• The Canadian Press

    Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world's fifth-largest economy. Officially, Newsom said the state's deficit is $27.6 billion. But really, it's closer to $45 billion when including previous spending reductions that Newsom and the state Legisl

  • The Daily Beast

    Newsmax Told Its Hosts to ‘Lay Off Criticizing’ Biden for One Night

    Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyMAGA cable network Newsmax exploded onto the national scene by parroting 2020 election denialism and going all-in on Trump propaganda. But at times, the network has seemingly tried to curry favor with the Biden administration.In one such instance, the channel appeared to order its weeknight hosts to lay off the unrelenting criticism of President Joe Biden for one evening, ahead of a Newsmax interview with First Lady Jill Biden, three

  • The Canadian Press

    Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week. The temporary nationwide injunction imposed by Judge Mark Pittman in the Northern District of Texas is a win for the big banks and major credit card companies, which collect billions in revenue each year in late fees and were looking to stop the proposal from going into effect. It is also a win for the U.S. Chamber