A white man who punched a young Black boy in the face in a racially motivated attack last summer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to felony charges, including a hate crime. Paul Jonathan Bittner, 43, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault of a child and commission of a...
Financial markets experienced immediate turbulence Wednesday following reports that President Donald Trump plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a move that could fundamentally reshape American monetary policy. The S&P 500 quickly erased earlier gains and fell 0.4 percent as investors grappled with the implications of such an unprecedented action. The Bloomberg dollar...
One mail carrier’s experience at Starbucks is drawing massive attention online after she posted that she was denied a free cup of iced water after delivering a package to the coffeehouse and while working under extreme heat. The postal worker who goes by @melaninglowesthetics on TikTok posted a short video of herself inside a USPS...
Attorney General Pam Bondi found herself at the center of mounting pressure Tuesday, as questions swirled around her decision to withhold Jeffrey Epstein files despite President Donald Trump’s public suggestion that she could release additional documents. During a press conference at the Drug Enforcement Agency headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, Bondi repeatedly deflected questions about the...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is at it again. This time, she’s insisting her boss is the hardest-working president ever and that she sees it with her “own two eyes every day.” Leavitt made these claims Monday in an interview on Fox News, after a blistering week of MAGA outrage over President Donald Trump’s decision...
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is refusing to bow out of the New York City mayoral race, announcing his intention to continue campaigning as a third-party candidate after suffering a defeat in last month’s Democratic primary election. The political veteran made his announcement through a video posted on social media platform X, emphasizing his...
A Missouri police officer working off-duty security in the Kansas City suburb of Westport now faces both criminal charges and a civil lawsuit after a bystander captured video of him kneeing a restrained man in the neck during an arrest in July 2024. Kansas City Officer Christopher Showalter was indicted last week by a Jackson...