The United States prohibits most federal employees from engaging in certain political activities – especially if those employees are engaged in fundamentally non-partisan activities such as diplomacy – in order to prevent abuse of power and corruption. On Tuesday night, however, the Trump administration destroyed these limits by holding part …
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First Lady Melania Trump greeted White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump shortly after the first daughter introduced her father prior to President Trump’s convention speech. Ivanka apparently spoke in her personal capacity at the South Lawn Convention, although her speech may have been a violation of the Hatch Act. Earlier …
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The first store ever built in the US closes its doors for good. Lord and Taylor announced Thursday that they will close the remaining 38 stores. The hefty retailer has been in business for 194 years, but he filed for bankruptcy on August 2. The liquidator for the company said …
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Apple blocked Facebook to inform users that Apple would collect 30 percent of in-app purchases through a planned new feature, Facebook told Reuters. Apple said the update violated an App Store rule that developers do not display “irrelevant” information to users. The feature lets Facebook users buy tickets directly for …
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Bill.com Holdings Inc. Chief Executive René Lacerte is optimistic that the COVID-19 crisis will drive a longer-term shift to remote work that increases the demand for digital accounting tools. The company already saw signs of those trends in its recently ended fiscal fourth quarter, as it added 6,700 net new …
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