GOP bill would stick Congress members with veterans’ health care plan to call attention to failing VA
A Republican bill introduced this week would force members of Congress and their staff to get health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a change aimed at forcing lawmakers to recognize the longstanding problems with the VA. House and Senate lawmakers and staff are…
Police fine U.K. PM Rishi Sunak for failing to wear a seatbelt in Instagram video
LONDON — Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined by police Friday, for failing to wear a seatbelt whilst filming a clip for social media in a moving vehicle. Sunak became only the second prime minister in history to be hit with a police fine…
Tech execs could be jailed for failing to protect kids: UK proposal
The Union Jack flag flies on top the British Parliament Building in London, England. Wilfred Frost | CNBC Tech executives could face the possibility of jail time for breaching online safety standards under a proposal in the U.K. after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government reached…
Former Mueller prosecutor: White House ‘digging a hole deeper’ by failing to answer classified doc questions
Andrew Weissmann, a top prosecutor in the Mueller investigation into former President Donald Trump, criticized the Biden White House on social media over its handling of classified documents and the media fallout that has ensued. “The WH keeps digging a hole deeper: they have failed to…
Comedian Andy Dick accused of public intoxication, failing to register as a sex offender
Actor and comedian Andy Dick was accused Friday of public intoxication and failing to register as a sex offender, authorities said. Dick, 57, was taken into custody without incident in Lake Elsinore, roughly 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles, after a report of an intoxicated…
Peloton to pay $19 million fine for failing to report treadmill hazards, selling recalled equipment
Peloton has agreed to pay a penalty of more than $19 million after the Consumer Product Safety Commission said the exercise company failed to report potential hazards in using its treadmill and sold previously recalled products. According to the commission, beginning in December 2018 and…
Buttigieg battered by crises in first two years as transportation secretary: ‘Prime example of failing up’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s tenure has been plagued by multiple crises from supply chain snarls to widespread commercial airline delays while he has been criticized for his handling of the issues. Amid the many crises Buttigieg has faced, the former presidential candidate and mayor of…
South Korea apologizes to citizens for failing to down North Korean drones that violated airspace
South Korea on Tuesday apologized to its citizens for failing to shoot down North Korean drones that crossed its borders for the first time in five years. Lt. Gen. Kang Shin Chul, chief director of operation at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a…
Investors see typical seasonal patterns failing with little hope for a Santa rally or January bounce
Stocks don’t need a Santa Claus rally in order to see a positive new year, but it would help if the market can show gains in January. The seasonal ebb and flow of the market, based on historic patterns, is a science followed by many…
