Topline A man convicted of murdering eight people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017 was sentenced Monday to life in prison on first-degree murder charges, after a New York City jury returned a split de...
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What Happened To Signature Bank? The Latest Bank Failure Marks Third Largest In History
Topline Signature Bank, a New York-based regional bank that became a leader in cryptocurrency lending, shuttered suddenly on Sunday, marking the third-biggest bank failure in U.S. history just two day...
Biden Says Saving Silicon Valley Bank Helped Economy ‘Breathe Easier’—But Not All Experts Agree
Topline Americans can “breathe easier” knowing the nation’s financial system is “safe,” President Joe Biden said Monday morning, in Biden’s first remarks since his administration rolled out measures t...
Biden: SVB, Signature Executives Will Be Fired
Banks need more regulatory oversight, President Biden said during an address Monday morning about the recent closure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The government has taken control o...
Biden administration urges Congress to ban airline family-seating fees
Passengers wearing protective masks are seen aboard before a JetBlue flight to London at JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, August 11, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Reuters The Bi...
House Conservatives Propose Spending Cuts
Topline The right-wing House Freedom Caucus wants to slash President Joe Biden’s student loan bailout program, rescind all Covid-19 funding and cap future federal spending over the next 10 years at fi...
Offers To Meet With Speaker ‘If He Has His Budget’
Topline President Joe Biden said Thursday he is ready to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to discuss the government’s fiscal year 2024 budget at “any time . . . if he has his budget”—...
Biden proposed FAA budget for 2024 increases funding
An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Ima...
Biden Unveils $6.8 Trillion Budget With New Tax Revenue—Here’s What To Know
Topline President Joe Biden proposed new taxes on the wealthy in order to lower the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next five years in his 2024 budget plan unveiled Thursday—but the proposal i...
Biden’s proposed NASA budget for 2024 increases funds to $27.2 billion
Vice President Kamala Harris meets with NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Joe Acaba at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tour on Aug. 29, 2022. Bill Ingalls / NASA President Joe Biden is seeki...
How Biden’s 2024 Budget Outlines Trillions Of Dollars In Proposed New Taxes
Topline President Joe Biden proposed tax hikes in his budget Thursday that could reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, according to the White House, with tax increases for billionair...
Norfolk Southern CEO Says Safety Standards ‘Were Not Enough’ As Senate Grills Him On Ohio Derailment
Topline Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw said Thursday he was “deeply sorry” for the impact of the derailment of a train carrying toxic materials last month in East Palestine, Ohio, and conceded the tra...
6 Ukrainian Civilians Dead After Russian Missile Strikes—Overnight Attack Means Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Is On Emergency Power
Topline At least six Ukrainian civilians are dead following overnight missile strikes across Ukraine Thursday, with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—Europe’s largest—shifting to emergency power as...
Granholm Tells CERAWeek Oil And Gas Is Needed ‘For Years To Come’
Jennifer Granholm, U.S. energy secretary, speaks during the 2022 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference … [+] in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. CERAWeek returned in-person to ...
Biden’s 2024 Budget Will Focus On ‘Billionaires Tax’ And Lowering The Deficit By $3 Trillion: Here’s What To Know
Topline President Joe Biden will propose new taxes on the wealthy in order to lower the federal deficit by $3 trillion when he unveils his 2024 budget plan Thursday — but the proposal is expected to f...
Norfolk Southern Conductor Killed In Third Ohio Incident This Year—Weeks After Massive Chemical Spill
Topline A Norfolk Southern conductor was fatally struck by a dump truck in Cleveland Tuesday morning, the third incident involving a Norfolk Southern train in Ohio in just over a month, including a de...
Snap, Apple, Boeing and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. An Apple store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, China, on December 16, 2022. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Snap — T...
Elite Israeli Air Force Pilots Vow To Sit Out Training In Protest Of Netanyahu’s Judicial Changes
Topline More than two dozen reserve members of a key Israeli Air Force squadron said Sunday they would not participate in a scheduled training day this week, in protest of Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
Biden ‘Not Confident’ Supreme Court Will Uphold Student Debt Cancellation
Topline President Joe Biden told reporters Wednesday he is not confident the Supreme Court will uphold his executive order to cancel up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for tens of millions of ...
Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Wary Of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Topline The Supreme Court’s conservative justices questioned the legality of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program Tuesday, as the court heard arguments in two cases from plaintiffs s...
What’s The Deal With ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams?
Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert. (Photo By MICHAEL MACOR/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty … [+] Images) San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Newspapers across the US have dropped th...
White House Demands GOP, Ex-Trump Officials Apologize To East Palestine For Toxic Rail Spill
Topline President Joe Biden’s office called on former President Donald Trump’s administration and Congressional Republicans to apologize for blocking rail and water safety regulations in a counter-att...
United Airlines helps launch sustainable aviation fuel fund
A United Airlines passenger plane takes off from Frankfurt Airport. The airport, which is operated by fraport, is one of the most important hubs in Europe. Jana Glose | Picture Alliance | Getty Images...
Fox News execs blocked Trump from Jan. 6 interview
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images On Jan. 6, 2021,...
What To Know About Hospice, The Type Of Care Opted By Jimmy Carter
Topline Hospice care aims to provide physical and emotional comfort—not a cure—to patients with serious illness that are nearing the end of their life. Jimmy Carter opted to begin hospice care, the Ca...
Donald Trump Refutes Claim He Calls DeSantis ‘Meatball Ron’
Topline Former President Donald Trump denied ever calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “Meatball Ron” in a social media post Saturday, refuting claims and reports that Trump had insulted DeSantis’ ap...
Chinese Official Calls U.S. Response To Spy Balloon ‘Hysterical’
Topline Wang Yi—the Chinese Communist Party’s top foreign policy official—criticized the U.S. Saturday for its handling of the Chinese spy balloon and noted the incident was “absurd and hysterical,” a...
U.S. Completes Recovery Of Chinese Spy Balloon Debris—FBI To Analyze
Topline The Navy completed an operation to recover pieces of the Chinese spy balloon Thursday, according to a statement Friday, as U.S. officials continue an investigation into the object that was sho...
Lindsey Graham Helps Biden Outpace Trump’s Judicial Nominees—And Some Republicans Are Pushing For A Slowdown
Topline Some Republican senators are urging their GOP colleagues to slow down confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees after the upper chamber approved his 100th pick for a federal judg...
Suspect Arrested In Two Shootings Outside Los Angeles Synagogue
Topline Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect believed to have shot two people in separate shootings this week outside a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood in West Los Angeles, which police are inv...
Fetterman to be in hospital for weeks for depression care
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), leaves a classified briefing for U.S. Senators about the latest unknown objects shot down by the U.S. military, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 14, 20...
Biden Raises Eyebrows With Tax Hike Comment—But It’s Only Directed At Billionaires
Topline President Joe Biden reiterated support on Tuesday for a proposed new tax targeting billionaires, saying at an event in Virginia Beach that “I want to make it clear—I’m going to raise some taxe...