(The Center Square) – Newlab New Orleans and Japanese power generation company JERA have announced a new partnership aimed at developing next-generation carbon capture technologies for energy-intensive industries in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast. JERA Ventures is joining a public-private partnership housed at Newlab’s New Orleans innovation hub, which will provide startups with laboratory space […]
Paramount launched a hostile, all-cash bid against Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share. The Skydance company’s competitive bid comes just days after Netflix announced that it entered a “definitive agreement” with Warner Bros. to purchase it and its HBO Max and HBO studios for $27.75 per share. Netflix won the streaming […]
Former Democratic Texas Rep. Colin Allred announced on Monday that he dropped his Senate bid to run for a seat in the House. Allred was one of the top Democrats running to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in 2026. However, he suspended his campaign amid buzz around Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-TX) possible entry into the […]
President Donald Trump voiced skepticism over Netflix’s blockbuster deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, which was announced last week. “That’s got to go through a process. We’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Sunday. “Netflix is a great company. … They have a very big market share. And when they have Warner Bros., that market […]
Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith will step down from her position, she announced Monday. Smith, who has been the MPD chief since Mayor Muriel Bowser nominated her in July 2023, did not give a specific reason for her decision. She was the first black woman to serve as police chief and the second woman. […]
EXCLUSIVE — Teamsters President Sean O’Brien called President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Labor the “right choice” and offered some praise for Vice President JD Vance. Trump chose former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) as his Labor Secretary, a pick that got some pushback from conservatives because of her record on labor issues. Still, she […]
Democrats are split on how best to counter President Donald Trump’s attempts to rally support for Republican candidates ahead of the midterms, specifically his recent focus on the Medicare fraud scandal carried out by members of the Somali community in Minnesota. Typically, the parties in power suffer significant defeats in midterm elections, which would jeopardize […]
The national average price for regular gasoline on Monday dropped again to $2.952 per gallon. The latest price marks a week of declining gas prices, including surpassing the $3-per-gallon threshold for the first time since May 2021, according to AAA. Fuel costs eclipsed this barrier on December 2. The current national average fuel cost is […]
Stocks and cryptocurrencies tied to President Donald Trump should have soared this year but instead have plunged, saddling some of his most ardent supporters with significant losses. Since taking office on Jan. 20, shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades on the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange, have declined more than […]
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a $12 billion farm aid program on Monday. The plan to provide aid to the nation’s farming industry comes as many have endured financial hardship due to low crop prices, the fallout associated with tariff policies, and other economic challenges, a White House official told Bloomberg News. Trump […]
