Three weeks before their GOP primary, Sens. Deb Fischer and Peter Ricketts took a politically risky move. The Nebraska Republicans had reversed their opposition to a massive national security package and voted to approve the funding even though it included $61 billion for shoring up Ukraine’s defenses. For months, aid to Ukraine remained on pause as so many Republicans feared ...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum had a rather unremarkable run for president. He made it to the Republican debate stage thanks to a fundraising gimmick that delivered donors gift cards. His biggest headline may have come after he tore his Achilles during a pickup basketball game the night before the first debate. And the former tech entrepreneur ultimately suspended his ...
After brashly declaring he wanted to testify in his criminal trial, it appears increasingly unlikely that Donald Trump will do so, as the jury seems poised to hear closing arguments next week. Defendants rarely testify in their own defense, because their lawyers advise them that the risks of doing so, particularly when it comes to being questioned by prosecutors under ...
An American doctor who refused an evacuation from southern Gaza on Friday said he stayed behind in solidarity with colleagues who were unable to leave, calling on President Biden to help ensure the safety of medical workers treating patients impacted by the war. “I have never in my career witnessed the level of atrocities and targeting of my medical colleagues ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a milestone Thursday that seemed unfathomable a year ago. A trader at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, May 16, 2024, as the DOW reached 40,000.Courtney Crow / NYSE The 30-stock benchmark broke above 40,000 for the first time. The move comes as investors cheer the prospects of artificial intelligence boosting corporate profits and the ...
Passing major milestones such as the 40,000 barrier the Dow Jones Industrial Average eclipsed this week makes for a nice headline, but market experts do not take much else from the move. What really matters is what underpins the market, namely, whether companies are seeing sustainable profits, where monetary and fiscal policy is positioned and what the future landscape is ...
Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories in Alabama have voted against joining the United Auto Workers, the largest autoworkers union in the U.S., a blow to an effort to strengthen the presence of organized labor in the South. The Friday vote was seen as a bellwether for the ability of newly resurgent labor groups to successfully organize in a part of ...
As part of Tesla’s massive restructuring, the electric-vehicle maker notified the California Employment Development Department this week that it’s cutting approximately 600 more employees at its manufacturing facilities and engineering offices between Fremont and Palo Alto. The latest round of layoffs eliminated roles across the board — from entry-level positions to directors — and hit an array of departments, impacting factory workers, ...
LAS VEGAS — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction on the 80-acre (32-hectare) property, which is to reopen in ...
What retail apocalypse? Online home goods retailer Wayfair is opening its first namesake store, near Chicago, following a string of other digitally native companies that have turned to brick-and-mortar for growth. In an ironic twist for a company that became a $12 billion powerhouse by persuading consumers to buy couches and beds online, Wayfair is leaning into the most basic building blocks ...