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Conservative investment fund divesting from Tyson Foods over hiring asylum-seekers

A conservative-leaning investment fund group has divested itself from Tyson Foods over its practice of hiring asylum-seekers in the United States, cautioning others to avoid investing in the food company as well. The decision by American Conservative Values ETF stems from a recent report that Tyson partnered with the nonprofit organization Tent Partnership for Refugees […]

Mega Millions jackpot reaches $977 million after no winner in Tuesday’s drawing

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday were 24, 46, 49, 62, 66, and the gold Mega Ball was 7. The estimated jackpot was $893 million, with a cash prize of $421.4 million. […]

Clyburn passes the torch to Joe Neguse as assistant House Democratic leader

House Democrats unanimously elected Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) to replace Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) on Wednesday, the latest transition of power as longtime Democratic members look to pass on leadership responsibilities to rising members within the party. Clyburn announced in February he would step down from his post as assistant Democratic leader without providing a […]

Jared Moskowitz mocks Republicans by donning Putin mask to impeachment hearing

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) mocked the House GOP’s efforts to impeach President Joe Biden on Wednesday by donning a mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin before walking into the impeachment hearing. Moskowitz impersonated Putin outside the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s hearing and told reporters that he was there to “thank James Comer for taking […]

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos calls Trump supporters who tried to recall him ‘whack jobs and morons’

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called those who are trying to oust him in a recall effort “whack jobs and morons.” The Republican assemblyman is being targeted in a recall effort by supporters of former President Donald Trump who opposed Vos’s decision not to impeach the state’s election officials and certify the 2020 election results. […]

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announces resignation

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced on Wednesday he would resign as president of his party and as the country’s leader. Varadkar has been the prime minister since December 2022, and he served as the country’s leader from 2017-2020. The Irish leader was in Washington, D.C., last week and met with President Joe Biden on […]

Hunter Biden hearing goes off the rails in opening moments as Democrats take shots at GOP witness

The second House Oversight Committee hearing into the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden went off the rails early on after former Hunter Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski took shots at two of the Democrats on the committee. In his opening statement, Bobulinski called out the Democrats and Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, for allegedly […]

Ben & Jerry’s parent company exiting ice cream business, cutting 7,500 jobs globally

Unilever is ditching the rocky road of selling ice cream and spinning off its ice cream brands, including Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum. The British consumer goods company explained that this decision to leave the ice cream business is part of Unilever’s Growth Action Plan announced last year, which aims to have the company focus […]

US doesn’t know how many Americans were abandoned in Afghanistan

The top brass ordered by President Joe Biden to abruptly evacuate Afghanistan had no clue how many Americans were still hiding in or near Kabul as the Taliban took back control, and do now know how many were left behind. In remarkable testimony on Tuesday, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also […]

Biden administration scales back electric vehicle targets in final auto emissions rule

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will ease its final yearly tailpipe emissions reduction requirements through 2029 and lower its requirements for pure-battery electric vehicles to meet these targets, representing a softening of the Environmental Protection Agency standards for EVs in the months ahead of the November presidential election. While the EPA will seek […]
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