The group behind the lawsuits that led the Supreme Court to gut affirmative action at higher education institutions sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday, seeking to end the school’s race-conscious admissions policies. The Supreme Court’s landmark affirmative action ruling in June did not apply to the nation’s military academies, but the...
Azerbaijan launched a military campaign Tuesday in what the country called an "anti-terrorist" operation in the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region, the site of two previous wars with Armenia. The Azerbaijan military operation is stoking fears that a major war is on the horizon and could complicate geopolitical tensions for Russia, which has played a peacekeeping role...
If we are to chart a sustainable and prosperous course through human history, we do not have a choice but to think with the bigger picture in our mind.
Sixty percent of Americans say the Big Tech companies such as Google, Amazon and Meta have “too much power in the market,” according to a poll released Tuesday. The survey, exclusively shared with The Hill, was conducted by Data for Progress on behalf of the American Economic Liberties Project, a group that has been vocally...
Taylor Swift is marking National Voter Registration Day with a message to her fans, urging them to use their “powerful” voices at the polls. "Are you registered to vote yet?” the “Cruel Summer” singer wrote in a message posted on her Instagram story Tuesday. “I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you guys...
Virginia and 17 other GOP-led states filed a brief in support of Montana in a lawsuit it faces from social media giant TikTok. The lawsuit was filed in May in federal court by TikTok over the Montana’s first-in-the-nation law that will ban the social media platform from operating in the Treasure State at the beginning...
Using Section Three to keep Trump off the ballot only fuels his claim of a stolen election.
Bankrupted cryptocurrency firm FTX has sued the parents of founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, alleging that the pair siphoned millions of dollars out of the company through their son. The company filed the suit Monday against Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, both Stanford law professors who, the suit alleges, held senior advisory roles in...
The Wall Street Journal issued a lengthy correction on Tuesday of an article that ran in 1963 and misquoted the late civil rights icon and Democratic lawmaker John Lewis. "An Aug. 29, 1963, article about the civil-rights movement’s March on Washington incorrectly quoted several parts of the speech of John Lewis, who was then the chairman of...
Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) presidential bid, aired a new ad Tuesday slamming former President Donald Trump over his remarks about abortion. The ad, titled “Trump's Betrayal of the Pro-Life Movement,” touts Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s (R) 6-week abortion ban bill and goes after Trump, who slammed DeSantis...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen went after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Tuesday over House Republicans delaying passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government until both parties can agree on 2024 spending bills. “There’s absolutely no reason why we should have a government shutdown,” Yellen said in an MSNBC interview. “Democrats in both the...
Pregnant women should be screened for hypertension-related disorders throughout pregnancy, a task force responding to one of the leading causes of maternal mortality recommended Tuesday. The expanded recommendations, compiled by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, suggest screenings for gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia and chronic hypertension with superimposed preeclampsia. The task force recommends those who...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) doubled down his jab at Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday. The presidential candidate, appearing on Fox Business Network, responded to Sunday's comments made by McCarthy — who said former President Trump's endorsement enabled DeSantis to win the governor's race — by once again slamming the California Republican. DeSantis pointed...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) argued Tuesday that the striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members should force President Biden and his administration to stop subsidizing the electric vehicle (EV) industry. In a Toledo Blade op-ed, Vance expressed his frustration with the Biden administration's EV manufacturing push. He blamed the pro-EV policies for revenue losses being incurred...
Technology and geopolitical power have a long and interconnected history. The nations that have harnessed new technologies to gain strategic advantages, and advanced their societies to new heights in the process, have been able to leverage their innovations to influence global affairs and shift power dynamics. Those that have failed to develop and adapt to...
While the latest numbers show an easing in some measures of inflation – despite a spike in gas prices – some cities have seen larger increases than others over the past year, according to Labor Department data released Wednesday.
Very few nursing homes across the country meet staffing requirements proposed by the Biden administration, an analysis found. The KFF study released Monday found that fewer than 1 in 5 nursing homes across the country meet the proposed number of nurses on staff in the facility at a given time. More than 80 percent of...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she sees a “disconnect” between the good health of the U.S. economy and polling numbers that show many Americans fear a recession. “I agree with you that there’s a disconnect, and I don’t have a simple and convincing answer, but Americans have been through a lot,” Yellen said in an...
House GOP leadership pulled a procedural vote on a proposed short-term funding stopgap that has bitterly divided the Republican conference and elicited opposition from hard-line conservatives. The House was scheduled to vote at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on the rule to allow the GOP continuing resolution (CR) proposal to move forward, but an update sent out...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) took a jab at Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) while responding to Fox News’s coverage of the Senate’s updated dress code, calling out the Colorado lawmaker over her recent removal from a musical performance. “I figure if I take up vaping and grabbing the hog during a live musical, they’ll make me a hero,”...
An Arizona man at the center of conspiracy theories over how the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol ensued was charged Tuesday in connection with the riot. Ray Epps, 62, faces one count of disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. Epps has said he believed the 2020 election was stolen...
Neither of them seems to care that so many Americans just want them to go away.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stepped up his war of words Tuesday with House Republicans ahead of a potential government shutdown, accusing Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of allowing “chaos” to reign in the lower chamber by letting a small group of conservatives drive much of the spending debate. “Sadly, chaos has reigned in...
The trend of working from home could be a big benefit for the environment, according to a study released this week. Remote work could cut a person’s carbon footprint by as much as 58 percent, researchers said. “The growth in remote and hybrid work catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic could have significant environmental implications,” researchers...
CNN anchor Dana Bash blasted former President Trump on Tuesday over a social media post in which he criticized "liberal jews" who did not support him. "There is nothing, nothing even close to appropriate about what he said. In fact, this is classic Trump trying to divide subsets of America, divide people who are already...