The Louisiana congressional delegation penned a letter to President Biden on Thursday alerting him of the need for additional disaster relief funding in the wake of Hurricane Ida, which barreled through the state on Sunday leaving more than one...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has upgraded the charges against a former police officer to first-degree manslaughter over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright in April. ...
A top White House official on Thursday underlined preparations the Biden administration is taking for any potential cyberattacks over the upcoming Labor Day weekend, urging companies to be on alert against hackers. Anne Neuberger, the deputy...
Hundreds of students attending the University of Rhode Island (URI) have been able to obtain vaccine exemptions by citing religious reasons and filling out an online form.The school provides students with a one-pag...
Sixty-eight percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.That’s the highest percentage Gallup has recorded since 1965, when 71 percent of Americans said they approved of labor unions. It’s a slight...
The Biden administration is committing almost $3 billion to the coronavirus vaccine supply chain as the White House aims to expand U.S. manufacturing of the doses, federal officials announced on Thursday. The investment in the supply chain will...
Texas's controversial new abortion law could have a chilling effect on the film industry there, as some Hollywood heavyweights — including Patricia Arquette — call for a boycott of the state.Several entertainers took to social media in the wake of...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said, “I would prefer to stay out of politics” after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) mentioned him during a CNBC interview while speaking about social policies.Abbott told anchor Morgan Brennan during CNBC’s “Squawk on the...
The Boston Globe on Thursday issued an endorsement for city mayoral candidate Andrea Campbell (D). ...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Democrats should hit "pause" on President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending package, firing a significant warning shot at his party’s top legislative priority.Manchin, during remarks this week at a West...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Democrats should hit "pause" on President Biden's $3.5 trillion spending package, firing a significant warning shot at his party's top...
Two clinics in Oklahoma were already experiencing an increased demand for abortions before the controversial bill in Texas went into effect on Wednesday. Trust Women - an organization that operat...
President Biden's approval rating dropped to 43 percent amid the fallout of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll ...
President Biden’s approval rating dropped to 43 percent amid the fallout of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Thursday. Biden’s new approval is 6 points below NPR’s August poll,...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday responded to a male reporter who pressed her on President Biden's support for abortion by saying the reporter has "never faced those choices."Psaki said Biden "beli...
A federal judge on Thursday allowed a lawsuit to move forward against Apple centered on allegations that the Siri voice assistant violates user privacy.U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the plaintiffs had done enough to allege that their...
Oregon baseball player Bryan Ruby has come out as gay, making him the first active pro player at any level of the sport to do so.In an exclusive interview with USA Today Sports published Thursday, Ruby said that he realized he was different when he...
Domestic initiatives are vital to containing China's rise and mitigating the resurrection of Russian power.
With the end of the war in Afghanistan, America’s role in the world is undergoing considerable change. From the Cold War to the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Americans were happy to serve as the leader of the “free world,”...
Conservative analyst and author Candace Owens said in a tweet Wednesday that a COVID-19 testing lab refused her request for a test, citing her "spreading misinformation" about the pandemic."I just received an e-mai...
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the FBI's "dereliction of duty" in its handling of the investigation into disgraced USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar on Sept. 15.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the FBI’s “dereliction of duty” in its handling of the investigation into disgraced USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar on Sept. 15.The committee announced the hearing date on...
A Chicago police lieutenant has been arrested over alleged excessive force in a February incident, marking the fourth time a police officer in the city has been charged with felony battery in recent weeks. ...
The Biden administration is sitting on enough emergency funding to cover the “immediate” aftermath of a recent scourge of natural disasters, including the path of destruction left by Hurricane Ida, sources said Thursday.But while the Federal...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said deaths in New York caused by flooding amid the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida highlight how the "climate crisis creates an inequality cri...
