United States Senator Marsha Blackburn had a very specific request for Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During Kashyap “Kash” Patel‘s Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, the Tennessee Senator said she has worked on the case surrounding Jeffrey Epstein case for years and has requested the records be subpoenaed, but has faced…
Cash App users may receive a refund from the mobile banking platform after a government group ordered the company to pay out $175 million for its weak security procedures. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which oversees consumer financial protections, ordered Cash App’s parent company Block to refund users $120 million. The order also indicates it…
Sen. Bernie Sanders had choice words after attending President Donald Trump‘s inauguration. In a video posted to the Vermont senator’s social media, Sanders set wealth inequality and the three wealthiest billionaires in his sights, blasting them and Trump for neglecting working-class families. “The wealthiest three people in America now own more wealth than the bottom…
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means federal employees and many other workers will have the day off. This year, the holiday honoring the life and legacy of the American civil rights icon also coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. This three-day weekend may allow you extra time to run errands. Or…
Monday marks the nation’s annual remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. If you planned on mailing a letter, visiting your bank to cash a check or needed to get your driver’s license renewed in person, you’ll have to wait. Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or…
One of the most popular social media apps in the country will disappear from U.S. app stores this weekend. And TikTok says it’s ready to pull the plug after the Supreme Court upheld the law banning the app unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells its U.S. operations. Here’s what to know, including why the ban is…
TikTok may be banned in the U.S. on Sunday ― not because of the app’s addictive nature, but for user privacy concerns. In 2024, President Joe Biden signed the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. This gave the platform 165 days to separate from ByteDance, its parent company operated by China. The app…
Milwaukee saw the highest voter turnout percentage of the 50 largest U.S. cities in the 2024 presidential election, according to a new analysis by researchers at the University of California-San Diego. More than 85% of registered voters in Milwaukee cast their votes in the November election. In contrast, the country’s four largest cities all saw…
This is one in an occasional series on Iowa influencers who are finding new ways to tell the story of the state through social media. Taylor Grasso went from suffering from an eating disorder where she was obsessed with restrictive dieting to helping others on social media learn how to add food to their plates…
The Mega Millions jackpot continued to grow Friday and currently sits at No. 8 on the list of highest jackpots in the game’s history after no one matched all six numbers from Tuesday night’s lottery drawing. Grab your tickets and let’s see if you’re the game’s newest millionaire. Here are the numbers for the Friday, Dec. 13, lottery drawing…