Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is defending his administration's decision to reject an Advanced Placement African American studies pilot program in Florida high schools after nationwide backlash. Speaking at a press conference unveiling his 2023 education platform on Monday, DeSantis said the state wants “education, not indoctrination.” “In the state of Florida, our education standards not only...
President Biden will travel to Baltimore and New York City to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law, making two stops along the East Coast to discuss projects funded by the bill. Biden will travel to Baltimore on Jan. 30 to speak on how funding from the law will replace the 150-year-old Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, which will “address the...
Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham, a longtime supporter of former President Trump, says he will not endorse Trump — or any candidate — in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. "I'm going to stay out of it until after the primaries have finished," Graham told CBS News on Friday at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. Graham...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday, Jan. 13, that the U.S. would likely breach the $31.4 trillion statutory debt ceiling on Jan. 19. She urged action as soon as possible to avert a financial disaster. Yellen added she would take “extraordinary measures” in the interim to stave off default, but those would probably only...
A jury delivered the Justice Department another victory in its prosecution of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, returning a guilty verdict on rarely-used seditious conspiracy charges for all four members on trial in its second prosecution of the group. Ed Vallejo, Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett and David Moerschel each received a guilty verdict for their...
Allenton, Missouri, used to be a small town near Eureka, Missouri. There was a general store, a post office, and a school there. Families settled in, and houses sprung up. The community was small, but, as is customary in small towns, everyone knew everyone. Now, it's a ghost town.
Jeff Zients, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator, is expected to become President Biden’s next chief of staff, replacing Ron Klain and entering the role as Biden readies for the 2024 presidential election cycle. Klain is expected to hand over the reins to Zeints, 56, sometime after the State of the Union address in...
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) on Monday announced he’s reintroducing a bill to grant statehood to the nation’s capital. “The rumors are true! I’m introducing the #DCStatehood bill in the Senate this week,” Carper wrote on Twitter. Carper has led previous efforts to get the bill through in the Senate in partnership with the District of Columbia’s non-voting...
The investigation did not follow all leads, most glaringly by apparently failing to interview spouses of Court clerks and personnel.
The man who entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and was photographed in the office of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was convicted on Monday of eight federal crimes related to the incident, including four felonies. Richard “Rigo” Barnett, 62, was convicted of all the charges filed against him after nine days of...
Fulfilling President Biden’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 would require the rapid scale-up of a domestic supply chain and at least $22.4 billion in infrastructure investments, a new report has found. The success of such a build-out would rely upon “resilient, sustainable and equitable manufacturing” of primarily U.S.-based facilities, ports...
Puerto Rico should install rooftop solar panels in locations such as airports and industrial areas to reach national renewable energy goals, a federal office said in a study published Monday. Puerto Rico passed legislation in 2019 requiring the island to redesign its electric grid after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria, including a requirement to...
The chances seem greatest that — despite all the current misery — it will ultimately be something like ripping a Band-Aid off.
Story at a glance Six of the world’s top 10 ugliest buildings are located in the United States, according to a new ranking from Buildworld. The J. Edgar Hoover Building, located in Washington, D.C. ranked second among the world’s top eyesores, while Boston City Hall in Massachusetts ranked third. The list is based on language...
Mars, the company behind the candy-coated chocolates, said it is shelving its M&M mascots – at least for now – after receiving backlash over recent design changes.
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the new chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, has requested that the Secret Service hand over all the information it has on individuals who visited President Biden’s Delaware home in the time since he served as vice president, as the panel ramps up its probe of Biden's handling of...
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advisory panel on vaccines is set to consider an annual schedule for the coronavirus vaccine, akin to how flu vaccines are administered, when it meets this week. The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) will meet Thursday to discuss how to simplify and streamline the COVID-19...
Emerging leaders like Govs. Wes Moore and Josh Shapiro are showing the way.
Questions of political theatre and the fair administration of justice aside, there are lessons to be learned.
To accomplish this, Biden will need to pivot back to articulating and embodying the principle that got him elected — i.e., prioritizing progress over politics.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday took a jab at Republicans in the ongoing debt ceiling fight, accusing the party of trying to “wreck the economy” to protect wealthy taxpayers. “If this were really about the national debt, then there are plenty of places we could go to stitch up loopholes, like no more of...
The family of Keenan Anderson has filed a $50 million claim against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on behalf of Anderson’s 5-year-old son. Anderson, a 31-year-old English teacher from Washington, D.C., died in an incident on Jan. 3 after police tased him six times in 42 seconds. The LAPD in a Jan. 6 press...
Microsoft is investing billions of dollars into OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT language generation tool, as part of a third phase of a partnership between the two tech companies, Microsoft announced Monday. Microsoft did not detail the exact amount it is investing in OpenAI with the latest phase, describing it as a "multiyear,...
The Supreme Court handed down its first opinion of the term on Monday, ruling that a veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not eligible for retroactive disability benefits after he missed a statutory window. The ruling in some ways marked a return to normal, with the justices resuming the pre-pandemic tradition of announcing...
The head of House Democrats has submitted Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) to sit on the powerful Intelligence Committee, setting up a battle with Republican leaders who are vowing to keep them off the panel. Separately, Democrats this week are also expected to seat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on the House Foreign...
