State Farm Insurance headquarters in Bloomington, Ill. (Daniel Gaines/Los Angeles Times) A top State Farm executive was fired this week after saying the insurer’s California rate hikes are “kind of” orchestrated and after making disparaging remarks about Pacific Palisades homeowners that were caught on an undercover video. Haden Kirkpatrick, State Farm Mutual’s vice president for […]
Getty Images President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will prevent people assigned male at birth from competing in women’s sporting events. The order was signed at an afternoon ceremony on Wednesday. According to ABC Newsthe White House will likely expect sports bodies, such as the NCAA, to change their rules to coincide […]
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Bitcoin rejoined the crypto rally on Friday amid reports that President-elect Donald Trump could soon release an executive order making crypto a national priority. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 4% at $104,672.37, according to Coin Metrics. The broader crypto market, as measured by the CoinDesk 20 index, was […]
US President Joe Biden, left, and Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, speak on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, bringing at least a temporary halt to the war […]
Christmas Eve is not a designated federal holiday. Still, U.S. presidents, including Joe Biden and Donald Trump, have used the holiday to grant a day off to the country’s more than 2 million federal employees. The White House announced on Thursday that Biden signed an executive order gifting federal employees the day off on Dec. […]
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Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Pittsburgh Pirates rookie ace Paul Skenes was one of six new players elected to the Major League Baseball Players’ Association executive subcommittee on Wednesday, per the Associated Pressjoining Detroit Tigers Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, San Diego Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Pete […]
The president-elect has signaled he will be destructive, but he seems motivated by retribution rather than saving money.
