The Hill: Business
- Meredith Corp. agrees to sell Time Magazine for $190M
Sunday - 09/16/2018 - 07:27 PMMedia giant Meredith Corporation has agreed to sell Time Magazine for $190 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Marc Benioff, co-founder of the cloud computing company Salesforce.com, and his wife Lynn Benioff are purchasing...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump praises author whose book falsely claims she has a PhD in psychology
Friday - 09/14/2018 - 07:53 AMPresident Trump praised his adviser Gina Loudon and her new book after the book falsely claimed that she has a Ph.D. in psychology. “Gina is Great!” the president tweeted early Friday.Loudon, Republican commentator and author,...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Most 'dark money' spending in recent elections came from 15 groups: analysis
Wednesday - 09/12/2018 - 01:27 PMThree-quarters of the "dark money" spending in the most recent full election cycle came from the same 15 groups, according to a new report by a non-profit group that focuses on campaign finance.Issue One found that among the 15...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Conservationists: Dozens of elephants killed in Botswana ‘poaching frenzy’
Wednesday - 09/05/2018 - 09:31 AMDozens of elephant corpses were reportedly discovered in Botswana in what some conservationists are describing as one of the biggest slaughters in recent years. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the tusks of 87 animals...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Levi Strauss teams up with gun control group: ‘We simply cannot stand by silently’
Tuesday - 09/04/2018 - 10:38 AMAmerican denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. announced Tuesday that it is launching a series of new initiatives to benefit groups working to prevent gun violence. Levi Strauss’ CEO and President Chip Bergh wrote it Fortune on Tuesday...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kirkpatrick makes comeback by winning Arizona Democratic House primary
Wednesday - 08/29/2018 - 12:24 AMFormer Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) won the Democratic primary in Arizona’s 2nd District, making a political comeback in a key swing seat that the party needs to win in November.Kirkpatrick defeated Democrat Matt Heinz, an emergency room physician...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Facebook bans first data collection app since Cambridge Analytica scandal
Thursday - 08/23/2018 - 11:40 AMFacebook has banned a new app over data privacy concerns as a part of an ongoing investigation it began following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.The company said in a statement on Thursday that they suspended the myPersonality quiz app...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three scenarios for how leadership races could play out in the House
Sunday - 08/19/2018 - 06:00 AMNo matter what happens to the House in November, there will be a knife fight in both parties for leadership positions.Eleven weeks before the crucial midterm elections, all sides agree that Democrats are poised to make solid gains in the next...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Republicans have spent $3.5 million at Trump properties since he took office: report
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 12:14 PMRepublicans have spent more than $3.5 million at President Trump’s properties since he was sworn into office in January 2017, according to a new analysis released by McClatchy on Monday.The news outlet found that at least 125 Republican candidates...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Icahn warns against Cigna-Express Scripts merger
Tuesday - 08/07/2018 - 03:46 PMBillionaire Trump ally Carl Icahn is urging Cigna investors to vote against the insurer’s multibillion dollar purchase of Express Scripts.In an open letter posted Tuesday, Icahn said Cigna is “dramatically overpaying” for a “highly challenged”...
