A Treasury official says Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of Lew’s official announcement, says that the 19th century abolitionist and… Read More
Corruption scandal rocks Clinton campaign
Hillary Clinton may have helped steer millions of dollars in government grants to a disgraced banker — and major Clinton Foundation donor — during her time as secretary of state. And the FBI is reportedly already investigating the matter. A shocking report by the Daily Caller found that Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunis… Read More
Jail time coming in Flint water crisis
Michigan’s attorney general will announce criminal charges today against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city’s lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation. Multiple officials including DEQ Director Dan Wyant and the department’s communications director Brad Wurfel, who failed to respond to… Read More
Cruz officially eliminated from GOP race
After being demolished in last night’s New York primary, it is officially impossible for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to earn enough delegates to win the GOP presidential nomination outright. But with Cruz still hoping to steal the nomination in a so-called brokered convention, don’t expect his campaign to be talking… Read More
Fidel Castro announces he’s dying
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro delivered a shocking speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive. Castro’s health has long been a matter of speculation, but for… Read More
ObamaCare headed for trillion-dollar collapse
The nation’s largest private insurer has decided to pull out of ObamaCare in all but “a handful” of markets, a move that is likely to touch off insurance premium spikes that could cost customers over $1,000 a year — and possibly could lead to a collapse of the entire system. After… Read More
Faster checkout tech coming
Visa is upgrading its software to process chip-embedded credit and debit cards to function faster — addressing a source of grumbling from businesses and customers who are often forced to wait for transactions to go through. The company said Tuesday that its program — Quick Chip for EMV — will… Read More
Police uncover major clue in sibling manhunt
Two brothers wanted in the disappearance and presumed slayings of a Washington state couple may be heading for the Mexican border, authorities said Tuesday. Detectives found a red Volkswagen that had been driven by 53-year-old John Blaine Reed and his brother, 49-year-old Tony Clyde Reed, in Phoenix, but they said… Read More
Philly to be flooded with donkeys?
Donkeys will be dispatched around the city this summer ahead of the Democratic National Convention, the host committee announced Tuesday. Fifty-seven fiberglass donkeys will be displayed at various sites and attractions starting July 1. The symbol of the Democratic Party will represent each U.S. state, each territory, Washington, D.C., and… Read More
Brokered convention coming? GOP leaders talk rules
The rules governing this summer’s Republican presidential nominating convention will be made by that gathering’s delegates, not a small group of GOP leaders, the chairman of the Republican National Committee told House GOP lawmakers on Tuesday. While not new, Reince Priebus’ remarks reflect an effort by GOP leaders to blunt… Read More