Major League Baseball is partnering with private equity firm Seidler Equity Partners to purchase Rawlings Sporting Goods Company for $395 million, the league’s longtime baseball and helmet supplier. Newell Brands, the previous owner of Rawlings, said it would use the sale proceeds to fund share buybacks and reduce its debt load. Rawlings posted net sales…
Obama administration let Iran tap financial system, ‘misled the American people:’ report The Obama administration granted a license letting Iran access the United States financial system despite officials’ pledges that they would prohibit it, according to a draft report from the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. “On Feb. 24, 2016, the Treasury Department issued a…
On Monday morning the United States Supreme Court issued its 7-2 decision in the case concerning Jack Phillips, the Christian owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado who declined to make a homosexual “wedding” cake. Some liberal legislators are both denouncing the Court’s decision and calling for the passage of LGBT-related legislation. In her statement House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi…
Sears Holdings has identified approximately 100 non-profitable stores and will close 72 of them in the near future. The stores destined for closure have not yet been revealed, but the company said it would identify them by mid-day. The company said that it came to the decision as part of their ongoing efforts to streamline…
Planned Parenthood once again finds itself under fire after a report was released showing that the ‘women’s health’ clinic performed abortions on young girls who had been sexually abused by family members, and then failed to report these crimes. Instead of taking a harsh stance against sexual abuse, Planned Parenthood sent these girls back home to the…
Because I showcased some of the most ridiculous rhetoric and “outrage” surrounding the immigration issue earlier in the week, I figured I owe it to you to highlight this surprisingly rational and measured take from a fairly unlikely source. First, imagine watching your spouse get detained and deported by ICE agents after he or she had lived…
This controversy already feels like it played out ages ago, but fewer than two weeks have passed since we were all yelling at each other about whether President Trump was right to refer to members of MS-13 as ‘animals’ in response to a law enforcement officer’s question during an immigration roundtable. That national ‘debate’ was largely triggered,…
On Thursday morning President Trump announced he cancelled the upcoming Singapore summit with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un. He sent a letter directly to Un, saying “based on the tremendous anger open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.” At the…
President Trump blasted the “Criminal Deep State” early Wednesday, suggesting things have “turned around” in “SPYGATE,” following revelations of a reported FBI informant snooping on the Trump campaign. “Look how things have turned around on the Criminal Deep State. They go after Phony Collusion with Russia, a made up Scam, and end up getting caught…
At least one additional government “informant” attempted to infiltrate the Trump campaign under President Barack Obama, former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo revealed exclusively on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” Monday night. “Let me tell you something that I know for a fact,” Caputo told host Laura Ingraham. “This informant, this person that they tried…
FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein met with President Trump at the White House today. It was described as a routine meeting, though the spy allegations were a likely topic—and yes, they did come up. The Hill reported that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats would also be at the meeting: The outcome could…
Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room Thursday, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Trump’s remarks about MS-13 gang members being “animals.” “The president was very clearly referring to MS-13 gangs members who enter the U.S. illegally and whose deportations are hamstrung by our laws,” Sanders said. “This is one of the most…
A New Jersey board of education member is facing a call to resign Wednesday after video surfaced purportedly showing her trying to “manipulate” a police officer by exercising “civic privilege” after she was pulled over for speeding. The woman in the April 27 dash-cam video, who identifies herself as Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad, a South Orange and…
For months we’ve been anxiously awaiting a report from Department of Justice Inspector General David Horowitz detailing how the FBI handled the criminal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her repeated, improper handling of classified information. According to the Washington Post, the report is finished and has been sent to Congress for review…
It’s not just sports fans celebrating the Supreme Court decision to allow states to legalize sports gambling as fantasy brands DraftKings and FanDuel look to cash in on the ruling. Matt Kalish, co-founder of DraftKings, the Boston-based fantasy sports company, told FOX Business earlier this month that it has been developing a sports-betting platform since…
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. PALESTINIANS BURY DEAD AFTER BLOODIEST GAZA DAY SINCE 2014 Palestinians observe a strike to mourn the 58 people killed by Israeli troops in a mass protest on the Gaza border, reviving international criticism of Israel’s use of…
When Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed former FBI Director James Comey on a number of fronts in a tough interview late last month, I noted a number of strange responses Comey offered to certain questions. For instance, how was it possible that the ex-Bureau boss didn’t specifically know (and claims to still not know) who funded the anti-Trump…
Israel and Iran reached the brink of full-scale war Thursday as the Islamic Republic’s unprovoked rocket attack on soldiers in the Golan Heights gave way to an unprecedented Israeli counter-strike that targeted nearly all Iranian infrastructure inside Syria. The Israeli Defense Force said it deployed fighter jets and used missiles to strike a range of…
Call it what you want, but is this not a window into how far left Democrats have gone on immigration? Fighting illegal immigration is a philosophy? Well, that’s what Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said in a brief, but heated exchange with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who testified before the Senate Homeland Security…
Three American prisoners held in North Korea have been released and are en route to the U.S. after a surprise diplomatic mission by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, President Trump announced Wednesday. Pompeo is returning with the Americans, said to be in “good health,” after a brief visit to Pyongyang. Trump said he plans to…
