BMW’s UK motor finance division has sharply increased the money set aside to cover potential compensation for drivers mis-sold car loans, allocating nearly £207 million in provisions. The move underscores the growing cost of the industry-wide scandal as regulators prepare a formal redress scheme. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expected to outline shortly how it will compensate millions of ...
President Donald Trump praised Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s legacy Sunday, calling him a ‘martyr for American freedom.’ ‘I know I speak for everyone here today when I say that none of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk, and neither will history,’ Trump said to the tens of thousands of supporters gathered to celebrate the life of Charlie Kirk ...
A German shop owner in the northern city of Flensburg posted a sign on Wednesday that Jews are banned from entering his store, sparking outrage among state officials in Schleswig-Holstein. Hans-Velten Reisch, the 60-year-old owner of the store that sells Gothic-Utensils and technical literature, posted a sign that reads, ‘Jews are banned from entering here! Nothing personal. No antisemitism. Just can’t ...
More than 100,000 heavy hearts are set to converge on Arizona’s State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., today to commemorate the life of Charlie Kirk — the fiery young activist who ignited fierce loyalty, sharp, yet civil debate, and whose shocking assassination has left a movement in mourning. Those in attendance at Kirk’s service, which begins at 11 a.m. local ...
NATO has been on high alert since Russia invaded Ukraine more than three and a half years ago, but a recent spike in the alliance’s airspace violations has security experts increasingly concerned that warnings of war with Moscow are no longer theoretical, but inevitable. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the U.S. could ‘end up in World War III’ over ...
After facing intense criticism from Democrats during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, embattled FBI Director Kash Patel remained defiant, saying that he is ‘proud’ to lead the nation’s premier investigations agency. Speaking with reporters after the hearing, Patel, who was confirmed to the role by the Senate in late February, touted its historic recruiting efforts, saying that the ...
David J. Bier President Trump is imposing a $100,000 fee to obtain an H‑1B visa, the primary visa for skilled foreign workers. To be clear, this $100,000 fee is in addition to the salary, lawyer fees, and other costs of hiring an H‑1B worker. This fee would effectively end the H‑1B visa category by making it prohibitive for most businesses ...
AI browsers are no longer just an idea; they’re already here. Microsoft has built Copilot into Edge, OpenAI is testing a sandboxed browser in agent mode and Perplexity’s Comet is one of the first to fully embrace the concept of browsing for you. This is agentic AI stepping into our daily routines, from searching and reading to shopping and clicking. ...
Walter Olson Number fifteen in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: “It sure looks like the Civil Rights Division is trying to do what the Pence-Kobach Commission failed to do eight years ago: assemble a national voter file.” Is that legal? [Justin Levitt, Election Law Blog] More and related: Claire Rush and Ali Swenson, Associated Press (DOJ ...
President Donald Trump spent the bulk of the week in the U.K. where he inked a new tech deal, and closed out the week gearing up to attend the memorial service of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Arizona. During the trip abroad, Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a new $350 billion tech investment plan, which is expected ...