California Democrats in Congress are keeping a close eye on polls that show Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) narrowly fending off a recall campaign amid concerns that Republican voters are disproportionately likely to be interested in casting ballots that...
House Democratic leaders failed to round up enough votes on Friday to pass legislation extending the federal ban on evictions just two days before it is set to expire, ultimately adjourning the chamber for a long summer r...
Publix on Friday said that it will require all employees, regardless of coronavirus vaccination status, to wear masks at work, citing updated federal recommendations this week amid a surge in the highly transmissible delta variant. "...
A New York federal judge has found actor Cuba Gooding Jr. liable in a rape lawsuit, and he could owe millions in damages.Judge Paul Crotty on Thursday issued a default judgement against Gooding, finding that the “Jerry Maguire” actor has “...
House lawmakers sent a letter to the chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee urging them to make personal care assistants (PCAs) for athletes essential staff.“We understand the decision made by the five Olympic-...
The House Ethics Committee on Friday said it won’t pursue an investigation into Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), who was arrested by Capitol Police last week for staging a voting rights protest in the Hart Senate Office Building.“The Committee has...
The White House is not presently considering a national requirement for the COVID-19 vaccine, principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Friday."A national vaccine requirement is not under consideration at...
The U.S. men’s national soccer team is backing the women’s in its dispute against the U.S. Soccer Federation over equal pay. The United States National Soccer Team Players Association, which is the labor organization for the men’s team, filed an...
President Biden on Friday appointed Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who gained prominence during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, to serve on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.Khan's appointment was one of...
President Biden on Friday nominated Holocaust historian and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt to serve as a special envoy to combat and monitor antisemitism.Lipstadt, who was the founding director of Emory’s Institute for Jewish Studies...
President Biden remembered former Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who died Thursday, as “one of the most honorable and decent people” the president said he has ever known.Biden called Levin “brilliant, humble, and principled” in a statement Friday. The...
Scientists found a rare blood disorder in Neanderthal offspring.
The son of President Biden has a message to those criticizing his artwork: "F--- 'em."In an interview with the “Nota Bene” podcast published Thursday, Hunter Biden was asked how he would respond to those going after his art.“What’s your response to...
Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm (D) has died at the age of 85, his family announced Friday."He would have turned 86 next Tuesday but passed away yesterday evening surrounded by his family, following complications from a pulmonary embolism earlier...
The Senate voted on Friday to formally start debating a bipartisan infrastructure proposal after a last-minute snag briefly threw the chamber into chaos.Senators voted 66-28 to start debate. Senators are using a shell bill that they intend to swap...
July 30 is National Whistleblower Day, a day commemorating the 243rd anniversary of our nation’s very first whistleblower law. As we approach this milestone, I hope Americans everywhere can join me in honoring the brave whistleblowers who...
The Justice Department on Friday said the Treasury Department must turn over former President Trump’s long-sought tax returns to the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee.In a memo from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC...
The Treasury Department must turn over Trump's tax returns to Congress, DOJ says.
Walmart is making masks mandatory for employees and recommending customers wear them as well.All employees regardless of vaccination status will be required to wear masks depending on where they live, the company announced Friday, aligning itself...
Dolly Parton on Thursday weighed in on the public debate surrounding Britney Spears’s controversial conservatorship, saying she “went through a lot of that” in her own previous legal battle with her former music partner Porter Wagoner.In an...
Former President Trump pressured top officials in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to call the 2020 presidential election results corrupt, according to documents ...
ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl plans to release this fall a second book on former President Trump, following last year's "Front Row at the Trump Show."“Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show” follows the events of the final...
As House Democratic leaders struggle to find enough party support to extend an eviction moratorium, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is advocating a temporary fix, urging the Biden administration to act unilaterally to help the nation's most...
Roughly 62 percent of American adults in a new Gallup poll released Friday support affirmative action programs for minority groups, the highest level of support recorded for such policies over the past 20 years. The support is up from the...
Broadway, which is set to reopen in September, is requiring its audiences to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and wear masks until at least the end of October. All 41 of New York's Broadway theaters will require those older than 12...
