Fast food giant Wendy’s is purportedly planning to initiate an Uber-style surge-pricing model for its menu depending on fluctuating demand. The plan, which will likely see a customer’s burger cost more during peak lunch and dinner hours, will be tested next year in a rollout, according to a report. “Guess people better change their lunch […]
House Republicans are stuck between a rock and a hard place as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) weighs options that can help Congress avoid a government shutdown before Friday’s deadline and keep him from facing the wrath of his party. Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), along with Senate leaders and President Joe Biden, […]
In 23 days, the Alaska Department of Revenue will issue checks from the Permanent Fund Dividend to another round of eligible residents who have yet to receive their payments from the state program. The Alaskans who will get their PFD checks on March 21 include residents who had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status as of March 13 and have not […]
Hunter Biden is set to be deposed behind closed doors Wednesday as Republican lawmakers continue their efforts to impeach his father, President Joe Biden, ahead of the 2024 general election. The private deposition was a change of strategy from the president’s son and his legal team. For months, Biden said he would only field questions […]
Long-running game show Jeopardy! appears to have gone woke after including “neopronouns” as an answer in Monday’s Tournament of Champions quarterfinal. The term “neopronouns” was brought up after contestant Cris Pannullo, who had amassed a reported 21-win streak, selected the category “Speech Parts of Speech.” “Xem, Xyrs, Xemself,” host Ken Jennings read aloud. “What are pronouns?” […]
A proposed bill in the Florida Senate that would expand wrongful death liability for unborn children in the womb has stalled in the wake of the controversial Alabama ruling that defined embryos cryogenically frozen for in vitro fertilization as “extrauterine children.” The “Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child” bill proposed by Florida state Sen. Erin […]
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears said that she treats others with “respect and dignity” after Democratic state Sen. Danica Roem stormed out of the Senate chamber on Monday. Roem, a biological male who identifies as a woman, left the chamber after asking Sears how many votes would be needed to pass a bill, during which […]
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) separated himself from his Republican colleagues by expressing his support for Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan, whose approach to antitrust has been criticized by the GOP. Vance appeared at RemedyFest, an antitrust conference organized by Y Combinator and Bloomberg, on Tuesday alongside Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Khan. There, he […]
A day after a poll showed former President Donald Trump taking back Michigan from President Joe Biden, a new survey just out has him beating the president in Wisconsin, giving him control of all seven key swing states. In Wisconsin, which Biden won by 1 percentage point in 2020 after Trump took it in 2016 […]
EXCLUSIVE — A Michigan leader in the effort to oppose President Joe Biden in Tuesday’s Democratic primary over his handling of the Israel–Hamas war is warning that members of her campaign can’t be won back in November, either. The “Abandon Biden” campaign is about imploring Michigan voters to cast a ballot “for anybody but Biden, […]
