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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Lauren Ades Lauren Ades is a rising 11th grader at Pacifica Christian High School in Santa Monica. She previously attended Palisades Charter High School. A few weeks after the hardest school year of my life let out for summer, […]

The new US political party that Elon Musk has boasted about bankrolling could initially focus on a handful of attainable House and Senate seats while striving to be the decisive vote on major issues amid the thin margins in Congress. Tesla and SpaceX’s multibillionaire CEO mused about that approach on Friday in a post on […]
(Reuters) -U.S. stock futures were subdued on Wednesday, after the Nasdaq 100 closed at a record high a day earlier on Israel and Iran signaling their air war had ended, and as investors awaited more comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. All three major indexes gained more than 1% on Tuesday and the benchmark […]
Circle’s (CRCL) massive rally shows no signs of cooling. The stablecoin issuer soared as much as 15% in early trading on Friday, extending its stunning post-IPO surge as Wall Street bets big on crypto’s next major disruptor. “Circle as a top-tier crypto ‘disruptor’ with a sizeable future opportunity,” Seaport . . .
At Home filed for bankruptcy on Monday and said tariffs played a central role in its financial struggles. The chain of 260 stores sells home goods and has been struggling to manage its debt load for several years as the housing market slowed down and inflation-wary customers pulled back on spending. This year, tariffs proved […]
The interplay between national and global Black liberation movements, past and present, will be explored at this year’s Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series on February 15 at Rutgers-Newark. Titled “Of No Nation: Black Activism For Transnational Liberation,’’ it will be held in the Paul Robeson Campus Center from from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and […]
Walmart (WMT) shares rose about 2% premarket after the company reported mixed earnings and said it would hike prices to
Disney (DIS) just revealed plans for a new theme park in the Middle East. The media and entertainment giant said Wednesday that the new theme park and resort would be located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), marking its first major expansion into the Middle East and its seventh global resort. This announcement comes […]
Yahoo Finance’s Jennifer Schonberger reports: The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady at the conclusion of its policy meeting Wednesday, but the path forward

IVANKA Trump has shared stunning photos from her family’s luxurious trip to Costa Rica. The fashion designer boasted about the “raw beauty” of the Latin American country as she spent time with her family for Easter and Passover. 8 Ivanka Trump stunned in new photos from her vacation in Costa RicaCredit: INSTAGRAM/IVANKATRUMP 8 The fashion […]