The national average price for a gallon of regular gas continued to increase on Tuesday, rising to $3.068. This is more expensive than a month ago, when a gallon cost $3.02 and approximately one cent cheaper than a year ago, when regular gas was $3.079 per gallon. Gas prices have been trending upward since after […]
Mark Zuckerberg, one of Facebook’s founders and CEO of Meta, announced three new additions to his company’s board of directors on Monday. One of those elected was Dana White, CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. John Elkann, CEO of Exor, a European investment company, and Charlie Songhurst, a technology investor, were the other […]
The U.S. announced the approval of a potential sale of weapons to Japan last week. The revelation of the purchase came just days before North Korea heightened geopolitical tensions in the region by firing a ballistic missile on Jan. 5. The launch caused no damage, and the rocket landed in the waters between South Korea […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorneys asked Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to withhold special counsel Jack Smith’s final report from the public, arguing its release would be “imprudent and unlawful.” Trump’s attorneys, led by his deputy attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, made the demand in a scathing letter after recently reviewing a draft of the […]
President-elect Donald Trump chose Joseph Nocella to be the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Nocella, a Columbia Law School graduate, was appointed Nassau County District Court judge in 2022. He was previously the assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1991 to 1995. “Judge Nocella has […]
McDonald’s is scrapping many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The move is part of a larger trend of corporations rolling back DEI commitments made during the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 and their aftermath. McDonald’s cited a “shifting legal landscape,” referring to last year’s Supreme Court decision outlawing affirmative action in college […]
The Taiwanese government alleged that a Chinese-owned vessel cut an underwater internet cable in an act of sabotage. The incident occurred on Friday when a Hong Kong-owned and Cameroon-flagged cargo ship, Shunxing 39, was discovered cutting an undersea communications cable connecting the island nation with the wider world, according to the Wall Street Journal. Chunghwa […]
President Joe Biden performed his role as comforter in chief for what could be the last time as he grieved with those affected by the New Orleans attack amid criticism that he previously downplayed the threat of Islamic terrorism. During an interfaith prayer service for the 14 victims of the attack, Biden acknowledged to those […]
Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said on Monday that he does not want a pardon from President Joe Biden despite concerns about President-elect Donald Trump investigating him and other members of the House Jan. 6 committee. CNN host Anderson Cooper asked Kinzinger whether he would want to be pardoned ahead of a Trump presidency. “Should […]
ABC’s Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary shared on Monday that he has met with President-elect Donald Trump about closing a deal to buy the social media app TikTok. In an interview on Fox News‘s The Story with Martha MacCallum, O’Leary discussed his latest steps in nearing a purchase of the app from its Chinese parent […]
