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RFK Jr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Supreme Court

Decision 2024

Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr.’s bid to be removed from Michigan, Wisconsin ballots

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s last-ditch bid Tuesday to remove his name from the presidential ballots in the swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Kennedy, who ended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump, made an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in an effort to make sure his name did not inadvertently draw votes from the former president. Last week, Kennedy issued two separate emergency requests, which argued that forcing his name to remain on the ballot compelled his […]

todayOctober 29, 2024 78

government shutdown spending deal

National

Weekend spending deal averts government shutdown

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Washington lawmakers reached a spending plan Sunday that will keep the government operating through December, avoiding a looming shutdown. The deal keeps federal agencies funded and staves off what could have been a government stoppage Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year. This move allows lawmakers to push a decision on future spending until after the November election. House Speaker Mike Johnson described the measure as "bare bones," and only included funding extensions that are absolutely necessary. Speaker of the House Mike […]

todaySeptember 22, 2024 118

Alex Jones Infowars

National

Alex Jones, Infowars to part ways

Jones agrees to liqudate assets

AUSTIN, Tex. (United Press International) -- Infowars owner Alex Jones will have to liquidate his ownership of the controversial website and other assets to help settle his $1.5 billion debt to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims. Jones on Thursday agreed to liquidate his assets to help pay the $1.5 billion judgment in favor of Sandy Hook families. Jones initially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection but asked a Texas bankruptcy court to convert it to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which requires him […]

todayJune 10, 2024 94

corn

Business News

U.S.-Mexico GM corn dispute to be resolved in 2024

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Mexico trade dispute over the Latin American country’s plans to restrict imports of genetically modified corn is expected to be resolved this year. Chief agricultural negotiator Doug McKalip, with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), told attendees of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s Winter Policy Conference Feb. 7 that the panel is in place and arguments have been scheduled for later in 2024 in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 78

IRS tax season

National

IRS: Tax season opens January 29

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Internal Revenue Service on Monday announced this year's tax filing season will officially begin on Jan. 29, when it will start accepting and processing returns for 2023. The agency said it expects more than 128.7 million individual tax returns to be filed and processed between then and the April 15 tax deadline. Americans who use software providers to file electronically or employ tax professionals to prepare their returns are free to file before Jan. 29, although the […]

todayJanuary 9, 2024 55

Mullin

National

GOP lawmaker Mullin threatens to fight union leader

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Thrown elbows and threats of a fistfight marked a tense day on Capitol Hill with a potential government shutdown looming. During a hearing on labor unions by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin stood up and challenged Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl-2KTpXShY Mullin read some social media posts O'Brien had tweeted following a previous Senate hearing before getting into a back-and-forth with him. "If you want to run your mouth, we […]

todayNovember 14, 2023 59

unemployment

Business News

First time unemployment filings hold at 217,000

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The number of people filing initial claims for unemployment benefits last week reached a seasonally adjusted 217,000, the same as the previous week before an upward revision by the Labor Department, federal officials said Thursday. Officially, the number of claims for the week ending Nov. 4 is a decrease after officials revised the original filing for the week ending Oct. 28 up 3,000 to 220,000. The filings are a snapshot that experts watch for to find clues about […]

todayNovember 9, 2023 42

Libertarian

HN Investigates

McARDLE PAPERS: The most corrupt committee in the national Libertarian Party

In Part 1 of this investigative series, Heartland Newsfeed unfolded what were apparent mistakes by the current Libertarian National Committee to reform the party. We also detailed the Committee’s fear of conflict, their conflicts of interest, their cults of personality, and other elements essentially halting progress in the party. Finally, we detail several key figures on the Committee who are problematic figures in the party. In part 2, we uncovered organizational and operational issues with the Libertarian National Committee, the […]

todayAugust 21, 2023 75

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