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Chain restaurants are hit by tariffs and inflation. How do they control costs?

By Jaclyn Diaz, Alana Wise Affordable, familiar and reassuring are the features that make American chain restaurants a near-ubiquitous presence throughout the country; it is almost as if they are baked into our roadside culture. Despite well-documented financial struggles, a tough economy and shifting diet trends, these restaurants withstand time. This series explores why these places have such strong staying power and how they stay afloat at a time of rapid change. Go back to read our first piece on how these restaurants trigger nostalgia and pull that lever to bring diners in. Every time you sit down at a chain restaurant

Tragedy Strikes Hollywood Rob Reiner and Wife Michele Found Dead in Apparent Homicide

By Lexx Thornton Hollywood is reeling from the devastating news that acclaimed director and actor Rob Reiner (78) and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner (68), were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday in what police are investigating as an “apparent homicide.” Sources close to the family have identified the couple, though official details from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division remain scarce. Authorities have confirmed the launch of a major investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic deaths. Rob Reiner was a titanic figure in film, known for directing some of the most beloved movies

Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE agents in Minnesota

By Fiona Glisson Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said her adult son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday in Minnesota and asked to provide proof of citizenship. “Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by ICE agents,” Omar, who said her son was born in the U.S., told WCCO-TV of the Twin Cities in an interview Sunday. “Once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go.” Omar, who immigrated to the U.S. when she was 12 after having fled Somalia’s civil war, also accused ICE of “racially profiling” her community. “They are

House passes bill to restore collective bargaining for federal employees

By Drew Friedman A bill to restore collective bargaining rights for a majority of federal employees cleared the House in a floor vote last Thursday afternoon. House lawmakers voted 231-195 to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act. The entire Democratic Caucus, along with 20 Republicans, voted in favor of the legislation. The bill’s passage this week came after a discharge petition on the legislation reached the required 218-signature threshold in November, forcing the House to hold a floor vote on the bill. On Wednesday, the legislation cleared an initial voting hurdle, teeing it up for its final passage Thursday afternoon. The Protect America’s

Republican-led House votes to overturn Trump executive order on bargaining rights

By Zoë Richards The House approved a measure Thursday to reinstate collective bargaining rights to federal workers, a step toward restoring labor union protections for nearly 1 million federal employees. The rare bipartisan vote, 231-195, marks the first time the House has voted to nullify an executive order from President Donald Trump this term. Twenty Republicans voted with Democrats in supporting the bill, which was introduced by Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, a Democrat, and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, a Republican. The bill now heads to the Senate. “This is solidarity in action. I’m proud of the bipartisan coalition who passed

Rep. Sewell votes for NDAA, military pay raise and HBCU funds

U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, on Wednesday voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2026, FY26, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA. “Rep. Sewell previously opposed the House bill after Republicans inserted divisive, partisan amendments and rubber stamped a massive expansion of presidential power,” Sewell’s release shared. Sewell and her Democratic colleagues successfully removed the vast majority of these provisions from the final House-passed version. The FY26 NDAA makes important improvements to the quality of life for service members and their families, including a 3.8 percent pay raise for all military personnel. It also includes more efficient and effective methods for

New Florida budget proposal boosts K–12 funding, sends $146M to Florida’s HBCUs

Governor Ron DeSantis’ proposed “Floridians First” budget includes sweeping new investments in education, environmental restoration, housing, child welfare, mental health, and cancer research, according to documents released Tuesday. The budget recommends a historic $30.6 billion for Florida’s K-12 system — the highest in state history — including $9,406 per student, an increase of $279 over last year. It sets aside $1.56 billion to raise salaries for teachers and instructional personnel, along with $1.71 billion for early-childhood programs such as Voluntary Prekindergarten. Officials estimate nearly 476,000 students will participate in the Family Empowerment Scholarship program. For higher education, the budget proposes

Trump says CNN should be sold as part of any Warner Bros. deal

By Zoë Richards President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks it’s “imperative” that CNN is sold as its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, gears up for a proposed merger with Netflix and faces a hostile takeover bid from Paramount. “I think CNN should be sold, because I think the people that are running CNN right now are either corrupt or incompetent,” Trump told reporters during a roundtable with business executives at the White House. “I don’t think they should be entrusted with running CNN any longer. So I think any deal should — it should be guaranteed and certain that CNN is part of it

Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind

By Adrian Florido CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Almost as quickly as they descended on Charlotte, sending terror coursing through the city’s immigrant neighborhoods, the Border Patrol agents appeared mostly to be gone. After a weeklong enforcement surge in which the government said agents arrested hundreds of immigrants, nabbing many as they went about their daily lives, the Border Patrol set its sights on its next target, New Orleans. But as Charlotte’s immigrant communities regroup from what felt like a whiplash operation last month, they’re finding that its impacts on their lives and their city have endured, and could last a long

Education Department recalls fired attorneys amid civil rights complaint backlog

By Cory Tyler Employees at the U.S. Education Department who were fired in March got an unexpected email on Friday – telling them to return to work. These federal workers, including many attorneys, investigate family complaints of discrimination in the nation’s schools as part of the department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). They were terminated by the Trump administration in a March reduction-in-force, but the courts intervened, temporarily blocking the department from completing their terminations. That left 299 OCR employees, roughly half of its staff, in legal and professional limbo – because the department elected to place them on paid administrative leave

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