Waymo, Zoox self-driving cars under federal investigation following reported traffic violations, collisions
Zoox CEO Aicha Evans talks about her technology and the competition in the robotaxis space on “The Claman Countdown.” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that self-driving car companies Waymo and Zoox are under federal investigation for their involvement in traffic violations and crashes. NHTSA, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, said […]
The Federal Government Paid Media Outlets to Promote the Covid Vaccine
After releasing my three-part series earlier this year showing how multiple media outlets refused to platform dissent on the Covid vaccine, I was asked on multiple podcasts why this was the case. Ideological groupthink, fear of exacerbating institutional distrust, and financial motives were on my list of potential explanations, but I did not have concrete evidence. […]
Federal student loan interest rates highest in more than a decade
The Department of Education announced Tuesday that federal student loan interest rates for the 2024-2025 school year will be 6.53%, up from 5.5% a year ago. Higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz told CNBC Interest rates on new undergraduates are the highest they’ve been in a decade. Graduate student loans reached 8.08%, up from 7.05% a […]
Google-owned Waymo’s robotaxis face federal safety probe over crashes, potential traffic violations
Google’s self-driving car startup Waymo is facing a preliminary investigation from federal safety regulators after its robotaxis have been linked to about 20 traffic accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Tuesday that it had received a total of 22 reports, including 17 where a self-driving Waymo vehicle was the “only vehicle” involved in […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dave McCormick Unveiling Plan To Move Key Federal Agency Far Away From DC Beltway
A Republican candidate for Senate will unveil a plan Tuesday to move the headquarters of a major federal agency away from Washington, D.C. David McCormick, a businessman running for Senate in Pennsylvania against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, will detail his planned push to move the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters out of the nation’s […]
Fat Brands confidentially files to IPO Twin Peaks, Smokey Bones brands days after federal indictment – CNBC
Smokey Bones at Broadcast Plaza. Tim Reedy | Media News Group | Getty Images Featured brands said on tuesday The company takes restaurant chains Twin Peaks and Smokey Bones to an initial public offering less than a week after federal authorities charged the restaurant company and its chairman, Andy Wiederhorn, with a $47 million bogus […]
Biden Admin Claims Cartel-Utilized Border Island Seized by Texas is Federal Land
The Biden administration maintains that the Texas border island used by Mexican drug cartels for drug and human smuggling operations is federally owned. Texas recently secured the island from Mexican drug cartels and cleared the undergrowth. In a letter from the Biden administration’s International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), Chief Engineer Ramon Macias wrote: “The […]
Xponential CEO suspended amid federal probes, allegedly threatened to decapitate franchisee: report
The nation’s largest fitness company has suspended its allegedly threatening CEO “indefinitely” amid a growing federal investigation into possible fraud, according to multiple reports. Xponential Fitness, which operates more than 3,000 boutique studios under brands such as PureBarre, Rumble and CycleBar, is under federal scrutiny for allegedly misleading both franchisees and investors about its financial […]
Kirsten Gillibrand, Joni Ernst introduce bill to strip federal pensions from convicted sex criminals in wake of FDIC sexual harassment report
Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) are introducing legislation this week that would force federal employees convicted of certain sex crimes to have their pensions forfeited. . Federal agents convicted of treason, sedition, espionage, and other acts of subversion have already Banned From receiving pensions saved by taxpayers. The bill, called the “Prohibit […]
Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez faces second federal corruption trial with jury selection starting Monday
Sen. Bob Menendez (D.N.J.) is facing his second federal corruption trial in a decade, this time in Egypt, as jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in federal court in Manhattan. The case is related to charges of acting in favor of the government. And Qatar. The 70-year-old New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine […]