With a few weeks left in his bid for a third House term, Tim Walz (D-Minn.) received a critical boost: an enthusiastic endorsement from the National Rifle Association. Then-Rep. Walz had provided support on key issues for the pro-gun lobby: for legislation allowing guns in national parks; signing onto a legal brief helping the Supreme Court gut the District of ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ recently selected vice-presidential nominee, owns no businesses, individual stocks, a home or other real estate — a modest financial position that may put him on par with other former high school teachers but creates a striking contrast with the Republican nominee for vice president, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio). The financial disclosure form Walz filed ...
The leaders of the United States, Qatar and Egypt issued a joint statement Thursday evening calling on Israel and Hamas to return to the negotiating table on Aug. 15 to finalize a cease-fire and hostage release agreement, saying “there is no further time to waste nor excuses from any party for further delay.” “The three of us and our teams ...
Former president Donald Trump related a dramatic story of a near-death experience he said he shared with Willie Brown, a former mayor of San Francisco, during a Thursday news conference. “I know Willie Brown very well,” Trump said. “In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter ...
Long before he entered politics, Tim Walz spent years teaching at a high school in southern Minnesota. He was a memorable figure inside and outside the classroom, a beloved educator who helped coach the football team to a state title. But for a small group of students, he was something even rarer. Those students knew Walz as a person who ...
In ruling Monday that Google has held a monopoly in internet search, U.S. judge Amit Mehta invoked the company at the center of the most famous tech antitrust case in U.S. history: Microsoft. A federal judge determined in 1999 that Microsoft had illegally used the market power of its Windows operating system to box out rival browsers, namely Netscape Navigator. A settlement in 2001 forced ...
Here’s a surprise: Disney’s media business isn’t weighing down the company anymore. The primary Disney investor narrative since 2022 has been how streaming losses, combined with a declining traditional pay TV business and a string of box office failures, have been anchoring surging sales and profits at the company’s theme parks and resorts. The result has been a company whose shares have fallen ...
Members of the main U.S. transportation regulator grilled Boeing executives Wednesday over the company’s workplace safety culture and allegations of retaliation linked to two employees who were sidelined over a January mishap involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 in which a door plug detached mid-flight. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, directed a series of ...
Stocks slipped into the red as markets closed Wednesday, losing gains from earlier in the day as Wall Street failed to recoup losses from Monday’s massive sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 163 points, or 0.4%. The S&P 500 declined 0.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.7%. Earlier in Wednesday’s trading session, the Dow rallied more than 300 points. The broad S&P 500 and the ...
A particular type of retail fraud soars during the summer season. “Wardrobing,” in which a shopper buys an expensive item, wears it with the tags on, and then returns the product for a refund, picks up as shoppers bolster their closets for summer vacations, according to returns management software company Optoro. “During the summer and cruise season, from July to ...