Mitt Romney

Republican Congressman George Santos was overheard crediting his significant weight loss to the drug Ozempic at a recent Manhattan gathering, according to a report from Page Six. The report suggests that Santos announced a weight loss of 92 pounds over eight months thanks to the...

The U.S. Senate, comprising 100 members who represent the 50 states, conducts elections every six years for each seat. Some of these seats, currently occupied by members of Congress, will be up for grabs in the 2024 election.   A new poll sheds light on the most admired and least favored...

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to launch a typo-ridden counterattack against ex-Governor Chris Christie. Christie, one of the few GOP presidential rivals willing to directly confront Trump, has been criticizing the former president for his policy failures and...

History is being made on Tuesday, as Donald Trump, the first former president to face criminal charges in a court of law, is at a Miami courthouse for arraignment in a second criminal case. Although Trump is now facing 37 criminal counts related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents...

Former President Donald Trump, who was on Tuesday found liable for sexual abuse in a civil trial filed by journalist E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan court, said it was a "very unfair trial." What Happened: Trump said on Truth Social, "What else can you expect from a Trump hating, Clinton appointed...

Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has slammed a call for cheaper e-bikes and safer bike infrastructure, calling the decision to install more bike lanes the “height of stupidity”. What Happened: Several Republican lawmakers have emerged with fresh criticism for electric bikes after Democrats...

How can the Republican Party lose the White House in 2024? Simple: Nominate former President Donald Trump. That's according to former House Speaker and Republican Vice President nominee Paul Ryan. "We know we’re going to lose with him,” Ryan said in an appearance on a Milwaukee...

The collapse of a leading cryptocurrency platform has been linked to the U.S. Congress, thanks to many political donations from the disgraced co-founder of the company. Here’s the latest on who is giving back the money they previously took in. What Happened: FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried...

Senators voted along party lines Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, with Democrats failing to get the two-thirds majority needed under the Constitution to convict him of improper behavior and remove him from office. The Senate voted 52-48 against convicting...

In the 1980s, Toys R Us was gobbling market share in the golden age of brick and mortar. In the 1990s, soaring profits fueled its expansion both in the U.S. and abroad. But on Sept. 19, the once redoubtable retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, submitting to a heavy debt burden amid...

A recent leak of President Donald Trump's 2005 tax filings revealed Trump’s effective tax rate in 2005 was around 25 percent. However, without a special type of tax called the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), Trump’s tax rate could have been as low as 3.5 percent, even though he...

Business and politics are considered as two different worlds. But, they often join hands with each other. The business executives are generally perceived to have high levels of accountability as they come from running business houses. On the other hand, businessmen try to generate profit, while...

The trending news section of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has sometimes pushed stories that weren't trending at all, a report on Gizmodo reported. "Workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers," the report read. "Several former curators described using something called...

Motif Investing CEO Hardeep Walia in a phone conversation told Benzinga he first became convinced of the inextricable link between politics and investing while listening to candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney speak at the beginning of the 2012 presidential campaign. "As they...

If the Massachusetts experiment with state-run health care is any indication, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) — championed by President Obama — may not produce the promised reductions in health spending that were expected. And what's worse: in the ACA's implementation, it may...