A trio of Republican senators are rolling out legislation advocating a tighter trading stance on China amid bipartisan calls for Washington to get tough on Beijing.GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), James Inhofe (Okla.) and Rick...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday called the filibuster racist as progressive calls to eliminate the Senate procedural move grow."The filibuster ... was designed to give the South the a...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday called the filibuster racist as progressive calls to eliminate the Senate procedural move grow.“The filibuster ... was designed to give the South the ability to veto any effective civil rights legislation...
An Arizona congressman is set to appear on a talk show hosted by conspiracy theorists on a digital network responsible for driving the anti-Semitic QAnon movement less than a month after he appeared at a conference also attended by a prominent white...
Google on Thursday said that it would be investing $7 billion into office spaces and data centers across the U.S., with plans to open three new locations and add about 10,000 new full-time jobs.Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company...
The CEO of popular exercise equipment company Peloton on Thursday told customers that a child had died in what he called a “tragic accident” involving one of its treadmills. John Foley wrote in a note shared on the company’s website that it...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed President Biden's comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, saying he was engaged in "rhetoric and name calling" rather than action. "If you put America first and back up...
Everyone in America is busy filling out brackets for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament — trying to identify this year’s Cinderella team, the lesser-known school that’s going to knock off a powerhouse. But proposals in Congress could take the...
President Biden on Thursday took a small victory lap, announcing that the country will hit his goal of administering 100 million coronavirus shots this week."Behind this 100 million shots are millions of lives changed when people receive that dose...
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) fought back tears on Thursday while issuing a scathing rebuke to Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) over comments he made during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on discrimination and violence against Asian Americans amid the...
The sheriff in Cherokee County says he's sorry for any "heartache" caused by a captain under his command who was heavily criticized for saying the suspect in the Atlanta area spa shootings had a "bad day" in explaining th...
Former President George W. Bush recounted his reaction to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots in an interview released Thursday, saying that he was "disgusted" by what transpired.In an interview recorded Feb. 24 with ...
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, on Thursday requested a meeting with NFL leadership and called on the sports league to "rethink its relationship with Fox" due to what he referred to as Fox News's hi...
Showtime is developing a limited series about the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, the premium TV network said Thursday.Billy Ray — who wrote and directed last year's Showtime miniseries "The Comey Rule," starring Jeff Daniels as former...
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Willian Burns to lead the CIA, making him the first former diplomat to lead the agency.Senators approved his nomination by voice vote.Burns, an ambassador twice over who finished his diplomatic career as deputy...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) insisted Thursday that Republicans were not trying to reverse former President Trump's election defeat in challenging the results of November's presidential contest in a testy exchange with CNN's Manu...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) insisted Thursday that Republicans were not trying to reverse former President Trump's election defeat in challenging the results of November's presidential contest in a tes...
The California legislature on Thursday voted to expand paid sick time related to COVID-19 for about 10.4 million workers, ...
House Republicans are calling on Democrats to hold a hearing on the influx of migrants at the southern border, arguing the surge could pose risks to national security.The push by GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee comes as Republicans...
The House Judiciary Committee’s civil rights subcommittee on Thursday held a hearing denouncing the concerning rise of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans during the pandemic and highlighting the incendiary rhetoric that...
Two St. Louis police officers were charged on Wednesday with the sexual assault of four women and a third officer was accused of tampering with a witness in the case, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.Officer Lafeal Lawshea, 38, was charged...
The newly named editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, Alexi McCammond, announced Thursday she was leaving the magazine after racist tweets she sent as a high school student in 2011 resurfaced and caused a staff rebellion at the...
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Thursday blocked legislation that would prevent private debt collectors from being able to seize stimulus checks sent out under the latest coronavirus relief bill.Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)...
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) opened a Thursday hearing dedicated to the rise of violence against Asian Americans with a reference to lynching."We believe in justice. There's an old saying in Texas ... find all the rope...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), during an appearance Fox News's "The Sean Hannity Show" Wednesday night, threatened to make full use of the so-called "talking filibuster" if Democrats reform the Senate procedural move."Here's what Biden...
