Hyatt Hotels Executive Chairman Thomas Pritzker announced Monday that he is stepping down effective immediately after documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed his association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.   The executive, 75, told the company’s board that he will not seek re-election at Hyatt’s stockholder meeting…

A critical trust fund that helps finance Social Security benefits is on track to reach insolvency in 2032, when automatic benefit cuts would occur without action from Congress, a new report finds. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 10-year budget and economic outlook which projected that Social Security’s Old-Age…

The federal government is hemorrhaging around $1 trillion per year due to fraud, Haywood Talcove, CEO of LexisNexis Special Services & LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government, said while testifying at a congressional hearing last week.  The eyewatering figure dwarfs the Government Accountability Office’s numbers.The GAO reports that the nation’s “federal government…

The days of booking your flights six months in advance to save a buck are officially over. According to Expedia’s 2026 Air Hacks Report, the early bird is now getting stuck with the bill, while a new wave of Friday flyers is reaping the rewards.As domestic airfares tick up 3%…

Red Lobster is considering closing more locations as it continues to reevaluate its restaurant footprint in the wake of its 2024 bankruptcy. The seafood chain shuttered roughly 130 restaurants when it went through the bankruptcy process and Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that…

The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering airlines to certify their merit-based hiring practices as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign against DEI programs. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the new policy on Friday, saying airlines that don’t formally commit to merit-based hiring will be subject to FAA investigation. President…

Goldman Sachs plans to remove DEI hiring standards for its board of directors, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The company had removed a requirement for board diversity on companies it was taking public last year, but now plans to remove DEI language in the criteria for its own board…

The Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of one brand of farm-raised Atlantic salmon over potential listeria contamination. One lot of Wellsley Farms Farm-Raised Atlantic Salmon was recalled last week, according to the FDA. The company, Slade Gorton & Co., initiated a recall of lot 3896.The salmon was sold…

FIRST ON FOX – A group of Republican senators is urging Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ensure that any sale of Russian energy giant Lukoil’s foreign assets results in permanent divestment from Moscow, warning against what they describe as potential “shell game” proposals that could return control to Russia.  In…

Americans are receiving larger tax refunds on average in the 2026 filing season than last year, though taxpayers are filing at a slower pace in the first few weeks than they were a year ago. The latest IRS tax filing data was released by the agency on Friday and showed that as…