Politics

American journalist kidnapped in Iraq is set free, must leave country ‘immediately,’ her employer says

Shelly Kittleson, the American journalist who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released, according to Al-Monitor, the Middle East publication where she works as a freelance contributor.  Viral surveillance footage appeared to show Kittleson being forced into a car by two men at a busy intersection in Baghdad last Tuesday. The State Department previously […]

Business

What falling wage growth says about where the U.S. economy is heading

Americans are getting smaller pay raises while tariffs and higher gas prices are threatening to make everything more expensive. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Translation: The affordability problem isn’t improving. New government data released Friday showed non-supervisory workers getting a 3.4% pay raise on average […]

Business

U.S. oil has its biggest one-day price increase in six years, driving the cost of gas even higher

Oil prices surged Thursday, threatening to further drive up the price of gas as hopes for a near-term resolution to the Iran war faded following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stocks were volatile, with major indexes plunging early […]

Politics

Alcatraz could reopen as a ‘state-of-the-art secure prison’ under Trump’s $152M budget request

The White House on Friday requested $152 million to begin reopening Alcatraz as an operational prison. The funding proposal, included in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, would cover the initial phase of rebuilding the long-closed facility into what officials describe as a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility.” Congress will ultimately decide whether to […]

Business

Republican leaders announce two-track plan to end the DHS shutdown

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republican leaders jointly announced a plan Wednesday that they said would end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that caused major airport delays. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “In the coming days, Republicans in the Senate and House will […]

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