Steward Health Care, the struggling health care provider that relied on backing from private equity investors to quickly acquire dozens of community hospitals, including facilities in Massachusetts, Texas and Florida, announced Monday that it is filing for bankruptcy. read more
It's been a year or so since we've heard US officials discussing the potential ramifications of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. However, this week, the US Commerce Secretary was asked about this nightmare scenario, and she didn't mince her words, saying it would be "devastating." read more
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decried "the nastiness and the lies" he and his wife Ginni have "had to endure" in recent years. read more
A couple in Washington state say a mobile butchering company slaughtered their two pet pigs after mistaking their home for a different address. read more
Brian K. Pritchard is no longer the vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party after a large majority of his fellow Republicans voted to remove him from his position this week. read more
Former President Donald J. Trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an Internal Revenue Service inquiry uncovered by The New York Times and ProPublica. Losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million. read more
Barron Trump, former President Donald J. Trump's youngest son who has stayed out of the spotlight since his father entered politics, will not serve as one of Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention, the office of Melania Trump announced on Friday. read more
Cassidy Dipaola: A bombshell complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week reveals that Scott Sheffield, the former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources - one of the largest oil producers in the Permian Basin - colluded with OPEC officials in an attempt to artificially limit supply and jack up prices. read more
Rudy Giuliani's refusal to stop pushing election conspiracies has already cost him plenty, and on Friday the former New York City mayor and Trump sycophant was dealt another blow ... read more
The bill, the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act (MOMS Act), would mandate the creation of a federal website called Pregnancy.gov, which Britt calls a "clearinghouse of relevant resources available for pregnant and postpartum women, and women parenting young children." read more
Ten months after Georgia officials said they would take steps to ensure that counties were correctly handling massive numbers of challenges to voter registrations, neither the secretary of state's office nor the State Election Board has done so. read more
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. read more
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 House select committee, a ruling that could send the populist conservative strategist to prison. The ruling could send the longtime Donald Trump adviser to federal prison.
Trump's former trade advisor Peter Navarro, who was recently convicted of contempt, is seeking an "emergency" release from his imprisonment. ... Republican political consultant Mike Madrid flagged the motion online, noting that "Peter Navarro is scared silly in that prison cell." read more
Global carmakers are stepping up their investment in hybrid technologies as consumers' growing wariness over fully electric vehicles forces the industry to rapidly shift gear, according to top executives. A combination of still high interest rates and concern over inadequate charging infrastructure has chilled buyers' enthusiasm for fully electric cars, prompting a rebound in sales of hybrid vehicles that most of the industry had long regarded as nothing more than a stop-gap.
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