MARCH 31, 2024
VIETNAM-US-DIPLOMACY. - MANAN VATSYAYANA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. officials in Vietnam were injured in a Havana Syndrome style attack ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris's 2021 trip to Hanoi. Now, new evidence suggests Russia may have been involved — and that it may have been the Vietnamese themselves who were given technology that could have caused the injuries.
At...
MARCH 27, 2024
World’s biggest anaconda snake measuring 26ft-long found in Amazon.
The world’s largest snake has been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest just weeks after it was discovered.
A team of scientists discovered the previously undocumented species of giant anaconda in the Amazon, during filming for National Geographic’s Disney+ series Pole to Pole with Will Smith.
The huge reptile, named Ana Julia, was found in the...
MARCH 26, 2024
"Tell me about yourself."
It's one of the most common — and deceptively difficult — job interview questions.
But "tell me about yourself" is more than an icebreaker: Hiring managers also use this question to evaluate your confidence and get a pulse on your goals and priorities.
"When you're interviewing for a job, you're marketing yourself," says William Vanderbloemen, the...
MARCH 25, 2024
Former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal on Sunday drew attention to a pointed new Donald Trump moniker making the rounds on social media: “Don Poorleone.”
The former president had until Monday to secure a bond for the multimillion dollar civil fraud judgement against him while he appeals the ruling. Come the deadline, if Trump does not post bond, New York Attorney General...
MARCH 21, 2024
The IRS said it will focus on the wealthiest individuals and organizations this year. Mphillips007/Getty Images
Tax filing season can be a stressful time for many Americans. Between the challenge of having to navigate countless forms and compling all of the correct information, filing season can become overwhelming. The looming threat of an audit can ratchet up the stress of tax season even...
MARCH 21, 2024
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the 2025 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2024.
Republican senators questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about provisions of the Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which if allowed to expire, they alleged, could raise taxes for some Americans.
Yellen...
MARCH 21, 2024
Pence Executive Privilege.
A White House valet who was with former president Donald Trump on the day Congress certified his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden told the House January 6 select committee that Mr. Trump threatened then-vice president Mike Pence’s future political viability in a phone call just before Mr Pence was to preside over a joint...
MARCH 16, 2024
Person looking out a window. - Getty Images
Social Security benefits are vital to the finances of tens of millions of U.S. seniors. In fact, more than 40% of baby boomers say their monthly checks will be their primary source of retirement income, according to a 2023 report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.
When it comes to...
MARCH 16, 2024
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2024.
On Tuesday, the little-known Judicial Conference of the United States — the policymaking arm of the federal judiciary — made some unusual headlines by announcing a new effort to make it harder for plaintiffs in certain lawsuits challenging state or federal policies to hand-pick...
MARCH 15, 2024
National Association of Realtors building on Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2023. - Antonio Perez—Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images
Americans pay roughly $100 billion in real estate commissions each year, but that burden is about to be lightened considerably. The National Association of Realtors, one of the country’s largest industry associations, reached a settlement Friday morning...
