4 d. ago Trump administration to pay $5 million settlement to family of killed January 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt

The Air Force veteran was fatally shot by police when she tried to storm the House of Representatives on January 6, 2021

Economics

4 d. ago Trump administration to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over Ashli Babbitt's fatal shooting in Capitol

The Trump administration has agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit that Ashli Babbitt’s family filed over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot

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4 d. ago Trump officials reportedly reach $5m settlement in January 6 wrongful death suit

Family sought $30m in damages after Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot by police during 2021 US Capitol breachThe Trump administration has reportedly reached an agreement to pay nearly $5m to the family of the woman who was fatally shot by police while participating in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol carried out by the president’s supporters.Citing multiple sources, the Washington Post reported on Monday that the Trump administration had agreed to pay the family of Ashli Babbitt to settle the wrongful death lawsuit they filed after the attack. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Stock markets drop and bond yields rise after US credit rating downgrade; EC cuts eurozone growth forecast – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsUS credit rating downgrade could add to pressure on government debtEconomic risks are weighing on the US dollar today, reports Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown:‘’Like a long weekend hangover, a headache of worry is seeping into sentiment today. The FTSE 100 has opened lower, as investors mull over the downgrading of the US sovereign credit rating on Friday.Moody’s stripped the US of its triple-A rating, citing the growing US fiscal deficit, and the higher borrowing costs the administration will be forced to pay. Given the pledge by Trump to cut taxes, it’s feared the situation could deteriorate further. More of a sombre mood is expected on Wall Street when trading opens later, with futures indicating falls of around 1% for the S&P 500 and 1.3% for the Nasdaq. Continue reading...

Economics

5 d. ago Stock markets drop and bond yields rise after US credit rating downgraded by Moody’s – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsUS credit rating downgrade could add to pressure on government debtEconomic risks are weighing on the US dollar today, reports Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown:‘’Like a long weekend hangover, a headache of worry is seeping into sentiment today. The FTSE 100 has opened lower, as investors mull over the downgrading of the US sovereign credit rating on Friday.Moody’s stripped the US of its triple-A rating, citing the growing US fiscal deficit, and the higher borrowing costs the administration will be forced to pay. Given the pledge by Trump to cut taxes, it’s feared the situation could deteriorate further. More of a sombre mood is expected on Wall Street when trading opens later, with futures indicating falls of around 1% for the S&P 500 and 1.3% for the Nasdaq. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Trump administration promises Illinois it will pay to keep carp out of the Great Lakes

Illinois is getting set to close on property that officials want to buy to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes

Politics

2 w. ago Patricia Clarkson: ‘When women make equal pay, everybody wins’

The Oscar-nominated actor talks about her new role playing equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter and why the Trump administration should be carefulPatricia Clarkson, who portrays late equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in a biopic released this week, has a wish.The Oscar-nominated actor hopes her fellow American women collectively withhold sex from their partners – especially men in power – if the second Trump administration’s assault on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives ever takes aim at the gains won by the subject of her new film. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump administration will pay immigrants in U.S. illegally $1,000 to self

‘Self-deportation is the best, safest, and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest,’ Homeland Security secretary says

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2 w. ago Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 to go home

The Trump administration says it's going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda

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