The Medal of Honor traces its history back to 1861, when Abraham Lincoln first signed it into legislation for the Navy. This would extend to the other branches of the armed forces. It is a military tradition that has been held for more than 150 years with just over 3,500 medals being awarded among the more than 41 million Americans […]

Shareholders of a cash-rich shell company approved a measure on Tuesday that will give the firm 12 additional months to complete its long-delayed merger with former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company. The shareholder vote increases the likelihood that Trump Media & Technology Group will get access to at least $300 million in badly needed cash to operate Truth […]

The United States has spent more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars on defense annually in recent years, and in March, the White House asked Congress to authorize a Pentagon budget of $842 billion for fiscal year 2024 that begins in October. (Here are 35 billion dollar weapons in the 2024 U.S. military budget.) The U.S. Treasury reported that in […]

The United States has some of the least restrictive gun control laws among similarly wealthy and highly-developed countries. And while state governments also have the authority to regulate firearms, much of the country has adopted a hands-off approach. Under federal law, fugitives, illicit drug users, and some convicted criminals are prohibited from gun ownership. Though some states have passed legislation […]

Market sentiment remains tethered to the monetary policy outlook implied in Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. Wall Street Futures are trading with mild gains. European benchmarks are also trading in the green zone. Asian stock markets finished on a positive note. Dollar Index remains firm as rate hike fears lifted the U.S. dollar. Bond yields […]

white supremacy has no place in America, President Joe Biden reiterated in the wake of the deadly shooting in Jacksonville at the weekend. Three Black persons were killed when a white gunman went on a shooting rampage at a Dollar General store near a Historically Black University in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday. Authorities identified the gunman as 21-year-old Ryan Christopher […]

Conagra Brands, Inc. is recalling around 245,366 pounds of frozen chicken strips entree products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of plastic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service or FSIS. The recall involves 8.9-oz. carton containing one entree of “BANQUET CHICKEN STRIPS MEAL” with best if used by “DEC 11 2024,” […]

We’ve reached Labor Day and the close of this endless summer labor dispute that has stretched 18 weeks with no end in sight — many who had pegged Labor Day as the likely resolution now point to Thanksgiving. Deadline Strike Talk host Billy Ray engages Jennifer Fox, producer of such films as Michael Clayton, Nightcrawler, The Last Duel, and the […]

A person who works at Walmart has to be 16 years old. This person could start with a pay of as little as $14 an hour. At the other end of the spectrum are at least several Walmart employees over 80. It is not clear what they make. (These companies have the worst reputations.) One over-80 Walmart employee recently received […]

Addressing Thursday night’s carriage impasse with Disney, Charter Communications executives told Wall Street investors on a conference call today that their linear video business is “at the edge of a precipice.” Charter CEO Chris Winfrey said any resolution to the outage, which left almost 15 million customers in the dark at the start of football season, would need to happen […]