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- NATO head shoots down idea of naming new headquarters after McCain
Friday - 09/14/2018 - 12:20 PMNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday shot down the idea of naming NATO’s new headquarters after the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), explaining that the alliance does not “have a tradition of naming buildings...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rand Paul ramps up his alliance with Trump
Thursday - 09/13/2018 - 06:00 AMSen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has defended President Trump on some of his most controversial moves, going against the prevailing sentiment of the libertarian movement with which he and his father, former Rep.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Parkland survivor gives harrowing testimony at Kavanaugh hearing
Friday - 09/07/2018 - 03:40 PMAalayah Eastmond, a survivor of the February mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., on Friday offered harrowing testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the final day of the hearing on the nomination of President Trump...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tech mobilizes to boost election security
Wednesday - 09/05/2018 - 06:00 AMPrivate companies are stepping up to offer cybersecurity programs for midterm campaigns as Congress stalls on passing election security legislation.Microsoft is the most prominent name, unveiling a free cybersecurity program in August after the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Giuliani criticizes Romanian anti-corruption crackdown in open letter: report
Wednesday - 08/29/2018 - 12:50 PMPresident Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, wrote a letter to Romania's president, criticizing the country's anti-corruption efforts, according to a report from The New York Times.In the open letter dated Aug.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ex-CIA House candidate accuses GOP super PAC of obtaining her security application
Tuesday - 08/28/2018 - 10:26 PMAbigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer running for Congress as a Democrat, has accused a GOP super PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), of obtaining her federal security clearance application improperly and then using the information...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dem: Trump 'signaling' to Putin that 'he’s still trying to be helpful'
Tuesday - 08/21/2018 - 09:54 AMRhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) says President Trump could be sending a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin with recent comments that appeared to cast doubt on Russian election interference.Speaking on CNN's "New Day,"...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Justice Dept sues Ivanka’s former business partner in fraud case
Friday - 08/17/2018 - 08:11 AMThe Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) sued a friend and former business partner of White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump for allegedly trying to defraud the government out of millions of dollars in taxes. The DOJ’s tax division filed the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Memo: Charlottesville anniversary puts Trump and race under microscope
Saturday - 08/11/2018 - 06:06 AMPresident Trump’s attitude to race is under the microscope at the one-year anniversary of fatal racist violence in Charlottesville, Va.Trump’s reference to “some very fine people on both sides” after white supremacists converged on the Virginia city...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Trump campaign aides set up foreign lobbying firm
Tuesday - 08/07/2018 - 02:48 PMFormer Trump campaign aides Jason Osborne and Michael Rubino are setting up a new foreign lobbying firm.The firm will represent a Russian-backed Serbian nationalist party, according to Foreign Agent Registration Act records filed two weeks ago....
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- Pelosi calls for ‘complete change’ in Catholic Church after widespread abuse
Friday - 09/14/2018 - 03:31 PMHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday called for a complete overhaul in the way the Catholic Church confronts sexual abuse.Pelosi became the latest prominent Catholic lawmaker to condemn the Vatican’s response amid reports of...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former EPA head in talks to become coal consultant: report
Wednesday - 09/12/2018 - 04:22 PMFormer Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is reportedly in talks to work as a coal industry consultant, two industry executives familiar with the discussions told The New York Times.Pruitt is reportedly discussing working as a...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Businesses urge Trump admin. against Postal Service rate hikes
Wednesday - 09/12/2018 - 06:00 AMA group of major businesses is warning the Trump's administration's against making reforms to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that would inflame tensions with online retailers like Amazon.The Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service wrote...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - High stakes as court takes up ObamaCare case
Tuesday - 09/04/2018 - 07:58 PMThe midterm fight over pre-existing conditions will be in the spotlight Wednesday when a federal court hears arguments in a lawsuit against ObamaCare.Twenty Republican-led states are supporting the lawsuit, which calls for all of ObamaCare to be...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Corporations, interest groups spend fortunes on ballot measures
Saturday - 09/01/2018 - 04:16 PMSome of the most expensive campaigns this fall will be waged between the wealthiest corporations and best-funded interest groups in America, as those groups vie to pass or block ballot initiatives in states across the country.Voters in 38 states...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tiger Woods on Trump: ‘You have to respect the office’
Monday - 08/27/2018 - 09:16 AMGolfing great Tiger Woods on Sunday said that you have to "respect the office" of the presidency when asked to defend his relationship towards President Trump.“Well, he’s the president of the United States. You have to respect...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - DOJ charges Chinese nationals in synthetic opioid conspiracy
Wednesday - 08/22/2018 - 02:20 PMThe Justice Department has indicted two Chinese nationals for allegedly manufacturing and selling deadly drugs around the world that resulted in the deaths of two Americans.According to the indictment, Fujing Zheng, 35, and his father, Guanghua, 62...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Poll: Less than half of female millennials identify as feminists
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:27 PMLess than half of millennial women said they think of themselves as feminists, according to a new poll released Tuesday.CBS News released the poll that found 46 percent of American women aged 18-35 identified as feminists with only 34...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Giuliani: Mueller told us he'd wrap up Trump obstruction probe by Sept. 1
Sunday - 08/12/2018 - 11:15 AMPresident Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller gave him the deadline of Sept. 1 to end his probe into possible obstruction of justice on the part of the president."September 1 was the date that...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kasich: Ohio special election 'doesn't bode well' for GOP
Sunday - 08/05/2018 - 11:09 AMOhio Gov. John Kasich (R) said Sunday that the state's nail-biter special election does not "bode well" for Republicans ahead of November's midterms."It’s really kind of shocking because this should be just a slam dunk and it’s not,"...
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