State capitols across the nation stepped up security Monday, deploying National Guard units, SWAT teams and extra police officers while several legislatures convened amid heightened safety concerns following last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol. The protections came as the FBI issued a bulletin warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals […]
This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. U.S. futures are slightly higher today, but political risk hangs over the markets with the Democrats determined to push President Trump out of office before next week’s Biden inauguration, […]
Many of us are shocked and appalled by the violence that caused the U.S. Capitol to go into lockdown last week. We should be appalled, but not necessarily surprised. This is, after all, what any regular day on the Internet looks like—with information unregulated and manipulated to communicate skewed views and fake news, more often than not encouraging […]
This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Good morning. If you were expecting a bit of a reprieve in the news flow this week, forget it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is laying down an ultimatum to Vice President […]
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. After hundreds of Trump supporters rioted this week inside the Capitol, employers have started to fire some of those who took part. On Friday an Illinois-based real estate brokerage said it had terminated one agent who […]
Good evening, Bull Sheeters. This is Fortune finance reporter Rey Mashayekhi, filling in for Bernhard with a special PM edition of the newsletter. It’s been a long, eventful week, to say the least—but an altogether good one for markets globally, which head into the weekend on a mostly positive note. Let’s get into the day’s […]
Cardi B has a better punishment for President Donald Trump amid the fallout from Wednesday’s events: lock him up! In response to his THOUSANDS of supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6, she took to Twitter on Thursday to suggest ‘ol Trump should be thrown behind bars instead of impeached. She wrote to her […]
Democrats in Congress want to hold Republican leadership accountable for Wednesday’s Capitol building riots, and they’re already campaigning on it. On Thursday, lawmakers were exploring possible legal repercussions for President Donald Trump and GOP legislators after a group of Trump supporters, spurred on by right-wing rhetoric claiming that the presidential election was stolen, sieged the […]
The U.S. Capitol Police says an officer who was injured after responding to riots at the Capitol has died. Officer Brian D. Sicknick died Thursday due to injuries sustained while on-duty, physically engaging with protesters at the U.S. Capitol, the statement said. Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress was […]
Good evening, Bull Sheeters. This is Fortune finance reporter Rey Mashayekhi, filling in for Bernard for the rest of this week with a special PM edition of the newsletter. Conventional thinking says that events like those that transpired at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday are bad for the markets. They’re supposed to wreak the sort […]