Supreme Court seems likely to OK $8B phone, internet subsidy for rural, low-income areas
The justices heard nearly three hours of arguments in a new test of federal regulatory power.
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Numbers to know for 16 teams remaining in March Madness
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament resumes Thursday and Friday with regional play.
Dollar Tree selling Family Dollar to private equity firms for $1B
The acquisition price marks a massive discount compared with how much Dollar Tree Inc. paid to buy Family Dollar in 2015 after a bidding war with rival Dollar General.
Trump signs executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
The order says the U.S. has failed “to enforce basic and necessary election protections” and calls on states to work with federal agencies to share voter lists and prosecute election crimes.
Trump administration to pull back $11B in COVID funding from local health departments
The Department of Health and Human Services said it would “no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago.”
Kroger blames Albertsons for merger’s demise in new court filings
Kroger said in Tuesday’s court filing that it should not be forced to pay Albertsons a $600 million termination fee as well as billions of dollars in legal fees.
Coach Matt Painter’s adaptability has Purdue returning to Sweet 16
In an era of college basketball where the only true constant seems to be change, Painter remains a model of consistency.
Five high-level CDC officials leaving in latest turmoil for public health agency
CDC employees—including the organization’s leaders—have been bracing themselves for moves by the Trump administration to lay off staff and possibly dramatically reorganize the agency.
Fired federal workers face choices now that judge wants them rehired
Whether to return to the federal workforce is a decision confronting thousands of fired employees.
Consumer confidence tumbles to 12-year low
The Conference Board’s report Tuesday said that the measure of Americans’ short-term expectations for income, business and the job market fell 9.6 points, to 65.2.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in position
President Trump has said he is considering putting USPS under the control of the Commerce Department in an attempt to stop losses at the $78 billion-a-year agency, which has operated as an independent entity since 1970.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers
The appeal also calls on the conservative-majority court to rein in the growing number of federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda, at least for now.
Power conferences fill this year’s Sweet 16 for first time ever
The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting mid-majors, is made up entirely of teams from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
Jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1B in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit
Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018, has continued to dispute claims that Roundup causes cancer. But the company has been hit with more than 177,000 lawsuits involving the weedkiller and set aside $16 billion to settle cases.
March Madness first-round games drawing more viewers
Thursday night’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games made up the most-watched prime-time first-round slate in March Madness history.
Small Business Administration to reorganize, cut about 2,700 jobs
The layoffs are part of a larger campaign by the Trump Administration to shrink the federal workforce.
Johnson & Johnson plans $55B in United States investments
Aside from building four new plants, Johnson & Johnson said that it will expand several existing sites.
Trump—with Indiana Gov. Braun on hand—orders plan to dismantle the Education Department
Braun tweeted that he supports “President Trump’s bold action to return education to where it belongs and to put parents in the driver’s seat of their children’s education.”
In 35 years of motorsports, Ganassi builds business by winning
Team Penske is considered the gold standard of American open-wheel racing. But drivers for Indianapolis-based Chip Ganassi Racing have won five of the last seven IndyCar championships.
Trump to call for shutdown of U.S. Education Department
President Trump has derided the Department of Education as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, finalizing its dismantling is likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979.