A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday slammed the "repeated failures" at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate e-cigarettes and take action against companies illegally marketing products to minors. Led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the lawmakers sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra urging him to "do everything...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi, once celebrated for winning massive settlements, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges he stole more than $18 million from clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The charges are the latest legal blow to a once-powerful player who rubbed elbows with politicians...
The White House on Wednesday refused to say if there will be more searches for classified documents kept at private properties belonging to President Biden following the FBI search of his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home earlier in the day in which every room was looked at. Ian Sams, a White House spokesperson for investigations, told...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has under $10,000 in her campaign account as uncertainty grows over whether she will run for reelection in 2024. Feinstein, 89, raised under $600 in the last three months and just over $100,000 total in 2022, a fundraising haul that is not consistent with an incumbent senator gearing up for a...
A Trump Organization executive is expected to testify before a grand jury in Manhattan that is investigating former President Trump's role in hush-money payments paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels right before the 2016 election, CNN reported. Jeffrey McConney, the controller of the Trump Organization, is expected to appear before the grand jury as the...
Only 38 percent of incidents of a prison staff member engaging in sexual misconduct against an inmate resulted in legal action over a three-year study period, according to a new Department of Justice (DOJ) report. The report from the DOJ’s Bureau of Justice Statistics covered the number of reported incidents of sexual victimization from 2016...
Story at a glance More people moved to Florida than any other state in the country in 2022, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. The Sunshine State saw the highest net domestic migration gains last year, with its population growing by 1.9 percent. It was followed by Texas, North Carolina,...
Tyson Foods has announced new changes meant to improve team member relationships and workplace culture in the U.S.
The NBA announced its Wednesday night contest between the Washington Wizards and the Detroit Pistons had been postponed due to inclement weather in the Texas area, leaving the Pistons’ team stranded. “Due to severe weather conditions in the Dallas area, the Pistons have been unable to fly back to Detroit after their game on Monday...
A bipartisan group of senators are introducing a bill aimed at limiting the sales of oil from the country’s emergency supply to entities controlled by China. The bill was put forward Wednesday and spearheaded by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Under the legislation, companies under the ownership or control of the Chinese government...
Three out of four registered voters consider police violence against the public to be a serious problem in the aftermath of the death of Tyre Nichols after he was beaten by police officers, according to a new poll. A Politico-Morning Consult poll released Wednesday showed 44 percent of respondents said police violence is a “very...
America now has just 1.2 acres of farmable land per person.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday filled out the final spots for the party's committee roster in the new Congress, naming the members of the select committees on Intelligence, China, COVID-19 and the "weaponization" of government. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) secured the party's top spot on the House Intelligence — an expected ascension that...
The U.S. partner naval forces last month seized more than 3,000 assault rifles and 23 advanced anti-tank guided missiles on the way from Iran to Yemen, the Pentagon revealed Wednesday. The interaction — which took place on Jan. 15 in the Gulf of Oman along routes historically used to traffic weapons and other illicit cargo to the Iranian-backed Houthis...
Comedian and commentator Jon Stewart admonished CNN and other news organizations that have shown footage of Tyre Nichols being beaten by police in Memphis, Tenn., that has led to nationwide outrage. "Are they playing it like wallpaper, are they doing that thing where it's in the box and the announcer is talking about something else and...
House Republicans advanced a resolution on Wednesday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, sending the measure to the floor for debate and bringing Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) one step closer to fulfilling a longtime pledge. The House approved the rule, which allows the chamber to kick off debate on the...
A Metro employee was killed on the platform at the Potomac Avenue station in Washington, D.C., as he tried to stop a shooter who opened fire on commuters, injuring three others on Wednesday morning. A man brandishing a weapon on a Metro bus followed one individual off the vehicle at 14th Street and Potomac Avenue...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a New Jersey law that allowed the state to sue gun manufacturers for creating a “public nuisance” with their sale and marketing of firearms. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed the law in June to create a path for suing companies engaged in the sale, manufacture, distribution, importing...
The College Board is facing heated criticism for its revisions to an Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies program after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the course “lacked educational value” and would not go forward in his state's schools. The original interdisciplinary course, which is being piloted in 60 schools around the nation this school year,...
A coalition of nine Republican-led states on Tuesday asked a federal court in Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields "Dreamers" from deportation. The DACA program was implemented under the Obama administration in 2012 as a way to protect undocumented immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children....
Federal investigators on Wednesday found no documents with classified markings during a search of President Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Del., home, his attorney said in a statement. The FBI conducted a search of the residence from 8:30 a.m. until noon on Wednesday in cooperation with Biden’s attorneys, Bob Bauer said in a statement. “No documents with...
The Department of Education released data on Wednesday highlighting the financial help the American Rescue Plan (ARP) gave millions of college students during the pandemic. The massive COVID-19 relief package designated $40 billion to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), with half of that money, as well as other relief measures, going directly toward...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday accused Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) of hypocrisy for refusing to negotiate with House Republicans on raising the debt limit, even though the Democratic leader saw the debt limit as “leverage” to negotiate spending increases with former President Trump. “It is right, appropriate, and entirely normal...
Former President Trump in a video released Tuesday on his social media platform vowed to punish doctors who provide gender-affirming health care to minors if he is re-elected next year, wading into a contentious debate that has captured the attention of state and federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Trump in the nearly...
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