Taco Bell unveils Big Cheez-It Tostada and Crunchwrap Supreme
IRVINE, Ca. (NEXSTAR) — Taco Bell's new collaboration with Cheez-It may be one of its "biggest" mashups yet. And yes, the resulting menu items are made with giant Cheez-Its. Taco Bell announced Wednesday that the chain is testing its Big Cheez-It Tostada, which features a giant Cheez-It Square as the base for traditional tostada toppings. The company says the tostada is 16 times the original size of a regular Cheez-It.
Read MoreIs a recession looming?
The financial press is full of speculation over the prospects for a recession in late 2022 or 2023. While it’s not easy to predict turning points in the business cycle, two factors have at least some predictive power. First, certain economic fundamentals, such as an overheating economy, can make a recession more likely. Second, asset prices in financial markets often provide useful signals before the data show up in slower-moving macroeconomic indicators. Let’s start with the fundamentals. It is often said that if the Federal Reserve could predict a recession then it could
Read MoreNation’s first openly gay AG could be Massachusetts’s first out lesbian governor
Maura Healey never dreamed of working in government. In fact, she never imagined she’d go into politics at all. After graduating from Harvard University in 1992, where she co-captained the women’s basketball team, the Hampton Falls, New Hampshire native played professionally overseas for two years – no small feat for a 5-foot-4 point guard. Healey, a Democrat now at the tail end of her second term as Massachusetts’ attorney general, admits her career trajectory has been a bit unorthodox. “Mine was sort of an unlikely path,” she told Changing America in an interview.
Read MoreJan. 6 panel member: Messages Cheney showed at hearing constitute witness tampering
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, said Tuesday that the messages shown by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) at the end of the hearing on Tuesday constitute witness tampering. Aguilar was responding to a question asked by CNN's John Berman on "New Day" about the significance of the messages. According to the California D
Read MoreDemocratic governors urge Congress to avert 'disastrous' ObamaCare premium hike
A group of Democratic governors is calling on Congress to avert what they call “disastrous” ObamaCare premium increases for next year, as lawmakers search for a solution in their economic package. The letter from 14 Democratic governors to congressional leaders calls for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies enacted last year as part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP), but which are currently set to expire at the end of t
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