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Cars sit parked in front of a Kroger Co. grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, April 26, 2020. (Stacie Scott/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to halt the Kroger and Albertsons merger, according to court documents filed in federal court. The merger would represent two of […]
Atlantide Phototravel/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Disney against Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials over the state legislature’s decision to alter the governing structure of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Disney had argued in the lawsuit, filed last April, that the change to the […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case was the victim of swatting Sunday night at her Washington, D.C., home, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday. Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement it responded to a house in the District around 10 p.m. for […]
Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (IDAHO) — A federal judge has preliminarily blocked an Idaho law banning gender-affirming healthcare treatments for transgender people under 18 years old. The law was set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, and would have made it a felony to provide such care. District Court Judge Lynn Winmill ruled Wednesday […]
George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 440 lawsuits brought against the makers of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen do not have “admissible evidence” to show that prenatal exposure to the medication can lead to autism or ADHD, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote wrote in her opinion that at […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York has ordered a vast unsealing of court documents in early 2024 that will make public the names of scores of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates. The documents are part of a settled civil lawsuit alleging Epstein’s one-time paramour Ghislaine Maxwell facilitated the sexual abuse of […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve expects to begin cutting interest rates next year, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said at a press conference in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. Policymakers at the central bank believe interest rates likely stand at or near their peak, Powell added, voicing cautious optimism about the possibility that the Fed […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve will announce an interest rate decision on Wednesday, unveiling its latest policy move amid a near-historic series of rate hikes deployed to fight inflation. That string of rate increases has coincided with a cooldown of inflation but also has elevated interest payments for everything from credit card […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, despite stubborn inflation that has resisted the central bank’s fight to cool price increases. The move allows previous rate increases to take greater hold of the economy and grants the central bank time to assess whether another hike will be necessary. Inflation […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Once bemoaned as a source of recession worries, the U.S. economy has become a wellspring of good news: blistering growth, robust hiring and consumers opening their wallets for everything from concert tickets to bar tabs. The strong performance complicates the fight to dial back inflation, posing a quandary for the […]
