New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) visit to Columbia University, arguing he's only exacerbating divisions by showing up to speak with Jewish students. “I think politicizing this and bringing the entourage to put a spotlight on this is only adding to the division,” Hochul told reporters, per Politico. “A...
President Biden put his strategy of appealing to union workers on display Wednesday by painting himself as more like them and less like former President Trump. Biden has spoken to crowds of union workers twice in the last week, using each occasion to bash Trump about his upbringing in working to appeal to the critical...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a new bill in the state Legislature on Wednesday that would allow Arizona abortion providers to be quickly approved for work in California, in response to Arizona implementing one of the country’s strictest abortion laws. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law preventing...
Google said Tuesday that it will no longer be able to complete its phaseout of third-party cookies by the end of 2024. “We recognize that there are ongoing challenges related to reconciling divergent feedback from the industry, regulators and developers, and will continue to engage closely with the entire ecosystem,” the company said in a...
Cable news host Dan Abrams said he is "ashamed and embarrassed" by protests that have broken out on the campus of New York's Columbia University over Israel's war with Hamas in the Middle East. “As a graduate of Columbia University Law School, I am ashamed and embarrassed by what I'm seeing on that campus and...
A divided Supreme Court seemed skeptical that Idaho’s strict abortion ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law, but there appeared to be a split by gender as well as ideology during the nearly two hours of argument. The four female justices, including conservative Amy Coney Barrett, pushed back the hardest against Idaho’s assertion that...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) endorsed Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on Wednesday, defending the congressman as he faces criticism from fellow Republicans after dubbing two far-right members of the caucus “scumbags.” Gonzales went after Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Bob Good (R-Va.) over the weekend, saying the Freedom Caucus members “walk around with white hoods,”...
There really should be no legal obstacle to his giving the trial a pass and hitting the campaign trail, or luxuriating on the golf course at Mar-a-Lago.
President Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a ban on TikTok, but the video-sharing app won’t be cut off from its millions of American users just yet. The bill moved unusually fast, getting signed into law by the president less than two months after it was first unveiled in the House. Biden’s...
The president of North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) said Wednesday his union will not "waste a lot of time” with supporters of former President Trump as it gives President Biden its endorsement. “We’re not gonna waste a lot of time talking to every American that supports Donald Trump, and we're not gonna waste a...
As of April 18, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported at least 125 cases in 18 states, more than doubling the total of 58 cases in all of 2023.
Republican National Committee (RNC) co-Chair Lara Trump said the national committee will have both poll watchers and people “who can physically handle ballots” on Election Day. “We now have the ability at the RNC not just to have poll watchers — people standing in polling locations — but people who can physically handle the ballots,”...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said more air traffic controllers are needed to address the concerns of them being overworked. Buttigieg said the administration is requesting funding from Capitol Hill lawmakers to hire 2,000 additional controllers. “We need more, and we're hiring more,” Buttigieg said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “If you look at just a...
More than 130 million Americans are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s (ALA) 2024 “State of the Air” report. The annual report, published Wednesday, found 131.2 million Americans live in areas assigned failing grades for particle or ozone pollution. This number—about 39 percent of Americans—is nearly 12 million...
The predisposition against the Jewish state and its right to exist was made evident by the world community taking Hamas's implausible casualty statistics at face value and blaming Israel before any fact-finding occurred.
The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a national goal to cut emissions from freight shipping down to zero. A White House fact sheet did not include a date for this goal, but it comes on top of existing goals to reach net-zero emissions for the the transportation sector, as well as the whole U.S....
Amazon unveiled its new grocery delivery program, which is open to Prime members and recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West said both major American political parties are beyond saving in an interview with The Washington Post released Tuesday. “Both parties are beyond redemption,” West said. Explaining the need for him to stay in the race, West pointed to the “crisis in the Republican Party, the undercutting and the neofascism of...
Added sugars will be limited for the first time in school meals around the country as part of gradual changes in nutrition standards announced Wednesday in a rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The changes will shed sugar in meals starting in the fall of 2025 and cut back on added sugars in...
Presidential politics over the years have already been reduced to social media outbursts, campaign stunts and countless horserace polls of minimal significance.
Closing sales have begun at 95 Express stores across more than 30 states following the clothing retailer's bankruptcy filing.
Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, asked Congress on Tuesday to investigate “potential manipulation” of its share price. Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes voiced concerns about “naked” short selling of the company’s stock in a letter to the Republican chairs of the House Judiciary, Oversight, Financial Services and Ways and...
The recovery story of Cartier McDaniel is nothing short of amazing. At just 4 years old, his heart stopped beating for 14 hours — and then all of a sudden, it restarted.
A onetime attorney to former President Trump said Wednesday that Trump’s latest attacks on Michael Cohen are a “direct violation” of the gag order placed on him during his criminal hush money trial. On Tuesday, Trump went after Cohen, his former fixer, in an interview just minutes before Judge Juan Merchan opened discussions over whether...
A North Carolina man who attacked police officers with a pole during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was sentenced to six year in prison on Tuesday, the Justice Department announced. David Gietzen was found guilty of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, trespassing and disorderly conduct for his role in the attack. Prosecutors said Gietzen...