Americans struggling to afford retirement
The Federal Reserve conducted a 2022 survey that suggests 54.4% of American families had a 401K or IRA account.
The Federal Reserve conducted a 2022 survey that suggests 54.4% of American families had a 401K or IRA account.
The White House on Monday said it was strongly opposed to a House GOP bill aimed at President Biden's handling of aid shipments to Israel. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre pushed back against the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which is set to receive a vote this week in the House. "We strongly, strongly oppose attempts...
On its face, the losing record of the FTC and DOJ may seem insane. But its consequences, intended or unintended, hurt American taxpayers and workers.
Since Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1968 election to Congress, Black women have continued to make political gains. But even though Black women overwhelmingly align with Democrats, a new generation of Black women are hoping to bring change and diversity to the Republican Party. The Switch Up spoke with two of these women — Kimberly Klacik and Roxy Ndebumadu — about...
The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted Monday to cut the school's diversity funding and move the money over to public safety and policing, a decision that comes in the wake of the highly publicized pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its and dozens of other campuses. The decision takes $2.3 million...
Former President Trump’s campaign team hit back at the Biden campaign for posting an ad on Mother’s Day that attacked Trump for his abortion and family separation policy positions. “Donald Trump wants to separate mothers from their children and allow laws that rip away IVF access and monitor women’s pregnancies,” the Biden-Harris HQ account posted...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is prodding the Secret Service to keep protesters farther away from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, warning a conflict is likely unless the security perimeter is changed. “I am deeply concerned about reports that the security perimeter around the Republican Convention site in Milwaukee may be creating a likely —...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in Texas, fulfilling one of his campaign’s main targets ahead of November. Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, turned in 245,572 signatures to the Texas Secretary of State’s office on Monday, more than double the...
Short of endless war, the only real solutions may emerge in the murky territory between passion and pragmatism, in a “best of the worst-case” scenario.
As true patriots, the question the Italians ask us is the question we should all be asking ourselves: What the hell are we thinking?
A coalition of major airlines is suing the Biden administration over its new rule that requires airline companies to disclose extra fees on purchases. Trade group Airlines for America filed the lawsuit Friday alongside Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways Corp., Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines. Airlines for America said in a statement...
On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a disgraceful resolution granting new rights and privileges to the so-called “observer state” of Palestine, while also calling for the Security Council to admit the “State of Palestine” as a full U.N. member.
Each year, U.S. News and World Report releases a report ranking each state on several factors. In the most recent report, Colorado made a top 10 list -- for most dangerous states.
Solar flares and eruptions will likely increase as we reach “solar maximum."
Two lawmakers are pushing back against online liability protections for Big Tech companies, saying the law has "outlived its usefulness." Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) co-authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday to rail against Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. The pair of lawmakers...
Something about the tragic fall of academic presidents feels like the logical conclusion to a certain approach to leadership that, against everything we know about psychology, has managed to businessify it into a profitable enterprise with an academic imprimatur.
OpenAI revealed its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-4o, during a live demonstration Monday. GPT-4o provides “GPT-4 level intelligence,” but is faster and improved on the system's capabilities across, text, vision and audio, OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said. Murati said the updated model is a “huge step forward with the ease...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is launching a $19 million ad blitz while his Republican rival Kari Lake is planning a $10 million ad buy with the Senate GOP campaign arm, the latest signs that the Arizona Senate race is in full swing. Gallego and Lake, who is seen as the heavy favorite in the GOP...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday threw cold water on the prospects of reaching a deal to speed up the nation’s energy projects, saying that reaching a Senate deal on permitting reform would be “virtually impossible.” Lawmakers have been working for nearly two years to come up with such an agreement, which would...
Eva Longoria is aiming to give a star-studded push at mobilizing Latina support for President Biden's reelection bid, headlining a campaign event in Phoenix. The Monday gathering in swing state Arizona featuring the "Flamin' Hot" director will include a group of mothers and young Latinas, a campaign official told ITK. The goal of the event,...
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) campaign arm is opening its wallet for Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.), the only Latino House member from New Jersey, as he fights a primary challenge from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla. Bold PAC, the campaign group, dropped $500,000 to fund a TV ad for Menendez in English and in Spanish. The...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall correction for an Apple iOS app used with an insulin pump that has caused at least 224 injuries after draining the pump’s battery and causing it to shut off early.
The federal government on Monday approved a rule that could bolster renewable energy on the electric grid. The rule, from an independent panel known as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), seeks to address a longstanding wait to get renewable energy hooked up. Many power projects now are held up in backlogs known as “interconnection...
George Conway, the attorney and political pundit, said Monday that former President Trump is benefiting politically from the hush money trial in New York — in part by taking attention away from his rallies. "Actually if you look at it politically in my judgement, this is helping him politically ... it is keeping him from...
Pharmaceutical, manufacturing and big agriculture interests have spent more than $400 million lobbying Congress on a new farm bill, a new report has found. That’s more than four times the amount of money spent by the public sector and civil society, according to public data compiled by the Union for Concerned Scientists (UCS). The group...