President-elect Donald Trump selected Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) on Friday to serve as his secretary of labor. “Lori has worked tirelessly with both Business and Labor to build America’s workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America,” Trump said in his announcement. “I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for America Worker, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs,” he added.
The Dow surged 426 points to a record close Friday, and all three major indexes posted weekly gains, as investors took comfort from data pointing to robust economic activity in the world’s biggest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 44,296.51, up 1%, a day after soaring more than 450 points. The S&P…
[Source]Despite losing the 2024 presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris remains the top choice among Democratic voters for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, according to a new poll by Puck News/Echelon Insights.The survey, conducted from Nov. 14 to 18, found that 41% of likely Democratic voters would support Harris, far…
More than half of Americans support President-elect Donald Trump’s general agenda as he prepares for his second term in the White House, according to a poll released Friday. The Pew Research Center survey found 53% of Americans “somewhat” or “strongly” approve of the president-elect’s agenda, while 46% disapprove. Support for…
In the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, huge numbers of Republicans who previously believed that the economy was “getting worse” and that U.S. elections are not “free and fair” no longer believe those things, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.Democrats have moved in the other direction on both…
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Donald Trump‘s campaign team celebrated his hush money trial sentencing being indefinitely postponed by Justice Juan Merchan on Friday, calling it “a decisive win” in a “Witch Hunt” case.After winning the presidential election, Justice Merchan, who presided over the case, agreed to adjourn sentencing and set new deadlines on Trump’s…
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek’s network of contributorsAl Roker knows how to make a heartwarming birthday post.On Sunday, November 17, Al, 70, posted an Instagram Reel filled with rare pictures of his daughter, Leila Roker, in honor of her 26th birthday. The journalist shares Leila and son Nicholas Roker,…
President-elect Donald Trump will name hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent as the next treasury secretary, four sources tell The Post, ending a rough-and-tumble race that saw fierce jockeying among power players across Wall Street. Bessent “got the thumbs up” late Thursday during a meeting with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort…
Approximately 167,277 pounds of ground beef products have been recalled across the United States due to potential contamination with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in a statement on Nov. 20.Officials have so far identified 15 people sickened in the outbreak, but…
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certifies the 2024 presidential election results. ©sos.ga.gov(The Center Square) – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger officially certified the 2024 presidential election results on Friday morning.This year’s election was a notable shift from 2020, when the race wasn’t even called for President Joe Biden…
In 1952, Britain was nearly bankrupt. Its great imperial possession India had declared independence, and other parts of the empire were being slowly dismantled. Yet the country still had pretensions to great-power status. It was, after all, still the third-largest economy in the world. “We’ve got to have this thing…
WASHINGTON — The federal government spent up to $267 million of your money to study and counteract so-called “misinformation” since President Biden took office in January 2021 — as President-elect Donald Trump vows to bar official use of the term. The funds doled out to universities, nonprofits and private companies…
Saquon Barkley is rooting for his former Giants teammate Daniel Jones. Jones was granted his release from the Giants on Friday after he had been benched as starting quarterback earlier this week. Barkley, who signed with the Eagles this offseason and is having a phenomenal year amid the change of…
Cher has romanced a number of Hollywood A-listers — and she’s not afraid to talk about it. “The reason I go out with young men is because men my age or older — well, now they’re all dead — but before they just never, they were always terrified to approach…
Conservative commentator Meghan McCain says she voted for a Republican presidential nominee in the 2024 election, just not one that was on the ticket in the last decade. Instead, she wrote in her father, the late Senator John McCain. Ms. McCain has not been secret about her low opinion of…
Ritual Aztec whistles produced a brain-scrambling “scream,” according to a new study. The objects were used during human sacrifices and may have prepared victims for their supposed descent to Mictlan, the Aztec underworld.The Aztecs created the small 1.2 to 2-inch-long (3 to 5 centimeters) skull-shaped whistles out of clay, possibly…
As Democrats regroup after the 2024 election, some are finding cautious optimism in an unlikely place: state legislatures.While the party faced disappointing results such as losing the Michigan state House, it did not face the kind of devastating wreckage down-ballot that often accompanies other national elections.The state legislative results were…
The wife of former Rep. Matt Gaetz is seemingly fine with her husband’s attorney general withdrawal and recent decision not to rejoin Congress in January.Ginger Luckey Gaetz shared an X post on Friday morning following her husband’s first interview since withdrawing his attorney general nomination, in which he told Charlie…
President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to get men out of women’s sports and eliminate the federal Department of Education. He seems intent on keeping both promises. But how? In announcing Linda McMahon, Small Business Administration chief in his first term, his pick to lead the department Wednesday,…
Joni ErnstShe’s about to become the top watchdoge in the Senate.Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), 54, will take charge of the newly formed Senate DOGE Caucus and collaborate with tech guru Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to “cut pork” in the federal government.“Iowans elected me with a mandate to…
