Mark Ruffalo isn’t giving up his fight against Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, even with the deal days from closing. On Sept. 30, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved Paramount’s settlement with 12 state attorneys general. That cleared the last legal obstacle to the roughly $111 billion merger. Hours later, Ruffalo took to
President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law addressed a possibility that the White House has largely sought to downplay: The war in Iran could cost Republicans the midterms. In an appearance on the YouTube show “Harry Cole Saves the West” on Wednesday, Lara Trump, who is married to Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, spoke about the possible impact
The US Navy’s plan to repair its public shipyards is expected to cost billions more and take decades longer than originally planned, according to a new government watchdog report. The Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program is intended to fix poor conditions at the Navy’s four public shipyards, which maintain the fleet’s nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers.
On average, the public’s awareness of markets begins and ends with stocks. Something really notable has to happen for bonds to enter the conversation. We appear to have finally reached that point. The fact that soaring bond yields have hit the market mainstream shows just how critical the situation is. Investors and market-watchers know the
Disney Plus prices have been hiked several times since the streaming service initially launched in 2019, but the platform remains a competitively priced app that has content for the whole family. Plans start at $12.49 a month for the ad-supported tier, but prices rise when you go ad-free or bundle in other services. We spend
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzing payroll data found a 435% increase in federal agencies’ use of administrative leave between 2023 and 2025, amounting to $9.5 billion in paid salaries to off-the-clock employees. The watchdog attributed $6.7 billion of the total to the deferred resignation program implemented under the Department of
