Clarence Thomas takes aim at ‘judicial power’ in landmark Brown v Board of Education decision
Justice Clarence Thomas, in the court’s latest decision upholding a GOP-drawn redistricting map in South Carolina, took aim at a key, decades-old civil rights decision, calling it an ‘extravagant [use] of judicial power.’ On Thursday, the Supreme Court sided with the
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to undergo nonsurgical procedure, Deputy Kathleen Hicks will assume control
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo a nonsurgical procedure Friday evening at Walter Reed Medical Center as a follow-up for a bladder issue he had earlier this year, the Pentagon said in a release. The procedure is unrelated to his cancer
Lindsey Graham tells UN International Court of Justice to ‘go to hell’ over ruling against Israel
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the United Nations’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ‘can go to hell’ after the body ordered Israel to halt its military operations in southern Gaza. ‘As far as I’m concerned, the ICJ can go to hell,’
Will schools finally pay student-athletes? What a historic settlement means for the NCAA and players
Could college athletes really start getting paid directly by their schools, ending decades of acrimony over the issue? The NCAA, along with the five largest college athletic conferences, announced Thursday an agreement to settle three antitrust suits brought by college athletes
It wasn’t the endless shrimp that doomed Red Lobster. How private equity pinched the seafood chain.
Angry that your favorite Red Lobster closed down? Wall Street wizardry had a lot to do with it. Red Lobster was America’s largest casual dining operation, serving 64 million customers a year in almost 600 locations across 44 states and Canada.
Oil prices hit three-month lows, head for weekly loss as summer driving season kicks off
Crude oil futures fell to three-month lows on Friday and are heading to a weekly loss as the summer driving season gets underway with the Memorial Day holiday. U.S. crude oil hit an intraday low of $76.15, the lowest level since
Boeing expects a 2024 cash burn, slow recovery of airplane deliveries amid crisis, CFO says
Boeing will burn through cash this year and deliveries of new planes won’t improve in the second quarter from the first, as the manufacturer deals with a host of production challenges tied to its bestselling planes, the company’s CFO, Brian West,
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he favors ‘no tariffs’ on Chinese EVs
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he doesn’t support President Biden’s recent announcement of a tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. “Neither Tesla nor I asked for these tariffs,” Musk said in response to a question from CNBC’s Karen Tso during a question and answer session at
What the Ticketmaster-Live Nation lawsuit could mean for fans of live music
Many live music fans likely met the news that the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to break up Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation with glee. Long the subject of consumer complaints, angst toward the two companies reached a crescendo
Auto insurance rates are jumping the most since the 1970s, but there could be relief soon
Soaring auto insurance costs have been a principle driver behind inflation over the past year, but there could be relief on the way, according to Bank of America. The bank’s economists see several driving factors behind the run-up in costs to