Politics

Former IRS employee charged in $2.1 million Exxon Mobil tax credit theft attempt in Utah

A former IRS employee was charged in Utah federal court for allegedly trying to steal $2.1 million in tax credits…

Biden touts ‘great American comeback’ after better-than-expected May jobs report

President Joe Biden touted the far better-than-expected May jobs report, boasting about “the great American comeback” and calling out Congressional…

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case

Former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump 2020 Election Day operations director Michael Roman pleaded not…

Jobless rates rise in May for all racial groups except white Americans

The unemployment rate for white Americans held steady from April to May, bucking the trend for all other racial groups,…

Jury dismissed in Hunter Biden gun trial after his daughter testifies about rehab visit

Jurors in the federal gun trial of Hunter Biden were dismissed Friday afternoon, after prosecutors rested their case and lawyers…

A new account rekindles allegations that Trump disrespected Black people on ‘The Apprentice’

Gene Folkes had just been jettisoned as a contestant on “The Apprentice” and was commiserating with a crew member at a bar…

Cut off from the West, Putin says almost 40% of Russian trade turnover is now in rubles

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that nearly 40% of the country’s trade turnover is now in rubles as the…

U.S. economic engagement in Indo-Pacific ‘isn’t about China,’ Commerce Secretary Raimondo says

America’s economic engagement in Indo-Pacific “isn’t about China” but for strengthening U.S. presence in the region, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo…

War, what war? Putin looks to woo new business partners willing to overlook its invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to be known as the country’s “Davos” in a nod to the…

Cash for trash: How activists are responding to Pyongyang’s rubbish-filled balloons into South Korea

The battle of the balloons continues. North Korean defectors, part of an activist group in Seoul, are fighting back —…