Year: 2025

Year: 2025
Economy

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder resigns, claiming parent company Unilever ‘silenced’ its campaigning

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand, has stepped down from the company he started 47 years ago citing a retreat from its campaigning spirit under parent company Unilever. Greenfield wrote in an open letter late Tuesday night — shared on X by his co-founder Ben Cohen — that he could

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Senate Republicans brand looming crisis a ‘Schumer Shutdown’ as Democrats dig in

Senate Republicans are calling foul on Senate Democrats’ opposition to the GOP’s short-term plan to keep the government funded, calling it hypocritical.  House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their seven-week funding extension, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which congressional Republicans argue is as ‘clean’ as can be. That means that the bill largely lacks any

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Trump and first lady to get King Charles’ royal treatment at Windsor Castle

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump received a full royal welcome from King Charles III following their arrival to Windsor Castle on Tuesday night. Wednesday’s festivities kicked off with Trump, the first lady and several top U.S. officials participating in a carriage procession with the king, queen and other members of the royal

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‘This is the turning point:’ TPUSA says campus chapter requests surge over 54,000 after Kirk’s assassination

Turning Point USA has seen a massive surge in inquiries for new college chapters as the organization works to advance Charlie Kirk’s vision following his assassination last week. Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of ‘The Charlie Kirk Show,’ said that Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has received more than 54,000 inquiries from people wanting to start new

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House Dem warns both sides on ‘road to ruin’ as political divide deepens over Kirk assassination

A moderate House Democrat said he believes both Republicans and his own party have fallen short in their responses to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. ‘I’m disappointed. I wish that there was more effort as a group, Democrats and Republicans, to express condolences for his family and for him, and to express the real sadness

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Patel spars with House Democrats on allegations he’s involved in Epstein ‘cover-up’: ‘Categorically false’

FBI Director Kash Patel battled with Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during Wednesday’s hearing on oversight of the bureau.  The Jeffrey Epstein case was at the center of the clashes, with several Democrats accusing Patel of going back on his promise to release all available information to the public. Meanwhile, Patel argued that the

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FLASHBACK: Mamdani labeled Kirk a ‘far-right extremist’ who should be canceled from speaking in NYC

New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once signed a letter labeling conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week, as an ‘extremist’ while calling on a venue to block his ability to speak in New York City.  In a June 2023 press release by several local Democrats, Mamdani and his colleagues issued a

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Rand Paul clashes with top Democrat over CDC pushing vaccines on infants

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., clashed with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former CDC Director Susan Monarez over recommending vaccines for infants on Wednesday. The back-and-forth arose during a Senate hearing on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to oust Monarez last month. Monarez claims she was forced out for refusing to

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Obama calls Charlie Kirk’s death ‘horrific,’ blames Trump for fueling division

Former President Barack Obama said conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death was ‘horrific and a tragedy,’ while also taking a veiled shot at President Donald Trump with accusations of sowing political division in the country as the nation faces an unprecedented ‘political crisis.’  ‘Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie

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Newsom says he kept in touch with Charlie Kirk since podcast, called him ‘gracious’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a campaign event Tuesday evening that he stayed close with Charlie Kirk after he appeared as his debut guest on his podcast, ‘This is Gavin Newsom,’ in January. ‘He was gracious enough, to not only say, yes, he flew out, to do it in person,’ Newsom said to progressive

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