Business
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Epstein Victim Claims Sex Tapes Exist w/ Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Richard Branson
(Headline USA) A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alleged there are tapes of high-profile figures abusing minor girls on Epstein’s private island, according to new documents released this week. Sarah Ransome was one of several girls trafficked by Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. In a string of 2016 emails to a former New…
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Biden Admin Targets Rumble w/ ‘Bogus’ Investigation
(Headline USA) The Biden administration confirmed this week that it has launched an investigation into Rumble, a free speech video platform that has rejected Big Tech censorship. The Securities and Exchange Commission told leftist magazine Wired on Monday that it does have an active probe into Rumble, though it would not provide any information regarding the…
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McDonald’s Rolling Out Major Changes to Big Mac by Summer
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) McDonald’s has decided to re-brand its signature sandwich, the Big Mac, as the company—long a symbol of American consumerism—attempts to emphasize quality over factors such as size, cost and speed that have frequently been its hallmarks, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to Chris Young, McDonald’s senior director of global menu…
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Biden Renominates Failed Labor Sec. Nominee
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Joe Biden revived the failed nomination of Julie Su on Tuesday for the position of secretary of labor, despite bipartisan concerns about Su’s radical left-leaning ideology. Su, a former deputy Labor secretary, has served as the acting secretary of labor since then-Secretary Marty Walsh resigned for a position at the NHL…
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Only 3.4% of Journalists Identify as Republicans
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A study revealed that the percentage of full-time U.S. journalists who identify as Republicans has dropped significantly over the last decade, while journalists who identified as Democrats and Independents have increased. As a result, it was found that there is only 3.4% of journalists in 2022 who identified themselves as Republicans,…
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Menendez Hit w/ New Bribery Allegations Involving Qatar Government
(Headline USA) Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing new bribery allegations in an indictment unsealed on Tuesday that accuses him of illegally doing favors for Qatar and Egypt officials in exchange for money. The indictment does not add new charges against Menendez, who was indicted last year for federal bribery. But it provides additional evidence that…
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Is This Impending Disaster the ‘George Floyd Moment’ of 2024 Race?
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As the economy struggles and inflation continues to put pressure on Americans, President Joe Biden and his administration appear likely to oversee yet another baby formula shortage, Good Morning American reported. The first shortage took place in 2022, with Republicans blaming Biden and congressional Democrats—who held majorities in both chambers at…
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Small-Town Pa. Water Supply Caught in Crossfire of Iran’s Anti-Israeli Cyberterrorism
(Headline USA) The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its systems from a cyberattack, either at its existing plant that dates to the 1930s or the new $18.5 million one it is building. Then it—along with several…
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DOJ to Let Ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Skate on Political Donations
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Last Friday, federal prosecutors announced that they would not bring further charges against disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, letting him off the hook for his alleged conspiracy to make unlawful political donations and bribery of foreign officials, Fox News reported. Despite his laundry list of wrongdoings, Bankman-Fried will be let off…
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Consulting Firm Agrees to Pay $78 Million for Peddling Opioids
(Headline USA) Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its work with drug companies helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis. The agreement was revealed late Friday in documents filed in federal court in San Francisco. The settlement must still be approved…