How Joe Manchin Enabled President Biden’s Assault On The Coal Industry

TOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law during a … [+] ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 16, 202...

White House Deletes Misleading Tweet Giving Biden Credit For Social Security Check Raise

Topline The White House deleted a tweet Wednesday crediting President Joe Biden for a forthcoming increase in monthly Social Security payments for seniors, following widespread backlash that led to a ...

Alleged Assailant Hoped To Take Speaker Hostage

Topline The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and violently assaulting her husband Paul Pelosi early Friday morning was allegedly hoping to take the speaker ...

Biden’s “Windfall Profits Tax” On Oil Companies Would Give Voters What They Want—And That’s The Problem

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 31: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on oil company profits in the … [+] Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden is...

Trick Follows Treat For Big Oil As Biden Pushes New Tax On Windfall Profits

Biden voted early with granddaughter Natalie on October 29, in Wilmington, Delaware. AFP via Getty Images Big Oil is accustomed to politicians tagging them as the bogeyman. But a presidential condemna...

Oil is all that Putin has left, presidential advisor Amos Hochstein says

Amos Hochstein photographed in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 27, 2022. Hussam Shbaro | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Oil is all Russia’s economy has left following its invasion of Ukraine earlier ...

What ‘millionaire tax’ plans on California, Massachusetts ballots mean for taxpayers

How states plan to spend ‘millionaire tax’ revenue While the proposed taxes sound similar, there are differences in how each state plans to use the revenue.  In Massachusetts, assuming vot...

QAnon And White Supremacist Ideas Linked To Alleged Assailant

Topline The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and violently assaulting her husband Paul Pelosi early Friday morning reportedly spread QAnon conspiracy theori...

Brooklyn Nets Condemn Kyrie Irving For Promoting Antisemitic Film

Topline The Brooklyn Nets and their billionaire owner Joe Tsai condemned controversial star Kyrie Irving for promoting a film they claim is “full of antisemitic disinformation” in a statement Friday n...

Omicron subvariants resistant to key antibody treatments are increasing

Two omicron subvariants that are resistant to key antibody treatments are on the rise in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1....

New York Post employee posted racist, violent headlines targeting AOC, Hochul

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards The New York Post on Thursday said an employee was responsible for posts on its website and Twitter account that included racist, violent and sexually explicit hea...

Biden Sacrifices National Security For Midterm Votes With SPR Drawdown

St. James Terminal, a marine unloading and distribution point for crude oil, a U.S. Department of … [+] Energy owned site located southwest of Baton Rouge, La., on the Mississippi River, is show...

White House hammers economic issues with attack on ‘junk fees’ two weeks out from Election Day

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. October 26, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The White House is working to ...

Progressives Retract Letter Suggesting ‘Direct Talks With Russia’ Over Ukraine After Backlash

Topline Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the leader of the left-wing Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Tuesday the group was withdrawing an open letter asking President Joe Biden to “engage in dir...

Russian court denies Griner’s appeal, sends her to a penal colony

US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of ca...

Rishi Sunak pledges to fix mistakes as he becomes UK PM

Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, October 25, 2022. Hannah Mckay | Reuters LONDON — Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became t...

It’s Not Always About You

The recent decision by OPEC+ to cut production quotas by 2 million barrels per day was definitely attention grabbing, and not in a good way. Coming just a month before the U.S. midterm elections and d...

Vacation Rental Company Vacasa Slashes 280 Employees—Here Are The Biggest U.S. Layoffs This Year

Vacation rental management company Vacasa cut 280 employees, Skift reported Friday, the latest major layoff this year as employers fear rising inflation could slide the economy could into recession. O...

The $40,000 electric vehicle business tax credit may be easy to get

Electric buses at a charging station. Koiguo | Moment | Getty Images Plus, the tax credit for bigger trucks is worth more money — up to $40,000 in contrast to the $7,500 maximum for passenger cars and...

Gopuff Slashes 10% Of Its Workforce, Microsoft Reportedly Cuts Nearly 1,000 Employees—Here Are The Biggest U.S. Layoffs This Year

Delivery startup Gopuff started cutting 10% of its workforce on Wednesday while tech giant Microsoft reportedly laid off roughly 1,000 employees across multiple divisions, sources told Axios, as emplo...

Biden administration awards $2.8 billion in grants for electric vehicle battery manufacturing

Workers marry the body structure with the battery pack and the front and rear sub frames as they assemble electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, September 28, 2021. Caitl...

Millions could lose health insurance when Covid emergency ends

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...

Biden Will Release 15 Million Barrels Of Oil From Reserves— Here’s What To Watch For

Topline President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday he’ll release a further 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve, according to U.S. officials cited in multiple reports, in a likel...

Microsoft Reportedly Cuts Nearly 1,000 Employees—Here Are The Biggest U.S. Layoffs This Year

Tech giant Microsoft reportedly cut roughly 1,000 employees across multiple divisions, sources told Axios—the company’s third round of cuts this year as employers fear the economy could slide into rec...

5 red flags to spot student loan forgiveness application scams

Win-initiative/neleman | Stone | Getty Images The Biden administration officially launched the application for federal student loan forgiveness on Monday — and scammers are already “on the move&...

Student Loan Relief Sign Up Officially Launches—Here’s How To Apply

Topline The Department of Education on Monday officially launched the application process for its long-awaited one-time federal student debt forgiveness program—and many borrowers eligible to apply co...

Brittney Griner’s Release Not A Priority For Russia, Putin Aide Says

Topline The release of Brittney Griner—the WNBA star who was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on drug charges—is not a priority for the Kremlin despite calls from President Joe Biden to free ...

Biden Has ‘No Plans’ To Meet Saudi Crown Prince At G20 Summit After Oil Cuts

Topline President Joe Biden has “no plans” to meet with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty Summit next month, National Security Advisor Jake Sulliva...

Obama Announces Rare Rallies For Midterm Campaigns

Topline Former President Barack Obama announced plans Saturday for three midterm campaign stops this month, bringing star power Democrats hope will boost their candidates’ chances in a series of...

HelloFresh Reportedly Cuts 600 Employees—Here Are The Biggest U.S. Layoffs This Year

Home meal kit provider HelloFresh will lay off more than 600 employees, several outlets reported, citing California state records, making it the latest company to reassess its headcount as employers f...

The $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit’s full value may be hard to get

Tomekbudujedomek | Moment | Getty Images The historic climate legislation President Joe Biden signed in August offered a federal tax break — worth up to $7,500 — to households that buy new electric ve...

Beyond Meat Cuts 200 Employees—Here Are The Biggest U.S. Layoffs This Year

Plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat plans to lay off roughly 200 employees, the company announced Friday, making it the latest company to reassess its headcount as employers fear the economy could s...