Military Veteran Charged in Capitol Riot Is Ordered Released From Custody
A military veteran charged with attacking police officers with a baton during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was ordered released from custody on Tuesday, a day after his arrest. A federal prosecutor had argued for the pretrial detention of Edward Richmond Jr., a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted […]
RFK Jr.’s ‘Wellness Revolution’ Seizes on Age Concerns
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seizing on voter concerns about the mental and physical fitness of President Joe Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 77, by tapping into Kennedy’s zeal for working out. Kennedy, 70, whose shirtless workout in a video last summer went viral on social media, on Tuesday launched […]
Denied Service: Vietnam Vet Battles VA Over Parkinson’s Benefits
Darrell Wick, a veteran battling Parkinson’s disease, feels like he’s fighting a two-front war — against the debilitating illness and against the very agency meant to support him: the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Despite serving 21 months on the USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War, Wick’s claim for service-connected disability benefits has been denied. […]
Alaska Airlines Found ‘Many’ Loose Bolts on Max 9s: CEO
Alaska Airlines found “some loose bolts on many” Boeing 737 MAX 9s during inspections following the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin panel blowout that forced the emergency landing of a new Alaska jet, airline CEO Ben Minicucci told NBC News in an interview that aired Tuesday. Alaska Airlines disclosed on Jan. 8 that initial reports from […]
S&P 500 Notches 3rd Straight Record High Close
The S&P 500 climbed to a record high close Tuesday as investors digested a mixed bag of early quarterly results and awaited a slew of additional reports from Netflix, Tesla and other companies later this week. It was the third straight all-time high for the benchmark stock index, and many investors view upcoming quarterly […]
Unemployment Rises in a Third of US States
Unemployment rates increased in 15 U.S. states in December, up by three from the prior month, but was unchanged in the majority of states and the District of Columbia, a report showed Tuesday. Nonfarm payroll employment levels, meanwhile, remained essentially unchanged in all states last month from November, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. […]
US Unions Flexed Their Muscles Last Year, but Membership Rates Fall to All-time low
Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members of unions in 2023, or around 14.4 million people. That is an all-time low, down from 10.1% of workers in […]
Dean Phillips Gets Testy About Another Third-party Question
Dean Phillips Gets Testy About Another Third-party Question
Who Might Trump Choose for VP? Here Are 5 Contenders
Former president and 2024 GOP front-runner Donald Trump created a ton of speculation when he hinted that he already knows who he wants as his running mate. Before Iowa voters even hit the polls at the first-in-the-nation caucus — where they handed Trump a dominant victory — Trump declared that he knew who his vice-presidential […]
Georgia’s Fani Willis Facing Number of Obstacles to Stay on Trump’s Case
Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case. Willis has defended her hiring of Nathan Wade, who has little prosecutorial […]