In its anti-Israel advocacy, the charitable foundation associated with Ben & Jerry's may have committed criminal self-dealing by awarding $170,500 to a trustee's think tank, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Ben & Jerry's corporate board Chairwoman Anuradha Mittal, an Hamas and Hezbollah sympathizer, resides at the scandal's center.
In addition to her...
(Associated Press) Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused, including by governments looking to surveil their citizens.
The tool designed to detected known images of child...
President Joe Biden's plan to soak the rich in order to fund trillions in new welfare entitlements will not be brought fully before Congress until later this month, when Democrats hope to slip a massive "human infrastructure" scheme through the Senate using budget reconciliation.
But the rich themselves have wasted...
What happens when the debt comes due?
It’s a question millions of Americans are grappling with in their personal finances. It’s also a multi-trillion dollar question facing officials in Washington, D.C.
How they decide to answer it – or evade it, as the case may be – will have profound implications...
(Associated Press) Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO labor union, has died at age 72, Democratic leaders said Thursday.
News of his death was announced by President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Trumka had been AFL-CIO president since 2009, after serving as the organization’s secretary-treasurer for...
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on Tuesday said it is a "mistake" for businesses to express political opinions, the Epoch Times reported.
"They should be good citizens in their communities in terms of trying to help solve social problems where they have competence to do so or where they can...
The state of Florida yesterday put Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, on its list of companies that the state will scrutinize over anti-Israeli corporate policies, according to an announcement from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida’s @GovRonDeSantis says @Unilever is now on its list of “Scrutinized Companies”: Says if...
While Olympic athletes in Tokyo are going for the gold, investors are going for anything that might provide positive real returns.
In a yield-starved environment where bonds and cash are returning less than inflation, there are no guarantees. But there are certainly opportunities outside of fixed income instruments.
Investors who try...
(Clint Siegner, Money Metals News Service) Jerome Powell, after last week’s FOMC meeting, said inflation has run hotter than expected.
However, he wants to assure Americans that the destruction of their dollars’ purchasing power is temporary.
His diagnosis? Ballooning demand for goods and services when the U.S. economy reopened from COVID shutdowns...
(Headline USA) An Illinois tax agency has ruled that former President Donald Trump is due a $1 million refund on the 2011 tax bill for his downtown Chicago skyscraper, but local officials are trying to block the refund.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that at issue is the Cook County Board...
(Headline USA) Widespread government restrictions on basic liberties, coupled with record sales of firearms, has fueled a shortage of ammunition in the United States.
President Joe Biden's threat to use military technology, including nuclear weapons, against his own citizens may have prompted some Americans to buy more firearms and ammunition.
"If...
(Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education) State Rep. Tommy Vitolo recently explained why a plan to ban gas stoves in Brookline, Mass., was scrapped.
“Go after the big stuff first,” said Vitolo, an energy consultant and Democrat who represents the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts legislature. “For some, cooking...