Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a key Senate moderate, slammed President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan on Wednesday, calling it the "wrong approach" because of its price tag and its taxes on businesses. “The total soars to $3 trillion...
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a key Senate moderate, slammed President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan on Wednesday, calling it the "wrong approach" because of its price tag and its taxes on businesses."The...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Wednesday to review the case of a woman who was sentenced to five years in prison over an illegal voting conviction, ...
A group of 13 Republican state attorneys general sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, arguing a provision in the $1.9 trillion relief bill signed earlier this month is unconstitutional....
A group of more than 100 House Democrats on Wednesday urged President Biden to take executive action on regulating concealable assault-style firearms, after that type of weapon was used in the recent shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo....
Iowa Democrat Rita Hart announced Wednesday that she is withdrawing her challenge to the results of the 2020 race in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.The decision removes pressure from Democratic leaders in the House, who could have...
For low-income, first-generation students of color, the American Dream is fading because education is not attainable, not accessible and certainly not affordable.Since Reagan-era cuts to Guaranteed Student Loans and Pell Grants, society’s most...
Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey on Wednesday called Georgia’s controversial new voting law "unacceptable," and “a step backwards.” Quincey made the remark in an interview on CNBC. His comments come less than one week after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (...
The retail trading app Robinhood announced on Wednesday that it would be removing its confetti feature amid criticism that it “gamified” stock-trading for users.In a blog post, Robinhood said it would be replacing the confetti feature with new...
A truck carrying radioactive uranium crashed in North Carolina on Wednesday, closing a major highway for hours as emergency units took to the scene. The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. on I-95 highway...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a new report Wednesday hammered a project spearheaded by Ivanka Trump in the last administration, saying the program suffered from significant problems in its implementation.Trump helped stand up and...
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) says that she previously tested positive for coronavirus and is encouraging Americans to mask up in order to slow its spread.Palin, 57, confirmed her COVID-19 diagnosis in an ...
President Biden will hold his first Cabinet meeting on Thursday, days after the Senate confirmed all 15 of the president’s Cabinet secretaries.Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed the plans during an exchange with reporters...
A study from the CDC reports partial immunization after the first dose at about 80 percent effectiveness.
President Biden’s handling of the pandemic and coronavirus economy has helped fuel a 61-percent job approval rating as he enters his third month in office, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs...
Don Gaetz, the father of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), backed his son’s claims that his family is the victim of an extortion plot by a former Department of Justice official.Don Gaetz told Politico in an interview published Wednesday that he had been...
The Cleveland Indians on Wednesday banned headdresses and painted faces at games, just days before the MLB team's home opener.The new Progressive Field policy prohibits “abusive or inappropriate language or conduct deemed disorderly, unruly or...
Two Citibank executives on Wednesday came out against Georgia’s recently passed voting bill, with one company official saying he was “appalled” by the law.Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason and head of global public affairs Edward Skyler...
Lester Holt, the anchor of NBC Nightly News, argued this week that news organizations and the journalists they employ should do everything they can to call out misinformation permeating the political media ecosystem and s...
Two swastikas were found drawn in the dust on a car window that belonged to a Holocaust survivor in South Florida just before the start of Passover.Bianca Higdon told NBC Miami that the two anti-Semitic markings were discovered in the dust that...
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed into law Wednesday a measure that fills some of the gaps in voter protections created nearly a decade ago when the Supreme Court gutted federal voting rights oversight.A key p...
Former President Trump on Wednesday attacked President Biden's plan to raise the corporate tax rate to pay for a ...
A man in Michigan has admitted to beating a Black teen with a bike chain due to his race. The Justice Department ...
Georgia's state Republican Party was hit with an FEC complaint this week alleging that the party illegally accepted contributions from the group while failing to report them to election officials.The complaint cent...
President Biden on Wednesday will deliver remarks on the American economy from Pittsburgh.The event is slated to begin at 4:20 p.m. EDT.Watch live in the video above.
