Rep. Joyce Beatty made an emergency request on Thursday that a federal court block the Kennedy Center from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Center voted earlier this month to inscribe the president’s name on the venue’s facade so it would read “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.” If the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reached $100 million, another inscription would be added reading “Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.”The plaza in front of the Kennedy Center would also be renamed to…
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Shares of Ross Stores (Nasdaq: ROST) are up about 8% following a positive second quarter earnings report. The California-based retail department store chain saw its quarterly sales rise 13% year-over-year (YOY) to $6.26 billion. Its same-store sales were similarly up 10% YOY, something the company attributes to higher traffic. In the report, published Thursday, Ross said it was updating its store expansion plan to 115 new stores in 2026, up from 110, with 47 of those locations having opened during the last quarter. The company also increased its forecast earnings per share to between $8.61 and $8.77, from $7.50 to…
First, the good news: Grocery stores are getting better at cutting food waste. AI tools can help better predict demand for each product, for example, and help a store reduce waste by more than a third. Other tech can help stores sell food before it expires. But there’s a catch—some food banks say that now they’re getting fewer donations. How retailers are getting better at wasting less Demand forecasting software is becoming widely used, with deep learning models that can predict how much of an item might sell based on everything from the weather forecast to the timing of food…
If you had told me during my college days at the University of Connecticut that one day the company I founded would have its name on the university’s basketball court, I never would have believed you. The story of how we got there started with our decision to enter the NIL space. When NIL (the commercialization of name, image, and likeness for the benefit of athletes) transformed college athletics, Madison Reed was one of the early brands to get involved. As the founder and CEO of a company built on empowering women, I wasn’t looking for a traditional celebrity endorsement.…
This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. The U.S. Navy has a unusual proposition for the U.S. defense industry: take your high-energy laser weapons and break them into pieces. In a draft request for solutions (RFS) published on August 12 through the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL), the Office of Naval Research (ONR) detailed plans to explore the development of “distributed” laser weapons, where a system’s laser source and the beam director that actually delivers effects on target are not bolted together in the same apparatus, but instead connected through…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways SaaS made it easy for any company to adopt new software into their operations, so businesses now run dozens of disconnected applications. Each has its own dataset, login and subscription. Information gets trapped across systems, employees waste time switching between them, and the SaaS explosion that promised simplicity ends up eroding productivity. Generative AI is changing software ownership. The citizen developer phenomenon is exploding, and companies are building automated processes that used to take dedicated teams months to implement. Rather than taking on another SaaS license, generative AI can adapt…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways In the AI era, your website is no longer just a digital brochure, and it’s one of your most powerful growth assets. As AI-powered search sends increasingly decision-ready visitors directly to specific pages, businesses need websites that do more than attract traffic. They must build trust, deliver immediate answers, provide seamless user experiences and convert visitors into customers. The advantage isn’t just getting more visitors; it’s making every visitor count. 4.31 percent. That’s the average conversion rate across websites today, according to one industry breakdown of online businesses. Translate that…
Let me make something very clear. The Neocons have been talking about using nukes forever. There are people in Israel also talking about using a tactical nuke on Iran’s nuclear facility because nothing else would reach it. These discussions are not using a major nuclear weapon like Hiroshima. This is a bit out of place. It is nothing new and I can tell you that the default with some of these people is to just nuke the opposition. President Trump has been suckered into this war by the Neocons who escorted their Trojan Horse into the situation room, Netanyahu. Trump…
Key Takeaways The Social Security Administration projects that payroll taxes will only be able to fund 78% of Social Security benefits by 2032. That could mean cuts to retirees’ monthly payments. A new analysis predicts which states could see the steepest drop. If you plan to retire in the next decade, new updates from the Social Security Administration (SSA) could mean your retirement benefits might be less than you expect. According to a June update from the Social Security Board of Trustees, the SSA projects that the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund reserves will be depleted in the…
Saudi Arabia recorded a budget deficit of 125.7 billion riyals, approximately $33.5 billion, in the first quarter of 2026. That is almost as large as the $44 billion deficit the government projected for the entire year. Spending increased by 20% while oil revenue declined by 3%, creating the very contradiction Vision 2030 was intended to eliminate. The kingdom is spending enormous amounts of oil revenue and borrowed money to build an economy that will supposedly no longer depend upon oil. The government approved financing needs of 217 billion riyals, or nearly $58 billion, for 2026. This includes 165 billion riyals…