Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a delay of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Thursday in a meeting with new Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The delay is designed to give the still-emerging Trump legal team time to prepare. “Senate Republicans are strongly united behind the principle that […]
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Democratic senators formally request investigation of Hawley and Cruz after deadly Capitol insurrection
Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., attend the Senate Judiciary Committee markup on judicial nominations and the Online Content Policy Modernization Act, in Dirksen Building on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Seven Democratic senators filed a formal complaint Thursday […]
IBM revenue slide continues in Q4 2020
SVP and Director at IBM Research Arvind Krishna speaks on stage during the 2016 Wired Business Conference in New York on June 16, 2016. Brian Ach | Getty Images IBM shares moved as much as 7% lower in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported fourth-quarter revenue that fell […]
Facebook passes final decision to ban Trump to oversight board
The company suspended the former president’s account after the Capitol riot. January 21, 2021, 8:29 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Facebook said Thursday it was referring the decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump’s account to its newly-formed oversight board to make the final […]
Man arrested in 3 slayings at NYC senior housing project
Police have arrested a man in the unsolved slayings of three women in the same building at a New York City housing project for seniors ByThe Associated Press January 21, 2021, 10:54 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK — Police have arrested […]
Hershey sees business opportunity in family movie nights, tight budgets as Covid pandemic drags on
Mike Blake | Reuters Hershey saw a strange pattern emerge in the early spring. Sales of Hershey’s milk chocolate six-packs spiked online and in stores well ahead of Memorial Day, the typical kickoff to summer camping trips and backyard gatherings. S’more season started early and continued for months, Chief Growth […]
Intel’s incoming CEO says troubled chip manufacturing project is recovering, but will still outsource some manufacturing
Bob Swan, then-interim chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Intel Corp., reacts during the inauguration of the company’s research and development facility in Bengaluru, India, on November 15, 2018. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pat Gelsinger, Intel’s incoming CEO, said on Thursday that the company’s troubled […]
Biden revokes Trump order banning some diversity training
Civil rights groups are celebrating President Joe Biden’s swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and recipients of federal funding from conducting certain diversity training By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer January 21, 2021, 10:43 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to […]
Fauci describes “liberating feeling” in new Biden administration
Washington — Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, expressed a sense of relief on the second day of working in President Joe Biden’s administration, praising the new president for his commitment to “let the science speak.” At a White House briefing with press […]
Appeals court revisits Texas ban on abortion procedure
Attorneys for the state of Texas have returned to a federal appeals court to argue that the state should be able to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press January 21, 2021, 10:29 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW […]