Billionaire Leon Black made a $158 million payment to Jeffrey Epstein. Senators want to know why
The Senate Finance Committee is looking into whether billionaire investor Leon Black's $158 million payment to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was part of a greater strategy to avoid paying over $1 billion in federal gift and estate taxes.
2023-07-26 01:21
Meta's Threads gets a highly requested 'following feed'
Meta on Tuesday launched a highly anticipated "following feed" option in its Threads app as part of its latest batch of updates that could help the new social platform further chip away at Twitter's position in the market.
2023-07-26 01:19
'A lot of evidence' recovered as search of Gilgo Beach suspect's home ends, DA says
The search of Rex Heuermann's Long Island home has ended after investigators turned up "quite a lot of evidence" in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Tuesday.
2023-07-26 01:18
Bronny James, son of LeBron, in stable condition after cardiac arrest at USC basketball practice
Bronny James, son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is hospitalized in stable condition a day after going into cardiac arrest while participating in a basketball practice at the University of Southern California
2023-07-26 01:17
Moody's warns Israel faces 'significant risk' of political and social tensions that will harm its economy, security
The controversial overhaul of Israel's judicial system risks plunging the country into further turmoil that will hurt its economy and security, Moody's Investors Service warned on Tuesday.
2023-07-26 00:53
Republicans flag 'politicization' claims to judge in Hunter Biden case ahead of plea hearing
The Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee submitted materials Tuesday to the judge in Hunter Biden's criminal case, flagging recent claims from IRS whistleblowers that the probe into President Joe Biden's son was tainted by political interference.
2023-07-26 00:52
Ringside View of Naoya Inoue's Knockout is Brutal
Boxing in the morning.
2023-07-26 00:52
Pressure on Tuberville intensifies over hold on military nominations, but senator remains steadfast
The impasse created by GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville's hold on military nominations is raising the stakes of the Senate's final week in session as lawmakers are working frantically behind the scenes to try and find a solution that would get the Alabama senator to back off his slow walking of more than 270 military promotions.
2023-07-26 00:47
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy loses defamation case and faces millions of dollars in fines
A far-right activist who led the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon now must pay millions of dollars in damages after a hospital in Idaho won a defamation lawsuit against them
2023-07-26 00:47
Biden attacks bans on U.S. racist history as he names new Emmett Till monument
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday honored Emmett Till, the Black teenager
2023-07-26 00:46
McCarthy makes most direct impeachment threat against Biden to date
Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested that House Republicans may be approaching the point where they'd pursue an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, the California Republican's most explicit threat of impeaching the president to date.
2023-07-26 00:26
Myanmar's military plans to move Suu Kyi to house arrest, according to unofficial reports
Reports from Myanmar say its military-controlled government plans to transfer the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital of Naypyitaw to home confinement as part of an act of of clemency to be granted prisoners next week
2023-07-26 00:20