Senate Democrats are making a frantic, last-ditch effort to get a deal before the year ends to change the rules, with an eye toward unlocking a months-long stalemate on voting rights and election legislation.A grou...
Radio personality Dave Ramsey is accused of firing an employee over COVID-19 precautions they took, a lawsuit filed by a former staffer says.Former employee Brad Amos filed a lawsuit against Lamp...
The Metropolitan Opera will soon require COVID-19 booster shots for all eligible employees and audience members. The new policy was ...
As you drive past the Virginia state capitol to Jackson Ward in Richmond, you can see where the trees begin to disappear. Here, cooling shade is harder to find on summer days and residents with asthma suffer from poor air quality, which has...
A federal appeals court on Wednesday effectively revived a Biden administration vaccine mandate for health workers at hospitals that receive federal funding in roughly half of the U.S.The proc...
San Francisco supervisors have approved a purchase of a property that could be used as a supervised drug use facility. The building cost the city $6.32 million and is approved for behavioral heal...
President Biden on Wednesday signed two executive orders restructuring how the federal government coordinates transnational criminal investigations, and expanding the sanctions program to target narco-trafficking persons and organizations.As part of...
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ripped former President Trump Wednesday, stating that the former commander-in-chief did not take "specific and immediate action" on Jan. 6, adding that it was "supreme dereliction" of his duty in office.The tweets come...
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has called on the NFL to produce evidence of Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder's reported interference in the league's investigation of the team. ...
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has called on the NFL to produce evidence of Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder’s reported interference in the league’s investigation of the team. Committee members Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y)...
Nearly 1,500 previously classified documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released by the National Archives on Wednesday, with thousands more yet to be disclosed.The latest tranche of documents, posted to the...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) vented his anger with the media in the wake of a report that he wants to drop the child tax credit, a popular program, from President Biden’s expansive climate and social spending package.“This is bullshit. You’re bullshit...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) vented his anger with the media in the wake of a report that he wants to drop the child tax credit, a popular program, from President Biden's expansive climate and social spending package....
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are at a standoff over President Biden’s nominees, with the Senate’s end-of-year schedule hanging in the balance.Cruz and Schumer have swapped offers this week but appeared...
President Biden on Wednesday afternoon will be speaking from Dawson Springs, Ky., on his administration's response to recent tornadoes and extreme weather.The event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET.Watch t...
NAACP President Derrick Johnson says he plans to step up pressure on senators and the White House to take action on voting rights legislation, which would likely warrant changes to the legislative filibuster due to opposition from Republicans....
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is out with his first ad directly attacking his new primary opponent, former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.).The ad hits Perdue over his b...
Bell hooks, a renowned feminist author and critic, has died at the age of 69, the Lexington Herald-Leader...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday declined to entertain the possibility of Congress passing a standalone extension of the child tax credit if it isn't extended through the social spending package before the end of the month.Pelosi...
The Senate on Wednesday passed a sweeping defense policy bill on an 88-11 vote, ending a weeks-long standoff that had stalled work on the legislation.The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets spendi...
A leading North Caroline newspaper is blasting former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, calling the Republican who previously served in Congress an embarrassment to the state."When will the N.C. Republican P...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a press conference Wednesday afternoon.The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.
A Las Vegas airport has been renamed to honor former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).Dignitaries held a ceremony on Tuesday to commemorate the renaming of McCarran International Airport to the Harry Reid International Airport.Reid, who...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says about 1,200 tornadoes hit the U.S. every year, while other countries like New Zealand only report about 20.
As the Biden administration enters another round of nuclear talks with the Iranian regime in Vienna, it is clearer than ever that President Joe Biden’s conciliatory approach has failed—utterly and completely. Instead of working to adopt a new deal...
