WeightWatchers CEO suddenly quits after push to embrace weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy
Weight Watchers CEO Sima Sistani abruptly resigned on Friday after a two-year tenure that included controversial adoption of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wigovy. Sistani pushed the 61-year-old company, known for its in-person meetings and portion control, to buy a telemedicine platform that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe popular obesity drugs. But […]
Adams’ lawyers mounted 11th-hour push to quash historic criminal charges
Lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams waged a frantic 11-hour effort to dismiss criminal charges against him, arguing to federal authorities that his historic prosecution would be ruinous for the city. The Sept. 12 behind-the-scenes letter, obtained exclusively by the Post, was sent by Adams' defense team to Manhattan prosecutors before the historic federal indictment against […]
Dems Launch Long Shot Push To Hold On To Senate By Winning Over Deep Red States
Axios reported Friday that Democrats are setting their sights on three deep-red Senate seats as a goal to maintain their Senate majority. With Senate races in Montana and Ohio increasingly out of party control, Democrats are setting their sights on: targeting Republican incumbents in Texas, Florida, and Nebraska less than 40 days from the election; […]
GOP rift opens over Social Security bill push
Provided by NFIB — A bipartisan effort to force a vote on legislation including Social Security reform is exposing fissures in the House Republican conference. {beacon} business and economy business and economy Full text Harris supports mineral stockpiling, embraces reforms and climate-friendly tax credits Vice President Harris laid out economic policy this week, supporting […]
Armed services Republicans, White House push back against claims that Zelenskyy’s PA visit was ‘political’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to a U.S. military ammunition factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday has been criticized by some Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson, as partisan. “This tour was clearly a partisan campaign event aimed at supporting the Democratic Party…” Johnson wrote in a letter to Zelensky. Zelensky asked about China's 'real interests' […]
Keir Starmer to meet Donald Trump in New York in push for good relationship | Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is meeting with Donald Trump in New York as part of an effort to build a good relationship with the Republican presidential candidate. The prime minister, who is on a trip to the United Nations General Assembly, was unable to schedule a meeting with Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in Washington. But he was […]
‘Thumb on the scale’: Consumer watchdog slams Dem push to codify law SCOTUS struck down
First appeared on FOX: Consumer watchdogs are warning senators to drop plans to codify a doctrine that the Supreme Court struck down earlier this year. This summer, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of fishermen who challenged federal agencies, arguing that decades-old legal doctrines gave the administrative state excessive power over fishing. […]
France and US push for 21-day Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire in Lebanon as UN chief warns ‘hell is breaking loose’ | Lebanon
The United States and France called for a 21-day ceasefire to pave the way for broader negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a UN Security Council meeting that “hell is breaking loose” in Lebanon. Israel's top commander said he was preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon after three […]
It Turns Out The Biden-Harris EV Push Comes At A Massive Cost — Thousands Of Blue Collar Jobs
The Biden-Harris administration's push for electric vehicles is forcing automakers to rethink their manufacturing processes and slash thousands of jobs in the process, but experts warn that the latest round of job cuts is just the tip of the iceberg. GM said Saturday it would temporarily lay off about 1,700 factory workers as it retools […]
Trump makes last-minute push for alternative stopgap with voting provisions
Multiple sources told The Hill that former President Trump is making a last-minute push for House Republicans to pass a short-term government funding package that includes voting language. Such legislation would diverge from a current plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, and would complicate efforts to prevent a government shutdown next week. Trump called […]