Nexstar Posts Record Results, on Target for $2 Billion in Profits
Late last week, Nexstar Media Group reported record first-quarter revenue and increased earnings this week, underscoring the financial strength of the nation’s largest local television broadcaster even as the company faces intensifying legal and political opposition over its acquisition of TEGNA.
ActBlue scrutiny fuels new GOP bills to tighten election donation rules
FIRST ON FOX: House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., introduced a legislative package on Monday designed to improve transparency and security in campaign finance as a major Democratic payment processor faces scrutiny over foreign donations. Steil’s package includes two bills: The Campaign Finance Transparency Act and the Preventing Foreign Influence in American Elections Act, […]
Rasmussen: Voters Fear Election System Hacking
More than 8 in 10 likely U.S. voters say it’s important to prevent election fraud in the upcoming midterms, and 70% say they’re concerned electronic voting systems could be manipulated without detection, according to Rasmussen Reports poll results.
Trump to Head to China as Xi Prioritizes Security
President Donald Trump travels this week to China, where President Xi Jinping reportedly has prioritized his country’s security over its economy.[#item_full_content]
Energy Execs: Three Mile Island Restart May Soon Get OK
Constellation Energy, one of the world’s biggest electricity producers, hopes U.S. regulators will issue a decision as early as next month that will dictate when the company’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant can restart, executives said on Monday.[#item_full_content]
Report: Trump Frustrated Cuba Regime Still Standing
President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated that months of intense U.S. pressure on Cuba’s communist government have not yet triggered the regime’s collapse, according to a report published Monday…[#item_full_content]
Police: 6 People Found Dead in Boxcar in Laredo, Texas
A South Texas medical examiner believes heat stroke may have led to the death of six people thought to be immigrants who were found Sunday afternoon inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The people were found Sunday …[#item_full_content]
Alabama AG makes Supreme Court play that could deal decisive blow in redistricting war
Alabama’s top law enforcement officer filed a Supreme Court challenge aimed at overturning a prior ruling that limited Republicans in decennial redistricting, after a recent Louisiana case raised questions about how the court previously ruled there. Louisiana’s “Callais” ruling struck down the state’s map, including districts centered on New Orleans and a narrow majority-minority corridor […]
Treasury Department Tells US Banks to Flag Suspected Iranian Money-Laundering Networks
The Treasury Department wants U.S. banks and other financial institutions to monitor suspected Iranian money laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and crypto networks.
Trump to Pause Beef Tariffs Amid Soaring Meat Prices
The Trump administration is suspending tariffs on all beef imports and plans to direct the Small Business Administration to increase loans and access to capital for U.S. ranchers to ease sky-high prices, reports The Wall Street Journal.
