Billionaire Bill Ackman Backs Effort to Reform Harvard with ‘Young Blood’ Board Candidates
Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager who participated in the successful call for the resignation of Harvard University President Claudine Gay, has joined the four-person board of supervisors at the university in an attempt to reshape the Ivy League school. is reportedly backing the proposal by its alumni. Ackman Said According to Reuters, he […]
Nikki Haley Backs Bush’s ‘Any Willing Worker’ Policy to Import More Foreigners
Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley revives former President George W. Bush's so-called “willing worker” policy, which sought to import foreign workers for U.S. jobs at the direction of special interests. I'm letting you do it. At a CNN town hall in Iowa, Haley supported allowing special interests like Big Agriculture, the tourism industry and […]
Kentucky governor backs longer list of conditions eligible for treatment under medical marijuana law
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that access to medical marijuana in Kentucky should be expanded to include a list of more serious health conditions once the program is launched. Hundreds of thousands more people advocated for changes to the treatment. It starts next year. The bill passed by the Republican-led Congress […]
Stephen A. Smith backs Pat McAfee in Aaron Rodgers-Jimmy Kimmel feud
Stephen A. Smith doesn't think Pat McAfee has anything to apologize for. McAfee apologized to Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday after Aaron Rodgers speculated on McAfee's show Tuesday that Kimmel might be included in a slowly leaked list of Jeffrey Epstein associates. . On his eponymous podcast, Smith absolved McAfee of any responsibility for the scandal. […]
Jeff Bezos backs AI-powered startup working to rival Google
Jeff Bezos has backed a $520 million startup that aims to challenge Google's web search dominance by using artificial intelligence to change the way people find information online. The company's prized product, called Perplexity, is an “ask-anything” forum that the San Francisco-based team of less than 40 people calls an “answer engine.” According to the […]
New York City, Chicago suburbs turn their backs on migrant buses, say they cannot handle influx
Local officials in New York City and suburban areas outside of Chicago are fighting to prevent arriving busloads of migrants from dropping off migrants in their neighborhoods. The ongoing illegal immigration crisis, which broke records in December with more than 300,000 people encountered at the border in a single month, is putting a strain on […]
Republican Steve Scalise backs Donald Trump for president
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Tuesday that he is formally endorsing President Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the latest Republican elected official to back the former president. Scalise (R-Louisiana), along with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-New York), are among the leading candidates for the […]