NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market. The complaint filed Tuesday says Visa penalizes merchants and banks who don’t use Visa’s own payment processing technology to process debit…… MORE
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump has pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs. That’s despite economists’ persistent warnings that doing so could also dramatically raise prices for domestic consumers. The former president laid out a broad array of…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers are feeling less confident this month and concerns about jobs rose significantly. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 98.7 in September, from 105.6 in August. It was the biggest month=to-month decline since August of 2021. The index measures both Americans’…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Paxton sued the State Fair of Texas and the City of Dallas arguing that the gun ban violates state law since Fair Park is owned by the city and therefore government property. However, city and fair officials argued that the ban was within their rights because the land is leased by…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him has been indicted on charges that he attempted to assassinate the former president. Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offenses. The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a…… MORE
(AP) – Palestinian officials say Israel’s strikes early Tuesday killed at least seven people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. They said at least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the strikes. Israel’s military says it will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border with Israel. The…… MORE
DETROIT (AP) — Struggling Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis is looking for a CEO to succeed Carlos Tavares, but the company says it’s just part of a normal leadership succession plan. Tavares has been under fire from U.S. dealers and the United Auto Workers union after a dismal first-half financial performance. The company was caught…… MORE
(AP) – Boeing is making what it calls a “best and final offer” to striking union machinists, but the union says it won’t vote by Boeing’s deadline. The proposed contract put out on Monday includes bigger raises and larger bonuses than the offer union members overwhelmingly rejected this month. But the machinists’ union says the…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – AUSTIN, TX – The Governor’s Public Safety Office is offering a reward of up to $5,000 dollars for information leading to the identification and arrest of known or suspected members of the dangerous Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua. Last week, Governor Abbott launched a comprehensive, statewide operation to aggressively target TDA to disrupt…… MORE
