The WalMart of public defense: How justice gets sold to the lowest bidder in rural California

Nearly half of California counties pay private lawyers and firms to represent poor people in criminal cases, and most of them use a “flat-fee” contract. That means they pay a fixed ...

This Industry Keeps Adding Jobs As Unemployment Rises

Plus, meet the startup aiming to stop fake job candidates, pay raises remain flat and why American women hold more corporate ...

Equifax Inc. (EFX) Presents at Goldman Sachs 2025 U.S. Financial Services Conference Transcript

Equifax Inc. ( EFX) Goldman Sachs 2025 U.S. Financial Services Conference December 9, 2025 10:00 AM EST All right. Good morning, and welcome. I'm very pleased to be joined by John Gamble, CFO; and ...
Newsweek

Judge Chutkan Orders Expedited Process on Epstein Files

A new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit is forcing the Justice Department to defend its handling of the so-called Epstein files, a sprawling set of records from the federal investigation of ...
CNN

The success of the forced Epstein files vote is emboldening some Republicans to go it alone

House Speaker Mike Johnson may want to put the Jeffrey Epstein saga behind him, but some Republicans saw rank-and-file members’ success in forcing Tuesday’s vote as an opportunity to push their own ...