Cryptocurrency ‘pig butchering’ scam wrecks Kansas bank, sends ex-CEO to prison for 24 years
The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped him in a “pig butchering” scheme that
David Marcus: Meet the RFK Jr voters who could cause an earthquake in the 2024 election
According to media reports, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will suspend his presidential campaign as early as Friday and may even endorse former President Trump. But the question remains: will that have any impact on the race? Based
Black woman’s illegal-voting case back in court after conviction reversal
The highest criminal appeals court in Texas will reconsider the illegal-voting charge against a woman whose conviction and five-year prison sentence were overturned earlier this year. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decided Wednesday that it would reexamine the case of
In echo of 2020, Trump claims he’ll lose only if Democrats ‘cheat’
Few people have invested more personal time and energy in anything than Donald Trump has invested in convincing the world, and perhaps himself, that he is more popular than the publicly available evidence would suggest. Trump has been the Republican nominee
U.S. added 818,000 fewer jobs than thought, adding to concerns about a slowing economy
U.S. job gains over the 12 months ending in March were revised downward Wednesday by 818,000 — a significant revision that adds to recent concerns that the economy has been slowing. The change means that roughly 2.1 million jobs were created
Fed minutes point to ‘likely’ rate cut coming in September
Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting moved closer to a long-awaited interest rate reduction, but stopped short while indicating that a September cut had grown increasingly probable, minutes released Wednesday showed. “The vast majority” of participants at the July 30-31 meeting “observed
David Marcus: Meet the RFK voters who could cause an earthquake in the 2024 election
According to media reports, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will suspend his presidential campaign as early as Friday and may even endorse former President Donald Trump. But the question remains: will that have any impact on the race?
Trump team calls out Walz for ‘weird flex’ after veiled Vance reference at DNC
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign called out a veiled dig at running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Democratic National Convention. Walz, who formally accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night, addressed the
Why Tim Walz’s line about school lunch and banned books worked
In the days after he was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, a photo of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) circulated widely on social media. It depicted a sitting, smiling Walz being swarmed by kids smothering him with
Political chat at work is frequent and fraught, Gallup survey shows
As the presidential election creeps closer, political discussions are casting a shadow on workplace culture, new data from Gallup shows. As of February, nearly half of U.S. workers had talked politics with a co-worker in the past month, a figure “that