President Trump heads to Mar-a-Lago for the holidays after signing sweeping tax reform legislation into law. Trump touted the measure as having something for everyone, and noted, "Corporations are going wild."
It's been a rough week for Bitcoin, with prices briefly plunging below $11,000 on Friday. Among the issues plaguing the digital asset this week are worries over security, and possible insider trading when Coinbase launched support for Bitcoin cash.
Papa John's founder and CEO his resignation John Schnatters is stepping down, weeks after he faced backlash for slamming NFL leaderships handling of players national anthem protests.
His comments sparked outrage among liberals, and prompted one white supremacist website to ask whether Papa John's is the official pizza of the alt right.
U.S. weekly jobless claims rose to 362,000 for the week ending September 25th, higher than the 335,000 economists had expected. This figure is also slightly higher than the 351,000 reported a week earlier. Louis Cordone, Senior Vice President of Data Strategy at AST joined Wake Up with Cheddar to discuss.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of illegal campaign financing linked to his 2012 bid for reelection after $54 million was spent on fake invoices. Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison.
The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that will finance the government through December 3. The bill now moves onto the House where it is expected to pass as well.
On Monday, the FBI unveiled a report showing a 30 percent increase in homicides in 2020. Cheddar's Chloe Aiello looks into the bureau's numbers that show a steep increase in gun violence amid the growing pandemic.
