The major equity averages have stalled out in recent weeks, trading up to their February highs but unable to muster enough positive momentum to push to new swing highs. The…
BuzzFeed News is shutting down. In an email to staff shared with NBC News, BuzzFeed Inc. CEO and co-founder Jonah Peretti said the move was part of a 15% workforce…
Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida
Disney is preparing to take its fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the state legislature to the next level, according to people familiar with the matter.…
Big businesses rally to preserve their right to limit ex-workers’ job options
The Federal Trade Commission’s public comment period for its proposal to ban noncompete agreements closed Wednesday, just as major business groups ramped up their campaign against it. In series of…
North Dakota House passes trans bathroom, sexually explicit children’s book bans
North Dakota House lawmakers passed three bills Friday that would restrict transgender people’s access to bathrooms, remove sexually explicit materials from the children’s section of libraries, and expand child care…
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says ‘migrant crisis’ under Biden administration has ‘destroyed’ city
Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Friday the migrant crisis the country is facing under the Biden administration has ‘destroyed’ his city. Adams made the comments during a…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a bill this week officially abolishing the death penalty in the Pacific Northwest state nearly 10 years after he initiated a moratorium on…
After delaying its decision earlier this week, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that full access to the abortion pill mifepristone can continue as a lawsuit works its way through…
Trump campaign cites progressive groups, Joy Reid’s blog in attacks on Ron DeSantis
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday launched multiple attacks on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential rival in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, citing multiple progressive…
The Biden administration appears to have green-lit a project proposed by Chinese-controlled battery company Gotion to build a factory in the U.S. after a short review. The Committee on Foreign…