The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving to drop a suit against Capital One brought during the Biden administration just last month that accused the bank of cheating customers out of a collective $2 billion. A one-line court filing Thursday said the agency was seeking to voluntarily dismiss its suit with prejudice, meaning that it...
TEL AVIV, Israel — An investigation by the Israeli military has determined that Hamas was able to carry out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on Oct. 7, 2023, because the much more powerful Israeli army misjudged the militant group’s intentions and underestimated its capabilities. The findings, released Thursday, could pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Governors around the country are putting up “we’re hiring” signs for fired federal workers. In light of the thousands of federal job cuts doled out by President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk via the Department of Government Efficiency, a growing number of governors, mostly Democrats, have begun trying to woo those employees to...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can go ahead with plans to fire dozens of officers from the CIA and other intelligence agencies who had temporary jobs working on diversity programs. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga said if fairness and morals were the standard on which he had to rule, he might have delivered a different...
A Cleveland school bus became engulfed in flames during its morning route on Thursday, officials said. The Cleveland Heights Fire Department said no injuries were reported, giving credit to the bus driver’s fast response to the growing flames. “The bus driver acted quickly and got all of the students off the bus and to safety,”...
A Detroit mother who lost two of her four children while living in a van with her family after they died from possible exposure to the cold was gifted a new home days after her son and daughter were laid to rest. A video posted by the city of Detroit and the Detroit Rescue Mission...
The American coach of the Canadian men’s national soccer team blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday amid icy geopolitical tensions between the northern neighbors. The fiery rhetoric comes just as the U.S., Canada, and Mexico prepare to co-host the World Cup in 2026, with Trump’s threat of tariffs on both nations looming. Since winning the...
Gayle King, Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez will join three other women on the next mission from Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin announced on Thursday. The 11th crewed flight of the company’s New Shepard rocket is set to blast off this spring, it said, though Blue Origin did not give a date. King, cohost...
Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar paid tribute to her “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” costar Michelle Trachtenberg on Thursday, a day after police foung the 39-year-old dead in her New York City home. Gellar posted a series of old photos on Instagram, showing the pair on the set and behind the scenes of the hit series. “Michelle,...
President Donald Trump said Thursday that 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico would go into effect next Tuesday, March 4. In a post on his Truth Social app, Trump said the tariffs were needed to combat continued drug flows into the U.S. “We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the...