New Twitter owner Elon Musk wasn’t joking when he said he would lay off three quarters of the employees at the social media giant. On Friday, according to the Associated Press, Musk […]
7.5k Twitter workers laid off
Fed increasing rates again
Continuing its battle to roll back inflation, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced it would increase its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point for the fourth consecutive time. According to […]
Battle over Trump tax returns
In an effort to keep his income tax returns from being given to a committee of the House of Representatives, former president Donald Trump has filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. […]
New/old president for Brazil
Defeating his incumbent right-wing opponent for the presidency, left-wing candidate Luis Inacio de Silva will be returning to the power in Brazil. “Lula,” as he is known, narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro. […]
Russia backs out of grain deal
Russia on Saturday withdrew from a grain deal that had allowed exports from Ukrainian ports in reaction to what Moscow claimed was a massive attack on its Russian naval forces in the […]
Nancy Pelosi’s husband beaten
An intruder shouting “Where is Nancy?” severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home The Associated Press reports that 82-year-old Paul Pelosi suffered a skull fracture and serious […]
U.S. economy grew by 2.6 %
Defying predictions of an impending recession, the U.S. economy is expanding at an annual rate of 2.6 percent, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday. The announcement on the state of the gross […]
Three convicted in kidnap plot
A plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer in hopes of triggering a civil war led to the conviction Wednesday of three men for supplying “material support” to a terrorist act. According […]
Big numbers of early ballots
Voters are casting early ballots for the Nov. 8 general election in record numbers. According to the Associated Press, 838,000 voters in Georgia have submitted their votes in person at advance voting […]
Johnson drops his bid for PM
Boris Johnson, the former British prime minister who lost his job to another prime minister who lost her job has withdrawn his bid to win back the office. The Associated Press is […]
