Justice Department orders charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams dismissed

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s “State of the NYPD” address on January 30, 2025 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has ordered federal prosecutors in New York to drop corruption charges against New York … Read more

Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks with attendees during a Serbs for Trump 2024 event at RWB Milwaukee bar during the Republican National Convention, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Armando L. Sanchez | Chicago Tribune | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday issued a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich, … Read more

Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting research funding after 22 states sue

A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding paid out by the federal government. Twenty-two state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against the plan, which would limit how it pays out universities and … Read more

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were near the flat line Monday night, as investors looked toward key inflation reports due later in the week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 55 points, or 0.1%. Futures tied … Read more

Wholesale egg prices have ‘blown way past’ prior record

Sign on an empty supermarket shelf in Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Wholesale egg prices have eclipsed record levels as the U.S. scrambles to contain a bird-flu outbreak — and consumers may soon see more sticker shock at their local grocer as a result, according to analysts. On Friday, average … Read more