JUNE 21, 2018
In this Wednesday, June 20, 2018, photo provided on Thursday, June 21, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, followed by his wife Ri sol Ju, in red, arrive at North Korean Embassy in Beijing. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for...
JUNE 21, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S. - REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
States have broad authority to force online retailers to collect potentially billions of dollars worth of sales taxes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, siding against e-commerce companies in their high-profile fight with South Dakota.
The justices, in a 5-4 ruling against Wayfair Inc, Overstock.com Inc and...
JUNE 21, 2018
TIME Inc. John Moore—Getty Images
John Moore, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for Getty Images, has been photographing immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for years. This week one of his pictures became the most visible symbol of the immigration debate in America.
“This one was tough for me. As soon as it was over, they were put into a...
JUNE 20, 2018
Chinese acquisitions and investments in the U.S. fell 92 percent to just $1.8 billion in the first five months of this year, consulting and research firm Rhodium Group said Tuesday.
Counting divestitures, net Chinese deal flow to the U.S. during that time was a negative $7.8 billion, the report said.
The decline follows a sharp drop in the second...
JUNE 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has blocked a White House plan to cut almost $15 billion in unused government money slated for children's health insurance and other programs.
Fifty senators voted against the measure Wednesday, with 48 supporting it. The House narrowly passed the plan this month. It would take a mostly symbolic whack at government spending because...
JUNE 20, 2018
Brief Scorecard: England 481 for 6 (Hales 147, Bairstow 139) beat Australia 239 (Rashid 4-47, Moeen 3-28) by 242 runs
Centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales powered England to a world record men's ODI score of 481 for 6 against Australia at Trent Bridge which also included the fastest ODI fifty for them by Eoin Morgan.
On the...
JUNE 20, 2018
He’s done it on Twitter. He’s done it in the White House driveway. And he’s done it in a speech to a business group.
President Trump — a man already known for trafficking in mistruths and even outright lies — has been outdoing even himself with falsehoods in recent days, repeating and amplifying bogus claims on several of the most...
JUNE 19, 2018
House Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would balance the budget in nine years — but only by making large cuts to entitlement programs, including Medicare, that President Trump vowed not to touch.
The House Budget Committee is aiming to pass the blueprint this week, but that may be as far as it goes this midterm election year....
JUNE 19, 2018
It’s the end of an era for General Electric. After more than a century on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the industrial conglomerate will be replaced on the index by pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance when trading begins on June 26.
David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the S&P Dow Jones Indices’ index committee, said in a...
JUNE 19, 2018
Since their discovery, the only acknowledged black hole varieties represent two extremes: one could swallow the sun, and the other could swallow an entire galaxy. Scientists have long sought proof of mid-size black holes that could fill the gap, and now, they’re one step closer.
For the first time, a group of researchers captured an intermediate-mass black hole...
