Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) has introduced legislation that seeks to invest in a health-centered approach to public safety by establishing a public safety division within the Department of Human Health and Services (HHS). Under the People’s Response...
CNN's Jim Acosta was booed by a crowd gathered at the southern border during former President Trump's visit there on Wednesday after he asked Trump to apologize for the Jan. 6 insurrection."Will you apologize about...
Just before adjournment on Monday, the House Clerk read a letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms declaring, after consultation with the Attending Physician, that the pandemic health emergency remains in effect, thereby extending to mid-August special...
Former President Trump's inner circle and legal experts are bracing for the political and legal fallout of charges being filed against his company as soon as Thursday.Multiple news outlets rep...
Only two of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection, Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), backed creating a select committee to investigate t...
Britney Spears's father, Jamie Spears, filed a petition on Tuesday to investigate claims his daughter made in her rare court appearance last week.In his petition, the elder Spears requested that the court "investigate the veracity of the...
The Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA both saw steep declines in membership from 2019 to 2020, according to The Associated Press.Figures reported by the AP showed a 43 percent plunge in membership for the Boy Scouts last...
The House voted Wednesday to create a select committee dedicated to investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, in what will likely become a partisan fight over establishing the facts of the violent attack on the Capitol. Lawmakers voted largely...
A former Houston-area doctor on Wednesday was able to walk free after a grand jury declined to indict him over accusations that he stole nine doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Hasan Gokal, who formerly worked for Harris County Public Health, was...
A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked Indiana's controversial law that would have required health care providers to share information with their patients about “reversing” a medication-induced abortion, a disputed claim that is not backed by...
An attorney representing three of Bill Cosby’s accusers objected to the Wednesday decision from a Pennsylvania appeals court that set him free over a previous agreement he made with a former district attorney."He is not...
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby was released from prison on Wednesday afternoon after a Pennsylvania appeals court overturned his sexual assault conviction.According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Cosby, 83, was released just...
The Iowa Supreme Court has voted to overturn a $1.5 million gay bias verdict against former Gov. Terry Branstad (R), The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.Wednesday’s ruling found "no evidence" that Branstad tried to push out then-Iowa Workers...
Actress and Howard University’s incoming College of Fine Arts dean Phylicia Rashad celebrated a court’s decision to overturn disgraced comedian Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault on Wednesday.“FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being...
Former President Trump on Wednesday bemoaned what he said was the "sick" state of the U.S.-Mexico border during a trip to Texas with GOP lawmakers."We have a sick country in many ways. It's sick in elections, and it's sick in the border. And if you...
Actress Allison Mack on Wednesday was sentenced to three years in prison for her role in the NXIVM sex cult, according to The Associated Press.During her sentencing hearing, Mack told the judge that devoting herself to NXIVM group leader Keith...
Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Bill Cosby's release, overturning his conviction for sexual assault.In its decision, the state Supreme Court found that Cosby should not have been charged and sentenced for...
Former President Obama issued a warning about the political misinformation that preceded the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, when Congress met to certify President Biden's electoral win, saying “we should all be worried.”Obama, speaking during ...
Bill Cosby was released from prison after a Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned his sexual assault conviction, undoing one of the highest-profile prosecutions to emerge amid the "Me Too" movement. In a 4-3 decision, the...
Former President Trump is the fourth-lowest-ranking U.S. president, according to C-SPAN's 2021 President Historians Survey.
The representatives of Texas's two southernmost districts on Wednesday slammed former President Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for their visit to the region to highlight illegal immigration.Texas Democratic Reps. Filemón Vela and Vicente...
Ikea is facing a wave of jokes and memes over an ad campaign it created to honor Pride Month.In the campaign, which features concept couches or "love seats" with designs inspired by several LGBTQ+ flags, Ikea invited individuals who...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $2.1 billion over the next five years on efforts to advance gender equality.The foundation said in a statement that it will invest $650 million over five years for women’s economic...
The State Department is making U.S. passports more inclusive for gender-fluid individuals, part of efforts to promote civil rights and as Pride Month comes to a close.Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that U.S. passport...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki is scheduled to hold a press briefing Wednesday afternoon.Psaki will be joined by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.The briefing is slated to b...
