VW announces potential $5B partnership with Rivian; could help Georgia EV plant The Atlanta Journal Constitution Rivian secures up to $5 billion from Volkswagen, shares soar more than 50% CNBC Volkswagen invests $5 billion in Rivian for software development Business Insider Rivian stock soars as Volkswagen agrees to invest up to $5 Billion in new joint venture Yahoo…
It’s that weird time of the summer, right before the 4th of July, where everything is like — is anything happening? Yes? No? It’s an election year, so there’s weird stuff happening. And there’s a debate later this week! Let’s see what happened in the Monday news. He can’t stop telling that story. And The…
After months lampooning President Joe Biden as a cognitively impaired “brain-dead zombie” who can’t finish a sentence or navigate off a stage, former President Donald Trump and his campaign are changing their tune days ahead of the critical debate of the election. The commander in chief has suddenly morphed into a “worthy debater,” someone of…
Hajj heat deaths in Saudi Arabia stress climate threat for pilgrims The Washington Post ‘They saved their whole lives for this’: American woman’s heartbreak as parents die on Hajj CNN Over 1000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say The Associated Press Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj NPR Over 1,000 pilgrims…
In May, 51 million retired-worker beneficiaries took home an average Social Security check totaling $1,916.63, which works out to $23,000 on an annualized basis. While this might not sound like a game-changing amount of money, the average retiree would struggle mightily without their guaranteed monthly benefit. Over the last 23 years, national pollster Gallup has…