Starbucks workers in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle launched a five-day strike on Friday, expressing dissatisfaction with the company’s actions regarding collective bargaining and labor negotiations.
French authorities have dismantled a massive international child pornography network, arresting 95 individuals as part of an investigation led by the National Gendarmerie.
A Maricopa County judge has ruled that the Arizona Secretary of State overstepped his authority by including certain provisions in the 2023 Elections Procedures Manual.
President Joe Biden's administration has announced it will abandon efforts to implement key regulations concerning transgender student athletes and student loan forgiveness, signaling the first steps in a broader plan to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from reworking these initiatives once he takes office.
Sheriff Curtis Landers of Oregon’s Lincoln County has expressed growing concern over a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community that encourages residents to write down the license plate numbers of vehicles suspected to belong to undocumented immigrants. In response to the increasingly troubling nature of the letters, Landers has contacted the FBI and issued a statement condemning the divisive and harmful content of the message.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief adviser, was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, marking the latest legal issue surrounding the mayor's administration. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the charges, accusing Lewis-Martin of providing special treatment to real estate developers in exchange for over $100,000. The indictment also claims that the developers helped Lewis-Martin’s son set up a Chick-fil-A franchise.
The Wall Street Journal made a startling revelation on Thursday, confirming what many had suspected for years: President Joe Biden's mental decline has been a well-kept secret, and his aides worked to shield the public from his deteriorating condition. The bombshell report sheds light on Biden's cognitive struggles, particularly during the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has sparked controversy by suggesting that Elon Musk is endorsing neo-Nazism in Germany, following Musk’s recent post on the X platform in support of the far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD). During an interview on CNN, Murphy reacted to Musk’s statement that only the AfD could "save Germany," calling the party "essentially the neo-Nazi party in Germany."
