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The CEOs of the three largest U.S. voting equipment companies on Thursday supported more disclosure requirements, marking a major step for an industry that has come under close scrutiny in recent years due to election security concerns.  The leaders of Election Systems and Software (ES&S), Dominion Voting Systems and Hart InterCivic testified before the House Administration […]

A mystery viral pneumonia that has sickened dozens in China may be the result of a new type of coronavirus, Chinese researchers said Thursday. The Associated Press reported that representatives with the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that Chinese doctors were able to sequence the gene of the virus by obtaining a sample from an infected patient. […]

Two black McDonald’s executives are suing the fast-food corporation, alleging racial discrimination and a hostile work environment under the company’s former chief executive, according to reports. Vicki Guster-Hines and Domineca Neal, senior executives at the company in Dallas, allege that McDonald’s carried “a ruthless purge” of high-ranking black executives after Steve Easterbrook and Chris Kempczinski took over […]

The federal deficit is projected to have risen 12 percent in the first three months of the fiscal year, according to Wednesday projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The deficit in the first quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, which began in October, amounted to $358 billion, according to the CBO projection, an increase of $39 […]

Major national drugstore chains are suing physicians in two Ohio counties for allegedly causing the country’s current opioid crisis by excessively prescribing the highly addictive drugs. The pharmacies — including Walgreen Co., CVS, Walmart and Rite Aid — said in a court filing that doctors are the ones who wrote the prescriptions, so they are […]

A New York State Supreme Court judge denied President Trumps’ request to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll who has accused the president of raping her.  Judge Doris Ling-Cohan declined to order a hearing on Trump’s request to dismiss the defamation suit in a decision this week, The Associated Press reported Thursday.  […]

The Senate will not be able to approve President TrumpDonald John TrumpProfessor fired for Facebook post suggesting Iran should tweet out list of American cultural sites to threaten NY judge denies Trump request to dismiss lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll Rep. Omar: ‘War trauma never leaves you’ MORE’s new North American trade deal for at […]

The federal deficit is projected to have risen 12 percent in the first three months of the fiscal year, according to Wednesday projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The deficit in the first quarter of the 2020 fiscal year, which began in October, amounted to $358 billion, according to the CBO projection, an increase of $39 […]

Auto parts company Takata is reportedly recalling 10 million more airbag inflators in vehicles from multiple automakers due to the risk of explosions and shrapnel injuries. Vehicles made by Audi, BMW, Honda, Daimler Vans, Fiat Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota and Volkswagen are affected, The Associated Press reports. This recall builds off of the […]

A panel of federal judges in New York on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to begin a program aimed at cutting back benefits for immigrants while a lawsuit over the plan plays out in court. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit keeps in place a […]