its annual summer recess one week early, leaving behind a mounting to-do list that lawmakers must return to when they reconvene in September. Lawmakers left Washington after votes on Thursday morning with less than half of their annual spending bills sorted out despite an aggressive appropriations schedule that sought to have […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused Vice President Kamala Harris of viewing illegal immigrants as “future Democrat votes” during his criticism of her doing “nothing” to secure the southern border. Cruz’s comment comes as Harris is currently the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election after President Joe Biden bowed out of the race Sunday. […]
One man who was critically wounded at former President Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has been released from the hospital after being treated for gunshot wounds to the chest and liver. David Dutch, 57, was discharged from Allegheny General Hospital on Wednesday after a nearly two-week recovery. Dutch was in critical condition […]
Israeli intelligence officials have reason to believe that Iran “and other terrorist groups” are working to attack Israeli athletes and visitors at the Paris Olympics, according to Israel’s top diplomat. “We continue to receive intelligence about the potential threat from Iranian operatives and other terrorist groups planning to target Israeli delegation members and tourists during […]
House Republicans, joined by six Democrats, passed a resolution strongly condemning “border czar” Vice President Kamala Harris on her “failure to secure the southern border.” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), GOP Conference chairwoman, introduced the resolution that garnered a 220-196 vote. While border patrol officials recorded over the past few weeks the lowest numbers of illegal […]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton‘s (D-VA) voice returned to the House floor thanks to an artificial intelligence tool she uses as she battles a brain disorder that hampers her ability to speak. Wexton announced she would be using the AI program earlier this month, after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy last year. She utilized the tool […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday condemned protesters who burned the American flag and expressed anti-Israel sentiments near the U.S. Capitol to protest an address from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Schumer, the nation’s highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker, was the last of the top congressional leaders to denounce the demonstration nearly 24 hours after […]
The Secret Service declined an offer from local law enforcement to use drone technology at the rally where a gunman took shots at former President Donald Trump, an anonymous whistleblower told Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). Hawley revealed in a letter published Thursday to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the whistleblower said the Secret Service […]
Boeing reached an agreement with the Justice Department in which it will plead guilty to conspiracy and pay nearly $250 million in penalties. The proposed agreement marks the end of a lengthy investigation into the 2018 and 2019 crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max jetliners in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which claimed the lives of 346 people. […]
