UK Leads European Nations In Hiring Over-50s

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said on Wednesday that it would allow some sales of Venezuelan oil to private businesses in Cuba, marking an easing of the US oil embargo, though it’s unclear if the limited sales will bring real relief to the island. The OFAC statement said that its new […]

Rheinmetall Plunges After Germany Scraps Warship Order Rheinmetall shares plunged as much as 17%, the largest intraday drop in more than a year, after the Financial Times reported that Berlin has scrapped a multi-billion-euro program to build six F126 frigates. The German Ministry of Defense told FT on Wednesday that the decision was due "to significant delays in the project, foreseeable cost increases and the risks that would have been associated with a change of main contractor," adding that changing the contractor would have added even more costs but also required...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Scholarships As Unconstitutional Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state-funded scholarship program that awarded financial aid based on the race of college students. The Democrat-controlled court followed the precedent laid out by the United States Supreme Court in finding that Gov. Tony Evers and the state were violating the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Two of the most liberal justices, however, wrote a concurrence denouncing the bar on the use of race for such scholarships. If Democrats are...