WASHINGTON—According to people familiar with the talks, White House officials are closely coordinating their strategy with Democratic leaders in Congress, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Chuck Schumer, as Democrats seek to draw attention to the negative economic effects of a holiday shutdown and the obstruction of disaster relief. Biden has refrained from discussing the impending shutdown in public. White House officials now think that House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump should handle this issue because Trump urged his party to sabotage a bipartisan agreement that had already been negotiated. The White House has mostly kept quiet, even though it will eventually have to sign any bill that passes. Republicans cited Biden when asked if Trump was responsible for the deal...

The trendiest stores used to be found in malls. The trendiest eateries are now located there. Shopping malls in the United States have suffered, especially in the past ten years, from the gradual demise of department stores and the growth of internet shopping. According to Coresight Research, the number of the once-essential retail complexes has decreased from a peak of 2,500 in the 1980s to about 700 now. However, a lot of people in the retail sector now believe that the predictions of the mall's doom were overblown. Many Gen Z customers adore the mall experience and prefer to purchase in person. Developers' innovative ideas have transformed vacant department shops into homes, bringing customers even closer to the establishments. Additionally, since restaurants and bars have grown in popu...

The incoming Republican-controlled White House, Senate, and House of Representatives will determine the fate of President Joe Biden's historic climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act. In the White House, President-elect Donald Trump has already proposed three candidates for positions in his cabinet that, if approved by the Senate, will probably play a significant role in the future of the IRA: executive in a hedge fundTreasury Secretary Scott Bessentas of an oilfield services firmChris Wright, the CEO of Liberty Energy, will head the Department of Energy, while Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota, will head the Interior Department. Both chambers of Congress would need to approve any total repeal of the IRA, and Republican politicians have so far been hesitant to fully discou...

Washington Just hours after President-elect Donald Trump destroyed the first bipartisan accord, House Republicans on Thursday seemed to have hammered out a second spending deal to stave an impending government shutdown. Republicans had reached a new agreement on government spending, House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., told reporters Thursday afternoon. However, he did not elaborate on the specifics of the agreement, which had included everything from government funding to changes to prescription drug plans to facilitating the relocation of an NFL football stadium. As he walked out of the speaker's office on Capitol Hill, Cole stated, "We have an agreement, and we expect to have a vote on Thursday." A few minutes later, the 116-page bill was issued by Republicans. Trump hailed t...

Vuori, an athleisure business that debuted in 2015, was based in a garage, marketed solely men's shorts, and failed to attract investors. After obtaining $825 million in November in a funding round that valued the firm at $5.5 billion, the Carlsbad, California-based store is now growing internationally with the support of a number of high-profile investors, including General Atlantic, SoftBank, and Norwest Venture Partners. When it eventually files to go public, as individuals close to the firm believe it expects to do, it will be one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in the retail sector. It has become the envy of established companies like Lululemon, Gap sAthleta, and Levi's Beyond Yoga. Regarding the recent funding round, Matthew Tingler, a managing director in Baird's glob...

WASHINGTON — As Democrats seek to emphasize how a holiday shutdown would harm the economy and impede disaster aid, White House officials are in frequent communication with both Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and they are working together to coordinate their strategies, according to people familiar with the conversations. Biden has refrained from discussing the impending shutdown in public. White House officials now think that House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump should handle this issue because Trump urged his party to sabotage a bipartisan agreement that had already been negotiated. The White House has mostly kept quiet, even though it will eventually have to sign any bill that passes. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blasted the GOP in a written ...

Washington Just hours after President-elect Donald Trump destroyed the first bipartisan accord, House Republicans on Thursday seemed to have hammered out a second spending deal to stave an impending government shutdown. Republicans have reached a new agreement on government spending, House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., told reporters Thursday afternoon. However, he did not elaborate on the specifics of the agreement, which was a broad package that covered everything from government funding to prescription drug plan changes to facilitating the relocation of an NFL football stadium. As he walked out of the Speaker's office on Capitol Hill, Cole stated, "We have an agreement, and we expect to have a vote on Thursday." He refused to give more information. According to two people wi...

According to officials Thursday, the former top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was accused of accepting bribes from a real estate company in a traditional "quid pro quo" arrangement that benefited her and her son monetarily. In a Manhattan Supreme Court filing, DA Alvin Bragg claimed that Ingrid Lewis-Martin "engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority" to "illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions in exchange for more than $100,000 in cash and benefits for herself and her son, Glenn Martin II." In a Manhattan courtroom Thursday afternoon, Lewis-Martin, Martin, and two real estate investors, Mayank Dwivedi and Raizada Vaid, entered not guilty pleas to a number of offenses related to thei...

The suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, was flown from Pennsylvania to New York Thursday afternoon to face federal charges after he renounced his right to an extradition hearing. Mangione, 26, was arrested by the New York City Police Department after appearing Thursday morning in Blair County, Pennsylvania, for a preliminary hearing and waiving extradition. New federal accusations against the suspect were also unveiled on Thursday, including two counts of stalking, murder by firearm, and firearms offense. A neat cut Mangione wore a white shirt underneath a black V-neck and beige trousers when she appeared in federal court in lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon. Mangione picked up the charging sheet and seemed to read it attentively before the hea...

In a recent piece, Lilly Jay, the ex-girlfriend of Wicked star Ethan Slater, talked about her high-profile breakup with the actor. Jay discussed how her public breakup affected her profession as a clinical psychologist in an article published in The Cut on December 19. She remarked, "I honestly never imagined I would get divorced." Not right after I gave birth to my first kid, and not in the midst of my husband's recent celebrity romance. Co-stars Ariana Grande and Slater, who were previously married to other individuals, reportedly began dating while filming Wicked, according to reports in 2023. Three days after confirming that Grande and her then-husband, Dalton Gomez, had split up, TODAY.com revealed the co-stars' romance in July 2023. According to People, Slater and Jay got married i...