Social issues

Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court

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[ad_1] A voter wearing a protective mask enters a polling location in Opelika, Alabama, U.S., on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alabama Republicans on Friday defied a U.S. Supreme Court order by passing a new congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district. The GOP-controlled Legislature had called a special session to … Read more

U.S. Virgin Islands seeks at least $190 million from JPMorgan Chase in Jeffrey Epstein case

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[ad_1] The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in a court filing Friday estimated that it will seek damages of at least $190 million from JPMorgan Chase in a lawsuit accusing the big bank of facilitating sex trafficking by its former long-time customer Jeffrey Epstein. The Virgin Islands also said it wants an order requiring … Read more

Social Security phone service disruptions led to dropped calls, longer wait times, report finds

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[ad_1] Thanasis Zovoilis | Getty Callers who have sought help from the Social Security Administration in recent years have reported long wait times, dropped calls and inability to access the agency’s services. A new report from the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General finds the agency experienced more than 40 telephone system disruptions … Read more

Merck sues Biden administration over Medicare drug price negotiations

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[ad_1] Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Global drugmaker Merck on Tuesday sued the Biden administration over Medicare‘s new powers to substantially reduce drug prices for seniors under the Inflation Reduction Act, the opening salvo in the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to weaken the program. Merck called the law’s drug price negotiation program a “sham” … Read more

Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $75 million to Jeffrey Epstein victims to settle lawsuit

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[ad_1] Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $75 million to victims of sex predator Jeffrey Epstein to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the bank of enabling and benefitting from its customer’s sex trafficking of young women, sources told CNBC on Wednesday night. The bombshell deal still leaves JPMorgan Chase … Read more

Here’s where the jobs are for April 2023 — in one chart

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[ad_1] Broad job gains across the economy helped the labor market show resilience in the face of a banking crisis and growing recessionary concerns. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 253,000 in April, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. That’s more than the Dow Jones estimate of 180,000. Friday’s data bolsters the … Read more

DHS task force will examine how to use AI to protect homeland security

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[ad_1] Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a new conference in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Veronica G. Cardenas | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will establish a new task force to examine how the government can use artificial intelligence … Read more

Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida

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[ad_1] Stickers and apparel promoting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sit on a table before a book tour event at the North Charleston Coliseum on April 19, 2023 in North Charleston, South Carolina.  Sean Rayford | Getty Images Disney is preparing to take its fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the … Read more

Macron bypassed parliament and angered French citizens. Setting the far-right up for a bounce

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[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images President Emmanuel Macron‘s controversial pension overhaul, pushed through by overriding the country’s parliament, could eventually erase what the French leader has been working for over the last six years, political analysts told CNBC. Macron has placed himself as a centrist politician. When aiming … Read more

Pfizer CEO signs open letter calling for reversal of Texas abortion pill ruling

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[ad_1] Pfizer‘s CEO signed on to an open letter calling for the reversal of a federal judge’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Albert Bourla was among the more than 200 pharmaceutical company executives who signed the letter after U.S. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s controversial ruling Friday. “We … Read more