More gains for U.S. stocks on Friday sent Wall Street to its latest record‚ milestone and winning week. The S&;P 500 rose 0.6% and finished a day above the 5‚000 level for the first time. It’s the 10th record in less than a month for the index‚ which closed its 14th winning week in the last 15 to continue a romp that began around Halloween. The Nasdaq composite jumped 1.2% to pull within 0.4% of its own all-time high‚ which was set in 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was a...

As part of his Don Quixote-like quest to avoid criticism‚ Attorney General Merrick Garland has binged on special counsel appointments throughout his tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice. Now‚ following a string of debacles‚ including allowing Special Counsel John Durham to continue his useless four-year probe of the Mueller investigation—elevating the Hunter Biden prosecutor‚ David Weiss‚ to special counsel status after a half-decade of investigation—Garland’s hand-picked Special Counsel...

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is running for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat‚ shaking up what was expected to be a breezy general-election contest for Democrats in a deep blue state. The two-term governor opted to join the fray on Friday‚ the deadline to file paperwork to replace retiring Democrat Ben Cardin. The move solidifies that Hogan‚ a vocal critic of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump‚ will almost certainly not seek to run for president on No Labels’ third-...

A group of Brown University students have entered the eighth day of a hunger strike to pressure their school to divest from businesses they say benefit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. The 19 students began their protests on 2 February. They said they will continue until Brown officials consider divesting. It is likely the longest hunger strike in the US since the beginning of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. The strike at the Ivy League university in Rhode Island...

Almost 96% of all dental hygienists are women. Six out of seven lawyers are white. And the racial and ethnic makeup of paralegals‚ hairdressers and dietitians closely mirrors that of the overall U.S. workforce.    The Bureau of Labor Statistics each year publishes data looking at the gender and racial composition of hundreds of occupations‚ offering a snapshot of how workers sort themselves into many of the most important jobs in the country. There are sociology textbooks’ worth...

Thursday couldn't have gone any better for former President Donald Trump‚ experts told Newsweek. An ethics complaint was filed against one of Trump's biggest enemies‚ the justices on the Supreme Court signaled they would rule in the former president's favor‚ and a damning report was released about his number one political rival. The latest developments have been welcome news for Trump‚ who has been dealt a number of legal setbacks in recent weeks‚ including an $83.3 million verdict in the...

The Biden administration has confirmed that terms like "MAGA‚" "Trump" and "Kamala" were included in the push by federal investigators for banks to surveil private financial transactions following the Jan. 6‚ 2021 protests at the U.S. Capitol‚ a letter obtained by Fox News Digital reveals. The letter‚ sent Friday from the Treasury Department to Sen. Tim Scott‚ R-S.C.‚ the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee‚ notes that "Exchange events" convened by its Financial Crimes Enforcement...

The five U.S. Marines who died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region in southern California on Tuesday have been identified by the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar. The victims were identified as Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis‚ 21‚ of Kansas; Sgt. Alec Langen‚ 23‚ of Arizona; Capt. Benjamin Moulton‚ 27‚ of Idaho; Capt. Jack Casey‚ 26‚ of New Hampshire; and Capt. Miguel Nava‚ 28‚ of Michigan‚ Fox News reported. Davis and Langen‚ the youngest members of the crew‚ were both crew...

Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington admitted Friday President Joe Biden lacked the “normal strength” for a political campaign the day after Biden held a contentious press conference. Biden lashed out during a roughly 13-minute press conference held Thursday night about the coverage of special counsel Robert Hur’s report‚ which found Biden deliberately kept classified documents. Hur declined to charge Biden‚ describing the president as “a sympathetic‚ well-meaning‚ elderly man with...