President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is nominating Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as the next director of Immigration and Customs and Enforcement. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that his new pick for the immigration enforcement…
Online spending across all retailers in the US hit $26.4 billion during Amazon.com Inc.’s annual Prime Day sale, according to Adobe Inc., narrowly beating the firm’s earlier estimate of $26.3 billion. The four-day event ended Friday, with competitors such as…
About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data. In the report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested…
Australia will grant its online safety watchdog more powers and increase the maximum penalty for breaches of its world-first social media ban, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying big tech companies are not doing enough to comply. Under proposed legislation,…
Vladimir Putin’s grip on power has remained resilient despite the economic woes caused by his invasion of Ukraine, but the seeds of an eventual decline may have already been planted, according to a former Russian central bank advisor. A telltale…
Frenzied speculation surrounding the superstar singer and football player’s upcoming wedding has spiked over the past few days as reports swirl that the two are getting married the first week in July at one of New York’s iconic landmarks. Yet…
A lot of projectiles have been flying across the Persian Gulf recently, despite the U.S.-Iran agreement to extend their ceasefire and negotiate a lasting peace. On Saturday, Iran launched drones at Bahrain, which is home to a U.S. Navy base.…
Adam Martin remembers taking boxes of Panini stickers and their accompanying World Cup albums to a Formula 1 race in May, shortly after his collectibles shop had received a shipment and long before the tournament was to begin. The idea…
Apple Inc. is pressing the White House for approval to purchase memory chips from a blacklisted Chinese company as it grapples to rein in chip costs, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The US tech giant has been lobbying officials…
On the 250th anniversary of America, there is cause for a lot of celebration—and a little concern too. But, now more than ever, we should keep the glass half-full. We are incredibly fortunate to be Americans. As a lifelong Mainer,…