Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Democrats are taking a Manchin deal that’s a huge step down from their initial $3.5 trillion plan. Some are laying responsibility on their leaders…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, typically trades tens of millions of dollars worth of stock and stock options each year, according to Nancy Pelosi’s congressional financial disclosures. AP Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that her venture capitalist husband has “absolutely not” traded using information she’s given him. Her husband, Paul Pelosi, has invested millions…
Sen. Patrick Leahy questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Sen. Patrick Leahy, as the Senate’s president pro tempore, is third in line for the presidency. As President Biden deals with “very mild” COVID-19 symptoms, Leahy is recovering from hip surgery….
President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone via speakerphone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images The January 6 Committee’s eighth hearing will focus on Trump’s actions on Jan. 6th. White House call logs from January 6, 2021…
Sawyer Hemsley (pictured) co-founded and became the COO of Crumbl Cookies with no business experience. Sawyer Hemsley Crumbl Cookies was founded in 2017 and gained national success through social media. The company alleges that two cookie businesses are profiting off of its ‘successful trade dress’. The legal battle has been dubbed the #UtahCookieWars on social…
Gender parity in education, politics, health, and the workplace is still a long way off, per the World Economic Forum. Its top 10 list of countries, those with the smallest gender equality gaps, saw two new entrants this year. As usual, Scandinavian and Nordic countries led the pack. It’s unlikely that you’ll see complete gender…
The UK administers a 6-in-1 shot to youngsters that is a combined vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, whooping cough, Hib, and polio. Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images A case of polio has been detected in New York, the state’s health department confirmed on Thursday. It’s the first known instance of the disease in…
REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst Former Coinbase exec Ishai Wahi and two others were charged in the first-ever crypto insider trading scheme. The Justice Department alleged that Wahi tipped off his brother and friend on at least 25 crypto assets before they were listed on Coinbase. The charges follow the first-ever case of NFT insider trading…
Brands are leveraging social media checkout and shopping integrations as tech-savvy consumers engage with social commerce more often. Insider Intelligence’s Social Commerce 2021 report dives into top social commerce trends and strategies. You can purchase this report here. Do you work in the Marketing, Media & Advertising industry? Get business insights on the latest tech…
German vice-chancellor Robert Habeck. Andreas Gora/Getty Images Russia is wielding its energy influence to blackmail Europe, Germany’s economy minister said Thursday, per the Financial Times. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline returned online Thursday, but at 40% capacity, which is about what it was before its maintenance period. “Russia as an energy supplier has become unreliable,”…