• SEC probes Kodak’s handling of pharmaceutical business: report

    SEC probes Kodak’s handling of pharmaceutical business: report

    The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing Kodak’s handling of material information about the startup pharmaceutical business it’s launching with the help of Uncle Sam.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the regulator is examining whether Kodak jumped the gun on a July 28 announcement that it had received a $765 million federal loan to …
  • Kristin Cavallari reunites with Stephen Colletti after Jay Cutler divorce

    Kristin Cavallari reunites with Stephen Colletti after Jay Cutler divorce

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kristin Cavallari (@kristincavallari) on Aug 4, 2020 at 11:51am PDT Let’s go back, back to the beginning. On Tuesday, Kristin Cavallari gave Instagram a dreamy throwback, posting a photo of herself hanging out with ex and former “Laguna Beach” co-star, Stephen Colletti. “2004 or 2020?!” the …
  • TikTok owner says US wants to ban the app, not buy it

    TikTok owner says US wants to ban the app, not buy it

    The CEO of TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance said he believes the US is trying to kill the wildly popular app as President Trump presses for a sale and a cut of the proceeds. In a leaked email to Chinese employees on Monday, CEO Zhang Yiming — who has been criticized in China after news …
  • Tina Knowles Lawson urges Vogue to hire more black photographers

    Tina Knowles Lawson urges Vogue to hire more black photographers

    Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, is the latest insider to demand that Anna Wintour hire more people of color at Vogue. Lawson, 66, posted a picture of British Vogue editor Edward Enninful on Instagram Monday night to congratulate him on the cover of the magazine’s September issue, which features 20 activists from around the world, …
  • Birx Warns ‘Extraordinarily Widespread’ Pandemic Has Entered ‘New Phase’ in U.S.

    Birx Warns ‘Extraordinarily Widespread’ Pandemic Has Entered ‘New Phase’ in U.S.

    Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump administration’s coronavirus response coordinator warned Sunday that the coronavirus epidemic has entered a “new phase” in the U.S., saying that the pathogen is present in many more areas across the country than it was during the spring months. “What we are seeing today is different from March and April — …
  • Congress to Hold Hearing on ‘Antifa’ Violence

    Congress to Hold Hearing on ‘Antifa’ Violence

    The Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution will hold a congressional hearing Tuesday on violence and criminal acts tied to Antifa. The committee, chaired by Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas), will hold a hearing titled “The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble: Protecting Speech by Stopping Anarchist Violence.” “Americans have a constitutional right to gather, …
  • Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Cease Outsourcing Jobs to Temporary Foreign Workers

    Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Cease Outsourcing Jobs to Temporary Foreign Workers

    President Trump signed an executive order on Monday preventing federal agencies from laying off U.S. citizens and green card holders and replacing them with temporary foreign workers. The order will increase oversight of federal agencies’ use of employees on H1-B visas, which allow foreign citizens to work at American companies without providing a path to …
  • Maryland Governor Issues Executive Order Blocking Blanket Private School Closure

    Maryland Governor Issues Executive Order Blocking Blanket Private School Closure

    Maryland governor Larry Hogan issued an executive order Monday voiding Montgomery County’s order banning in-person schooling at non-public schools. “Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public health guidelines,” Hogan said in a statement. “The blanket closure mandate imposed by Montgomery County was overly broad and …
  • Manhattan DA Possibly Investigating Trump and Company for Fraud

    Manhattan DA Possibly Investigating Trump and Company for Fraud

    A new federal court filing Monday from the Manhattan district attorney suggests the prosecutor’s office may be investigating President Trump and his company for bank and insurance fraud. The filing, from District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., argues that Trump’s accountants must comply with a subpoena to turn over eight years of corporate and personal tax returns, citing …
  • Trump Claims Authority to Issue Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots

    Trump Claims Authority to Issue Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots

    President Trump on Monday claimed he has the authority to issue an executive order addressing the widespread use of mail-in ballots, which he has argued serves as a breeding ground for voter fraud and puts the integrity of the presidential election at risk. “I have the right to do it,” Trump said during a news …