Porn case in the Supreme Court this week is about protecting children, says Republican AG
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to protect a Texas law that he says prevents the porn industry from targeting children with harmful content. The law, passed in 2023 and signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, requires porn sites to verify the age of users through official documents such as a driver's […]
Progressive congressional staffers withdraw 32-hour week proposal
Progressive congressional staffers withdrew their 32-hour week proposal just one day after receiving widespread backlash from both sides of the aisle about the plan. “This letter didn't make two things clear. First, progressive Congressional staff members are committed to serving the American people, no matter how long it takes them to get the job done. […]
Congressional Dem staffers drop their request for 32-hour work week after mockery
They will need to make more efforts to reduce working hours. Liberal parliamentary staffers on Friday withdrew their short-term demand for a 32-hour work week after their “tone-deaf” demand a day earlier drew bipartisan ridicule. The Congressional Progressive Staff Association (CPSA) on Thursday urged Congressional leaders to adopt a rotation schedule that would allow staffers […]
Stock market today: Wall Street climbs toward its best week since November – The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are trading higher Friday for their best week in two months. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% in early trading, marking its first winning week in the past three weeks. As of 9:35 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 308 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq […]
‘The Five’: Only one more week of Biden’s ‘dumpster presidency’
‘The Five’ co-hosts share their expectations for President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. #foxnews #fox #thefive Subscribe to … source
Tiger Woods helps bump TGL ratings with 1 million viewers, but next week is real TV test
Despite Los Angeles Golf Club dominating the team, Tiger Woods' TGL debut significantly increased ESPN's ratings compared to the previous week. The world leader in sports has averaged 1 million viewers on Tuesday nights since Jan. 7, when 919,000 viewers tuned in to watch the showdown between New York Golf Club and The Bay. Increased […]
Biden cancels student loans with one week left to his term
More student debt relief is in the works as Biden prepares to leave office. (iStock) As President Joe Biden's term draws to a close, he granted federal student loan relief to an additional 150,000 borrowers. These 150,000 borrowers include approximately 85,000 students who attended schools that defrauded students, 61,000 borrowers with total and permanent disabilities, […]
Joe Biden’s last week in office
President Joe Biden delivered a closing foreign policy speech at the State Department on Monday, praising his accomplishments and claiming he has restored “normality” to American national politics and that the world is safer and more stable than it was four years ago. he claimed. America shrugged, and by Tuesday the speech had barely made […]
What investors are saying about the first of two key inflation reports this week – CNBC
Finally, investors received economic data that supports the possibility of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this year. The producer price index, an indicator of wholesale prices, rose 0.2% in December. Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected a rise of 0.4%. The so-called core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, was […]
Stock futures tick higher as traders await first of two key inflation readings this week: Live updates – CNBC
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on January 10, 2025 in New York City. new york stock exchange Stock futures rose on Tuesday after the producer price index, the first of two major inflation reports released this week, was lower than expected. futures tied to Dow Jones Industrial Average Increased […]