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Police reportedly recovered a watch belonging to Travis Kelce after his home was burglarized last month. ABC News reports that authorities found the watch in Providence, Rhode Island. Further details were not released. News broke earlier this month that break-ins occurred at the homes of Kelce, 35, and Kansas City…
On Wednesday the Manhattan apartment of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan was raided by the FBI, who seized his phone and other electronic devices but did not place him under arrest.Speaking to The New York Post, which first reported the raid, a source close to Coplan said the 26-year-old businessman hadn’t…
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday. “The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and…
Election Day has come and gone, but officials in every state still have several important dates ahead to verify the final vote tally. The process for this election differs from in the past. Several changes were made because of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.”We will never give up.…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. The Republican-backed bill applies to public K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. It requires the schools to designate separate…
Food safety remains a pressing concern in the United States—the combination of vast food production networks and complex supply chains creates both opportunities and risks for contamination.Recently, two notable incidents—a listeria outbreak involving ready-to-eat meat products and an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s—have underscored the need for consistent oversight…
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 14, 2024 and it’s time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: But first…This Week’s Call SheetThursday, November 14Tammy Faye opens on BroadwaySunday, November 17Elf the Musical opens on Broadway Photos: SWEPT AWAY on…
Votes are being counted in Sri Lanka after snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after a new president was sworn in.President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly, hopes to get a clear majority. He was elected on a promise…
Craig Melvin will keep it in the NBC family when he replaces Hoda Kotb on the “TODAY” show early next year.Kotb, 60, announced on the legacy morning show Thursday that as of Jan. 10, Melvin, 45, will move from co-anchoring the 9 a.m. hour to join Savannah Guthrie in co-anchoring…
Jon Gruden has a new job. Three years after being fired by the Raiders over leaked emails that used racist language, Gruden was hired by Barstool Sports on Thursday. Barstool president Dave Portnoy confirmed the news — first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter — by posting a video of Gruden…
Anne Hathaway and her son Jack were caught off guard while sitting courtside at a New York Knicks game. Hathaway, 42, sported chic sunglasses, a denim top with a sparkly collar and a regal updo as she sat next to Jack, who was born in November 2019, as the Knicks…
The claim: ’20 million less votes’ shows 2024 election was stolenA Nov. 6 Threads post (direct link, archive link) claims vote totals point to election fraud in the 2024 presidential election.”Harris shouldn’t concede,” the post reads. “20 million less votes than last election? 14 million more votes for Trump over…
By walking a tightrope between order and chaos, researchers could one day make computer chips work more like the human brain.Researchers created conditions at the “edge of chaos,” a transition point between order and disorder that allows for rapid information transmission, in an electronic device.It allowed the scientists to amplify…
A Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and Afghanistan war hero saw his drug conviction overturned this fall by the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.Gunnery Sgt. Rory R. Hirst’s conviction was based on a urine sample that tested positive for an illegal drug.But during the course of the appeals…
Former national security adviser John Bolton ripped the nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general as the worst “in American history” — while ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is adamant that “everybody knows” Gaetz “won’t get confirmed.” “Well, it must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet position in American history,”…
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman has become the first Democrat to back President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of nominating Florida Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State.Trump is expected to choose Rubio for the top position.While Trump could still change his mind, Rubio would have an easy chance with approval, now with…
Until Juan Soto makes his free-agency decision, many of the brand-name MLB front offices will have a $700 million elephant in their budgets and a fraction of that in their 2025 payrolls. Soto knows this. His agent, Scott Boras, knows this, too. The generational outfielder remains the coveted gem of…
The Young and the Restless star Melissa Ordway says that the daytime soap has taken her “off contract.” Ordway, 41, has played Abby Newman on the long-running CBS series since 2013. She revealed to her fans via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, November 13, that she got a shorter haircut after…
UPDATE: Nov. 13, 2024, 1:01 p.m. EST This article was updated to reflect Musk’s recent appointment as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. Donald Trump may have won the 2024 presidential election, but Elon Musk may end up being the bigger winner than the soon-to-be 47th President of…
Starbucks revealed the date it will hold Red Cup Day this year. The 2024 edition of Red Cup Day will occur on Thursday at participating locations across the country, according to the coffee house chain. During the annual day-long event, Starbucks said it will hand out free reusable red cups…
‘I’m here until I die’: Rich older Americans are paying millions in fees to get into luxury retirement campuses Today’s retirees aren’t content to stay at home and play shuffleboard, nor are they interested in languishing at low-budget nursing care facilities when they get old. Instead, a growing number of…
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