Musician Marilyn Manson is facing more allegations of sexual misconduct, accused in a lawsuit filed on Monday of sexually assaulting an underage girl multiple times in the 1990s. The woman in the lawsuit, who is filing under the name Jane Doe, says in her complaint that Manson started to "target" her in 1995, when she...
Longtime Amtrak rider President Biden returned Monday to a spot he’s been in hundreds of times: the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel. This time, he arrived at the East Coast’s worst rail congestion point as a messenger of good news rather than a passenger. “I’ve been through this tunnel a thousand times. When folks talk about...
Ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address next week, a new poll finds that a majority of Americans do not think the state of the country is strong. More than 60 percent of people think the state of the union is not strong, according to a new Marist poll. The negative rating comes...
There has been substantial media coverage of President Biden and former Vice President Pence both removing marked classified documents outside the White House after they left the vice presidency (and, in the case of Biden, also including after he was a U.S. senator). Both insist they did so inadvertently. Of course, the word “inadvertent” does not apply to former President Trump’s behavior. As we now know from Mr. Trump’s own admission, he knew documents he took to Mar-a-Lago were classified...
COVID-19 was the eighth leading cause of death among U.S. children and young people between August 2021 and July 2022, new research shows. Throughout the same period, COVID-19 was the top cause of death from an infectious or respiratory disease among children, while deaths were the highest in this age group during the delta and...
The Biden administration released a new design for Permanent Resident Cards, also known as green cards, and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), adding a series of new security measures for the immigration documents. The new cards will be issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as of Monday; older cards will remain valid until their...
The International Association of Fire Fighters called on Monday for the elimination of protective gear that contains “forever chemicals,” saying swift regulatory action is needed to address the toxic substances. The union — which has more than 333,000 members — announced that it has retained the services of three nationally recognized law firms to pursue these goals,...
The Manhattan district attorney is escalating his criminal investigation into former President Trump by showing a grand jury evidence about hush money paid to an adult-film star just before the 2016 presidential election, The New York Times reported. The Times reported that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) will begin presenting the evidence on Monday...
Fortunately, the fix is simple: Make it easier, not harder, for people to continue getting vaccinated at pharmacies.
The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed a broad request from the House Judiciary Committee to provide further details about the special counsel investigation into the mishandling of documents during President Biden’s time as vice president, saying that doing so would risk releasing information central to the case. The response follows a request from the panel,...
Utility companies in the U.S. have disconnected customers an estimated 5.7 million times since 2020, according to a new report. The disconnections have come even as those companies have paid billions to shareholders and executives, according to a report published on Monday by the Center for Biological Diversity, BailoutWatch and the Energy and Policy Institute. ...
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said he is hoping to pursue bipartisan legislation with ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to address how presidential and vice presidential offices ensure they do not improperly retain classified documents after they leave office. Comer said at a National Press Club event on Monday that he...
The countdown for NASA's next astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is on. Working together with SpaceX, the U.S. space agency is planning to launch its sixth long-duration crew mission as soon as Feb. 26. Strapping inside the Dragon will be one of NASA's most diverse crews yet: NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) doesn't seem happy about the Empire State Building lighting itself up in green and white to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles' big victory Sunday in the NFC championship game. "To be clear, New York State has no control over how @EmpireStateBldg lights its colors," Hochul wrote in a tweet on...
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) invited Brandon Tsay to be her guest at the upcoming State of the Union, an offer of honor after he disarmed the man suspected of killing at least 11 in Monterey Park, Calif. Chu invited Tsay to the annual Washington, D.C., event in remarks as he received several California honors and recognition at a...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the COVID-19 pandemic remains a "public health emergency of international concern" while acknowledging the outbreak has reached a "transition point." WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday relayed the findings from a recent report made by the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee. "The WHO Director-General concurs...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is pledging to review the actions of former special counsel John Durham following reports of inappropriate handling of his probe into the investigation of former President Trump. Recent reporting from The New York Times detailed ethical concerns during the probe that prompted numerous staff departures, including concerns over former Attorney General Bill Barr’s...
Three golf courses belonging to former President Trump will be featured among other sites as hosts of tournaments for a new Saudi-backed golf league this year. Trump’s golf courses in Florida, New Jersey and Virginia will host tournaments for LIV Golf, the offshoot league that has caused rifts in the golf world by luring high-profile...
An unsuccessful Republican congressional candidate who ran to replace former Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) after he joined the Trump White House will plead guilty to accepting an illegal campaign contribution, according to court filings. Federal prosecutors on Friday charged Lynda Bennett for knowingly accepting a $25,000 campaign contribution from a relative that was made in...
Nearly half of the Senate Republican Conference has signed on to a letter to President Biden warning they will not vote for any bill to raise the nation’s debt limit unless it’s connected to spending cuts to address the nation’s $31 trillion debt. The letter, led by conservative Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is floating a possible compromise on what was one of the key holdups in the negotiations surrounding policing reform legislation after the death of George Floyd in 2020, The death of Tyre Nichols, 29, at the hands of police in Memphis earlier this month has sparked a renewed push for policing...
Two of the concessions the Freedom Caucus wrung-out of Republican Speaker-designate Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), in return for his election to the post on the 15th ballot Jan. 7, were commitments to bring more major bills to the floor under open amendment rules, and to appoint more hardline conservatives to the Rules Committee with its nine-to-four majority/minority...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear in March before the House Energy and Commerce Committee as lawmakers push to examine the video-sharing app’s ties to China and its consumer data privacy and security practices. Committee chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said calling the TikTok chief to testify is part of the panel's goal...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Sunday cautioned that, despite many app guidelines, 13-year-olds are too young to join social media. "What is the right age for a child to start using social media? I worry that right now, if you look at the guidelines from the platforms, that age 13 is when kids are technically allowed...
The GOP of 2023 is embroiled in chaos and beset by internal strife.
