Posts by Amelia Frost
McDonald’s Rejects Egg Surcharges, Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Egg McMuffin With Special Discounts
[ad_1] As egg prices continue to rise across the United States due to a widespread shortage, McDonald’s is taking a stand against surcharges on egg-based meals. The fast-food giant has announced it will not impose extra costs for meals containing eggs, maintaining its position as a value-oriented breakfast provider. In celebration of the 50th anniversary…
Read MoreTrump-Backed Byron Donalds Announces Florida Governor Bid, Setting Up Clash With DeSantis
[ad_1] Congressman Byron Donalds officially announced his bid for Florida governor on Tuesday, a week after receiving a strong endorsement from President Donald Trump. His candidacy could set the stage for a potential showdown between Trump and the current Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, who was promoting his wife, Casey, as a candidate, Bloomberg reported. Byron…
Read MoreBitcoin ETFs See Nearly $1 Billion In Outflows As Crypto Market Plunges
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Tuesday also marked the sixth consecutive red day for $BTC ETFs In some instances over the past year, inflows surged days after massive outflows Some crypto users believe the outflows only highlight how “weak hands” move when the market is down Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw nearly $1 billion in outflows…
Read MoreTrump Announces $5M Gold Card – How To Buy US Citizenship Through The New Immigration Scheme
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Trump said the Gold Card will feature Green Card privileges with a direct pathway to US citizenship Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said applicants will go through standard background checks Trump reiterated that applicants should be able to prove they can ‘create jobs’ for the US public There is growing pushback on the…
Read MoreSEC Drops Investigations Into Robinhood Crypto, Uniswap, Driving $UNI Price Up
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Robinhood lauded the SEC staff’s decision to close the probe on RHC Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said he still believes regulation is ‘good’ for the space Uniswap reiterated it was open to discussions with regulators on how to policy development Uniswap’s Hayden Adams thanked the new SEC leadership for ‘taking a more…
Read MoreDockworkers Vote to Accept New Labor Contract
[ad_1] Dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts voted in favor of a new contract on Tuesday, ending labor turbulence at ports that handle a large share of U.S. trade with the rest of the world. The dockworkers’ union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, said nearly 99 percent of its members had supported the contract, which…
Read MoreDramatic House Vote Delivers Narrow Victory For Trump Budget Agenda
[ad_1] Latin Times The House of Representatives voted to adopt the Republicans’ sweeping budget proposal on Tuesday night, advancing President Donald Trump‘s agenda of massive spending cuts. House Speaker Mike Johnson managed to persuade partisan holdouts to get behind the controversial budget proposal, which includes massive cuts to Medicaid and other social programs. “We got…
Read MoreTesla Stock Falls 8% as Concerns About Elon Musk’s Political Role Grow
[ad_1] Shares of Tesla had been on a tear since Donald J. Trump won the presidential election. Investors were betting that the carmaker would benefit from the more than $250 million that its chief executive, Elon Musk, spent to support the Trump campaign. But an 8 percent decline in Tesla’s stock on Tuesday all but…
Read MoreWho Are the Probationary Federal Workers Being Cut Under Trump?
[ad_1] In news about the Trump administration’s job-slashing effort, one class of federal workers comes up repeatedly: “probationary” employees. At the Internal Revenue Service, 6,700 people with that status are being let go. At the Department of Health and Human Services, reports indicated the total could be 5,200. The Pentagon announced last week that it…
Read MoreWhite House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
[ad_1] The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it would start handpicking which media outlets were allowed to participate in the presidential press pool, the small, rotating group of reporters who relay the president’s day-to-day activities to the public. The change breaks decades of precedent. It allows the White House to assert more control over…
Read MoreApple Claims Software Switching ‘Racist’ to ‘Trump’ Is a ‘Bug’
[ad_1] Apple blamed a “bug” on its software hearing “Trump” when users say “racist.” Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An Apple spokesperson claims a “bug” is causing its speech-to-text software to switch the word “racist” to “Trump.” The glitch was initially revealed in a TikTok video in which a user clearly said “racist” into the iPhone, then…
Read MoreDemocratic Lawmaker Calls GOP’s Budget Resolution a ‘Blueprint for Suffering’: ‘We Will Not Give Them One Single Vote’
[ad_1] Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) gave an impassioned speech on the House floor, vowing the Republican-backed 2025 budget resolution would receive no votes from Democrats. Al Drago/Getty Images Lawmakers in the US House clashed over the GOP’s 2025 budget plan, with New Mexico’s Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury condemning the proposal as a “blueprint for suffering.”…
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