Trump tariffs help push U.S. beef prices higher

President Donald Trump is blaming the meat packers and U.S. cattlemen for rising beef prices, but the tariffs on beef from Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay, feed, farm equipment and machinery are all adding to the price surge. The United States is a big buyer of Australian, Brazilian, and New Zealand beef exports. Brazil is…

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Goldman Sachs backs Kathy Ruemmler

Kathy Ruemmler, former White House Counsel, appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 29, 2014. William B. Plowman | NBC Newswire | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Goldman Sachs on Thursday strongly backed its top lawyer, Kathy Ruemmler, a day after a congressional committee released her chummy emails with notorious sex offender Jeffrey…

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Disney (DIS) earnings Q4 2025

Disney reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped analyst expectations for earnings but missed on revenue as the company’s entertainment business was weighed down by its TV networks and a lackluster theatrical film slate. Disney stock fell more than 3% in premarket trading. Here is what Disney reported for the period ended Sept. 27,…

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House to vote on funding bill

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks surrounded by the media, as members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington after a 53-day break, for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 12, 2025. Nathan…

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House petition gets key signature

A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Nov. 12, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A petition in the House of Representatives to force a vote to release the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday secured the last…

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Trump mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein emails

Notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote in an email to author Michael Wolff that his former longtime friend, President Donald Trump, “knew about the girls,” according to a copy of that April 2019 message purportedly between the two men released by House Democrats on Wednesday. It is unclear what the phrase “knew about the girls”…

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