Airlines challenge Biden administration fee disclosure rule

Aerial view of United Airlines passenger planes docked in a terminal of Newark Airport in Newark, New Jersey, on May 11, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Major airlines and an industry trade association asked a federal appeals court to toss out a new Department of Transportation rule requiring earlier disclosure of add-on … Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon urges U.S. to deal with its fiscal deficit

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday urged the U.S. to reduce its fiscal … Read more

NYPD, FDNY, teachers and NYC worker pension funds have millions sunk in TikTok parent ByteDance

WASHINGTON – Millions of dollars from US pension funds – including those of New York’s police officers and firefighters – are likely invested in ByteDance, the Chinese-controlled parent company of TikTok that is under a standing order from Congress to sell off the popular social media platform or face its banning. The non-profit investment-watchdog group … Read more

Georgia passes Russia-style law on foreign influence despite protests

Georgian demonstrators protesting the controversial “foreign influence” bill stand in front of law enforcement officers blocking an area near the parliament building in Tbilisi on May 14, 2024. Vano Shlamov | Afp | Getty Images Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a highly controversial “Kremlin-style” law on foreign influence, despite massive protests in the country and … Read more

Denver extends deadlines for projects trying to avoid affordability rules

With an estimated 220 proposed housing projects still in the planning department’s review queue after an unprecedented rush to beat new affordability regulations in 2022, the Denver City Council on Monday voted to extend approval deadlines for those projects into next year. The deadline for all project plans that still qualify for the city’s Expanding … Read more

Watchdog finds Mounties failed to properly investigate Indigenous woman’s death — twice

More than two decades after her body was found at the side of a road, the RCMP has agreed to apologize to an Indigenous woman’s family for failing to properly investigate her death. The apology follows a probe by the Mounties’ watchdog body — the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) — which pointed to gaps in … Read more

‘It Could Have Been a Setup’

Megyn Kelly declared on Monday that she no longer believes former President Donald Trump had an affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, just one month after she said the two had an “interlude.” During a discussion on The Megyn Kelly Show about Trump’s ongoing hush money trial, Kelly said, “I came into this trial completely believing … Read more

Why does Putin want an economist to become Russia’s defense minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past an honour guard as he attends a meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters A government reshuffle was always in the cards after Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in last week as Russia’s leader for a fifth term. But … Read more

Amazon-backed Anthropic launches its Claude AI chatbot across Europe

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, said Monday it’s launching its generative AI assistant Claude in Europe on Tuesday. It will be available to individuals and businesses through the web and via an iPhone app. A paid subscription-based version of Anthropic’s Claude assistant, called Claude Pro, … Read more