Ex-White House counsel Pat Cipollone said he was very much against Trump naming Sidney Powell special counsel: ‘I didn’t think she should be appointed to anything’

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone is seen on a video display during the seventh hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty Images Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone testified before the January 6 committee last Friday. The committee showed clips of his deposition…

Starbucks is closing 16 stores across Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and other cities due to a high frequency of ‘challenging incidents’ — see the list

A closed Starbucks location. Rebecca Harrington/Business Insider Starbucks is closing 16 stores in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. The closures are due to “challenging incidents” that make stores unsafe for workers and customers, Starbucks says. The stores will close by the end of July. Starbucks is permanently closing 16 locations around the…

Newt Gingrich is a self-avowed fiscal conservative and deficit hawk. But his 2012 presidential campaign committee is millions in debt.

Newt Gingrich. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Gingrich’s latest 2012 presidential campaign filing shows a debt of $4.63 million. No presidential campaign from any election cycle owes creditors more money, per federal records. Gingrich has been calling for a balanced federal budget, writing “open-ended spending encourages waste.” Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is a self-styled fiscal conservative…

The convicted Capitol rioter who is testifying before the House January 6 committee warned ‘Civil War will ensue’ if Trump got robbed on 2020

Stephen Ayres drove from Ohio to Washington, DC, after Trump called for a “big protest” on January 6. US attorney’s office in Washington, DC Stephen Ayres pleaded guilty last month to disorderly conduct in connection with the Capitol attack. Ayres promoted a tweet ahead of January 6 in which Trump said, “Be there, will be…

2 more gene-edited pig hearts were just successfully transplanted into humans — an early sign that pig transplants could really work

Left: A human heart after removal. Right: A genetically modified pig heart for human transplantation. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health, Hilary Brueck – Insider Two gene-edited pig hearts were just transplanted into human bodies at NYU. Both patients were already brain-dead — their hearts were kept beating on ventilators.  Surgeons hope pig hearts could…

A wave of layoffs is sweeping the US. Here are firms that have announced cuts so far, from Coinbase to Re/Max.

Compass A wave of layoffs has swept across American business in 2022. The cuts stem from slower business growth, paired with rising labor costs. The layoffs span across industries, from mortgage lending to digital-payment processing. Layoffs are sweeping across American businesses in 2022. Peloton has already laid off thousands of employees this year. Online car…

Google wants to kick Tinder-owner Match Group out of its Play Store for good

OkCupid’s culture of innovation comes down to fostering inclusion so all employees can share their ideas, an exec said. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images Google is countersuing Match Group, asking for a judgment to kick the online-dating platform off of its Play Store.  Match Group initially sued Google in May, alleging that its Google Play…