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Consider inflation, which has been one of the Biden administration’s thorniest political problems. In a speech this month, Harris proposed going after grocery chains that she claimed are using inflation as a pretext to price-gouge consumers. In one line in the speech, she outlined an approach that you might call prosecutorial populism: target the rule-breakers. Continue reading

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be unable to remove himself from the ballots in the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin, election officials confirmed Tuesday, days after he ended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump. Cheri Hardmon, a spokesperson for the Michigan secretary of state’s office, confirmed that “minor party Continue reading

Smith explained in an accompanying filing that the superseding indictment was presented to a new grand jury that hadn’t previously heard evidence in the case and that it “reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions in Trump v. United States,” referring to the July 1 immunity ruling. Continue reading

2 workers killed, 1 seriously hurt in ‘possible explosion’ at Delta Air Lines’ Atlanta maintenance facility Two workers were killed and one was seriously injured in what officials termed a “possible explosion” at Delta Air Lines’ Atlanta Technical Operations Maintenance facility at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to Delta TechOps and first responders. Responders to Continue reading

Former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Tom Girardi, the disbarred attorney, was found guilty Tuesday in the embezzlement of millions of dollars from his former clients. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Girardi, the 85-year-old estranged husband of “Real Housewives” star Erika Jayne, on four wire fraud charges. The charges alleged he stole Continue reading

LOADING ERROR LOADING Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said he regrets not speaking out more forcefully about the pressure his company received from President Joe Biden’s administration to “censor” content related to the COVID pandemic, adding that he would push back against similar efforts in the future. In a letter addressed to Rep. Jim Continue reading

Home goods retailer Lowe’s is paring back its efforts to promote LGBTQ inclusion — the latest large company to respond to a growing cultural backlash led by conservatives targeting queer representation in public life. In an internal company memo being widely shared among media organizations, Lowe’s told employees it was ending its participation in surveys Continue reading

The Israel Defense Force and Israel Security Agency announced Tuesday that another hostage taken during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack has been rescued. “The IDF and ISA have rescued Qaid Farhan Alkadi from Gaza where he was held hostage, and brought him to his family in Israel. This operation was part of the IDF’s daring Continue reading

PARIS (AP) — A French investigative judge extended police custody for the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, prosecutors said on Tuesday. After that, authorities must release or charge him, the prosecutor’s office said in an earlier statement. Russian government officials have expressed outrage at his detention, with some calling it politically Continue reading