Confirmation hearings rarely cut to the heart of an existential question about the nature of our society. But Thursday’s hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, did just that when Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont tried to get him to admit that the United States is becoming an oligarchy, a question that ought to be the subject of far more public debate.Quoting from President Biden’s farewell address to the nation, which warned against the unchecked power of tech moguls, Sanders asked if Bessent agrees that the concentration of so much wealth and political and media power…
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New year, new raise?Resume Genius released its 2025 Wage Growth Report this week identifying jobs that can expect to receive pay increases in the coming year. The career site’s researchers used three years of wage data (2021-2023) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics database to formulate the report.Related: These Are the 10 Highest-Paying Jobs With the Lowest Stress, According to a New ReportThe jobs on this list range in salary from $41,000 to $449,320, and the raises professionals in these roles could get this year ranged from $2,380 to $86,350.The positions also varied considerably, from dentists to personal finance…
Obesity can afflict any human being irrespective of whether men, women, adults, teenagers, or children. The increasing obesity rate is a growing problem in the modern world. The problem of overweight and obesity has increased in the last 2 decades particularly in metropolitan cities due to faulty lifestyles. However, you can cure obesity naturally by understanding the causes and following the right lifestyle! Main causes of overweight/obesity Obesity does not happen in a day. It occurs due to several factors existing over a long period of time. Check the main causes of obesity before you head to the lifestyle…
A satellite orbits the planetShutterstock / Andrei Armiagov Over the past couple years, undersea cables from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean have been severed in apparent acts of sabotage. Now a NATO-backed project has shown how to quickly re-establish the most critical communications using satellites. The first demonstration of the $2.5 million HEIST project – short for Hybrid Space-submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications – took place in Sweden on 16 January. This test simulated how software can swiftly match outgoing data communications with available satellite internet providers, such as SpaceX’s Starlink and Viasat. Source link
SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost communication with the upper stage of the rocket that continues on into space.The company’s webcast showed data stopped transmitting from Starship about nine minutes into the launch.“We can confirm that we did lose the ship,” SpaceX senior manager of quality systems engineering Kate Tice said.SpaceX launched Starship from its private “Starbase” facility near Brownsville, Texas, shortly after 5:30 p.m. ET. A few minutes later, the rocket’s “Super Heavy” booster returned to land at the launch site, in SpaceX’s second successful “catch” during a flight. There were no people on board the Starship flight. However, SpaceX was flying 10…
TikTok faces a possible ban in the coming days, but that did not stop one notable new user from joining the app this week: Bob Dylan.A verified account for the legendary singer-songwriter, Nobel Prize-winner and current subject of a Hollywood biopic appeared on the app this week with a 50-second video montage featuring excerpts from “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and “Hurricane.”Fans were pleased, but surprised to see Dylan show up on what could be the app’s final days, given that a law requires TikTok’s owner, the Chinese company ByteDance, to either sell the app by Sunday…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 128.02 points or 0.33% to 38,572.60 • Shanghai increased 8.92 points or 0.28% to 3,236.03 • Hang Seng increased 236.82 points or 1.23% to 19,522.89 • ASX 200 increased 113.70 points or 1.38% to 8,327.00 • SENSEX increased 318.74 points or 0.42% to 77,042.82 • Nifty50 increased 98.60 points or 0.42% to 23,311.80 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00114 or -0.18% to 0.62161 • NZDUSD increased 0.00004 or 0.01% to 0.56129 • USDJPY decreased 1.143 or -0.73%…
Credit: BulkyOS via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, I read a shocking headline in Newsweek: But by the time I read the first sentence, my shock turned to skepticism. The article mentioned Tucker Carlson – a name that seems to short-circuit journalists’ brains. After a radical investigation technique – actually watching Tucker’s show – I immediately realized that Newsweek’s quoted words “Started by Satanic Meth Heads” were complete fiction. No one said it except the headline writer. While the article wasn’t quite as dishonest as its headline, it existed solely to paint Tucker and journalist Michael Shellenberger as nutters. The reality? They discussed an…
The legal drama between Tony Bennett’s children continues, with his oldest son exposing his dark past to support arguments.The rift within the music icon’s family began last year when his daughters, Antonia and Johanna Bennett, accused their older brother, Danny Bennett, of abusing his trustee rights before and after their father’s death.The women claimed their sibling had engaged in “multiple conflicting fiduciary capacities,” forcing them to demand a detailed accounting of Tony Bennett’s estate. However, the oldest Bennett child refused to comply with their wishes, arguing that they had no right to view the estate’s expenditures.Article continues below advertisementTony Bennett’s…
Some environmental groups have voiced concerns over Zeldin’s nomination – noting his loyalty to Trump – but he appears to be on a glide path to confirmation, with strong Republican support.Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse asked Zeldin about the environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels.”I don’t sit before you as a scientist,” Zeldin said, although he later acknowledged that carbon dioxide traps heat.He said he would prioritize clean water and air but did not offer any detail on his plans to address climate change.He also touted his record of bipartisan efforts on environmental issues in Congress and said…