news2shortsCompany says tool to compare self-reported hours with computer estimates is for ‘awareness, not enforcement’ Business live – latest updates JP Morgan Chase has started to compare the hours junior investment bankers claim to have worked against logs on its IT system. The US bank said it would begin issuing reports to junior bankers that … Read more
Exclusive: Error in second half of 2025 came after IRS saw over a quarter of its workforce reduced after huge cuts by Doge A technical glitch at the understaffed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is masking millions of dollars in campaign contributions to state-level election groups, including key governor and attorney general races, a campaign finance … Read more
In trying to downplay its seriousness and scope, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., tacitly acknowledged the existence of a problem they’ve argued is immaterial: that illegal immigrants may be able to unlawfully participate in federal elections. “The evidence is that almost no illegal aliens vote,” Schumer said in remarks on the … Read more
Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather. The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates back more than 100 years, when his ancestors … Read more
Dozens of volunteers, mostly over the age of 70, offer rides and serve as interpreters Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox On a February afternoon at a Spanish-immersion childcare center in Minneapolis, dozens of toddlers grabbed puffy coats out of cubbies as parents shuffled them out … Read more
Two of the three co-hosts of this summer’s tournament have been hit with the injury bug, casting doubt on a number of star players When Marcel Ruiz slumped into the grass of San Diego FC’s Snapdragon stadium late in the first half of Toluca’s Concacaf Champions Cup game last Wednesday, he seemed to already know. … Read more
With a busy travel weekend approaching, crowds are piling up at airports across the United States as the partial government shutdown continues and TSA agents go without pay. It comes as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is warning that travel chaos will only continue, saying, “You’re going to see extensive lines and air travel is going … Read more
Record 171 million passengers are expected to fly this spring, even as TSA funding lapse risks longer airport lines Spring breakers in the US could see their long-awaited trips to party destinations disrupted by a trifecta of issues: airport security delays, high gas prices, and chaotic weather. The potential for flight delays comes as US … Read more
Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield that prompted retaliatory strike on Qatar. Plus, what happened to the Oscars red carpet after the ceremony? Good morning. Iran has said it will show “zero restraint” if its energy infrastructure is targeted again as Qatar revealed that almost a fifth of its liquefied … Read more
The U.S. is now accelerating its deployment to the Middle East with more than 2,000 Marines deployed to the region, according to two people familiar with the decision. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY from Saudi Arabia.
