AFP via Getty Images Trump is widely expected to unveil a new drug pricing plan on Tuesday night. Predicting what President Donald Trump is likely to say or tweet on any given day has never been easy. The State of the Union address is no exception — but it’s a safe bet the president will […]
Hacking into voting machines remains far too easy. It is too soon to say for sure what role cybersecurity played in the 2020 Iowa caucuses, but the problems, which are still unfolding and being investigated, show how easily systemic failures can lead to delays and undermine trust in democratic processes. That’s particularly true when new […]
Pollution is a tremendous and complicated problem around the world, requiring a variety of actions by governments, companies and people to clean up waste and reduce harm to the environment. Analysts at New York-based investment bank Jefferies Group have published a detailed research report describing many approaches to mitigating the plastic-pollution disaster. They highlighted companies […]
Most Americans consider themselves “great tippers,” but many fail to put their money where their mouth is, a new survey suggests. Despite their self-proclaimed generosity, many fail to leave tips for bartenders, food delivery drivers, taxi drivers, hotel workers — or indeed anyone but waiters and waitresses in restaurants. The scale of this “tipping gap” […]
U.S. stocks traded sharply higher Tuesday as investors weighed stimulus efforts by the People’s Bank of China, as it tries to combat the economic impact of a deadly Asian virus that has claimed hundreds of lives and infected more than 20,000 people. How are stock benchmarks faring? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.61% rose […]
1 / 3 Lebanon Israel FILE – In this June 2016 file photo, provided by Guila Fakhoury, her father, Amer Fakhoury, holds his granddaughter, Kira, in King of Prussia, Penn. Lebanese Judicial officials said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, that a military investigative judge has charged Amer Fakhoury, a Lebanese-American, with murder and torture of Lebanese […]
(Bloomberg) — Iran upheld the death sentence given to an Iranian national found guilty of working for U.S. intelligence. Amir Rahimpour “was a CIA spy who was paid handsomely and tried to pass part of Iran’s nuclear information to the American service,” judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said on state television on Tuesday. The Supreme […]
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Although President Trump faces no real rivals in the Iowa caucuses, his campaign brought more than 80 surrogates into the state on Monday evening, where a half-dozen leading Democratic candidates were fiercely competing for the right to face him. The show of force by the president’s team included high-ranking officials […]
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U.S. health officials expanded the number of airports that U.S. citizens returning from China’s Hubei Province will be funneled through as part of the government’s efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus. There are now 11 airports that are expected to accept U.S. citizens, immediate family members of citizens, and permanent residents returning from […]