'My kind of gal': Warren backs Biden FDIC nominee
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) voiced her support for Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero after President Biden announced on Thursday that she would nominate her to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), replacing outgoing Chairman Martin Gruenberg. “She’s exactly what the FDIC needs,” Warren told reporters on Capitol Hill on Thursday. […]
Roaring Kitty may have liquidated sizable GameStop stake amid trading frenzy
Market experts are speculating that Roaring Kitty’s Keith Gill, a well-known meme stock trendsetter, may have sold recently-publicized GameStop options amid a surge in trading volume. Gill, who made a surprise return to social media last month after not posting anything online for years, revealed in a June 2 Reddit screenshot that he holds significant […]
Stephen A. Smith slams LeBron James over podcast with JJ Redick
Stephen A. Smith said,Mind the Game Podcast The plays by LeBron James and JJ Redick were meticulously calculated. Smith, the ESPN personality, believes the two were waging their own “mind games” against the league, as Lakers head coach Darvin Ham was in a bind before he was fired. “JJ is in a different situation because […]
Trump reportedly floats idea of abolishing income tax
Former President Donald Trump had floated the idea of abolishing income taxes and relying instead on tariffs, Republican Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) suggested in a post on X. “The most interesting policy idea coming out of this morning’s Republican meeting at the Capitol Hill Club was when Trump briefly floated […]
Dan Hurley haunted by his disappointing Seton Hall past
Dan Hurley’s “disappointments” as a basketball player may have helped him become the head coach he is today. Appeared on “Dan Le Batard Show with the Stuggotts” On Thursday, Hurley spoke about stepping onto the court at Seton Hall University 30 years ago and said it’s something that still sticks in his mind. “I’m still […]
Trump’s ‘horrible city’ comment on Milwaukee was about ‘policies,’ says NY congresswoman who provoked response
WATERTOWN, Wis. — Republican lawmakers offered differing accounts of former President Donald Trump’s alleged comment Thursday that “Milwaukee is a terrible city,” but the congresswoman who asked the question that prompted the comment told The Washington Post that the context was clear. The internet went crazy on Thursday morning. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News report […]
Wells Fargo fires more than a dozen employees for faking work: report
“The Ken Coleman Show” host Ken Coleman talks on “The Big Money Show” about Biden’s efforts to end remote work for federal employees. Wells Fargo reportedly issued termination letters to more than a dozen employees last month after an investigation found they had falsified their employment. Bloomberg first reported on Thursday that the employees – […]
UConn’s Dan Hurley clarifies decision to reject Lakers’ coaching job: ‘I already had the leverage’
University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley turned down a lucrative six-year contract offer from the Los Angeles Lakers. Hurley broke his silence on Thursday, revealing that he wasn’t rejecting an offer from the Lakers to gain an advantage over his current employer. The two-time national championship coach said he had already agreed to […]
Ex-MSNBC host: ‘The real problem’ is ‘half the country’ supports Trump and the GOP: ‘It’s the voters’
Donny Deutsch slammed “half the country” on Thursday, saying Republicans have led the GOP in a bad direction. MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire asked whether Republican leaders’ meeting with Trump, despite their past criticism of him, was “symbolic of how rotten the Republican Party is right now.” “We’ve been doing this dance for eight years with a […]
Milwaukee mayor hits Trump over 'horrible' city comment: 'Right back at ya, buddy'
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson fiercely defended her city after reports emerged that former President Donald Trump called the city a “bad city” during a meeting with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “If Donald Trump wants to talk about things he thinks are awful, we all lived through his presidency, and we’ll give you […]