President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That's the way it's supposed to be." read more
Legendary investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that he plans to step down from his role leading Berkshire Hathaway. read more
U.S. hiring remained sturdy in April as the economy added 177,000 jobs despite jitters over President Donald Trump's massive import tariffs and widening federal government layoffs. Ahead of the report, economists forecast 135,000 job gains, according to a Bloomberg survey. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, the Labor Department said Friday. "The R' word that the labor market is demonstrating in this report is resilience, certainly not recession," said Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research for Fitch Ratings. Expand article logo Continue reading So far this year, monthly job gains are averaging 143,000, down from 168,000 in 2024 but a solid figure in light of heightened uncertainty over the Trump administration's economic policies and stock market turmoil.
Former vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) seemed to bring something special to the table when then-Vice President Kamala Harris chose him to be her running mate in 2024. Code talk. "I could code talk to White guys watching football, fixing their truck" and "put them at ease," Walz explained during his "listening tour" at a Harvard Kennedy School forum on Monday, Fox News reported. Walz said he was valuable to Harris' candidacy because he enticed White rural American men to vote for Democrats. "I think I'll give you pretty good stuff, but I'll also give you 10% problematic," Walz said, adding why that message did not reach to reach a larger audience. Walz also addressed inconsistencies in his background on the 2024 campaign trail, calling himself a "knucklehead."
Spain and Portugal are racing the setting sun as they respond to a massive, unexplained power outage that knocked out traffic lights, caused chaos on roads and in airports, and threatened to plunge tens of millions of people into darkness on Monday. read more
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