A group of Senate Democrats is calling on Danco Laboratories, one of the manufacturers of the abortion pill mifepristone, to update the drug's labeling to make it easier for patients to access the drug to help reduce complications from a miscarriage. The Democrats, led by Sens. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Maggie Hassan...
A New York man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to sending several threatening voicemails to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last March. Joseph Francis Morelli pleaded guilty to three counts of interstate threatening communications for a series of voicemail messages that he left for Greene’s Washington, D.C., office on March 3. “I just don't think I...
Three former Twitter employees will testify before a House panel next week at a hearing focusing on the platform’s decision to limit the spread of a New York Post story about now-President Biden’s adult son Hunter Biden in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. Republicans are using their new majority in the chamber to...
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday took swipes at a slew of possible 2024 GOP rivals, calling his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley “overly ambitious” and accusing Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) of being ungrateful. Trump spoke for a half hour with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, addressing some of his potential...
Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new premium messaging service that will be powered by Open AI’s ChatGPT messaging service. In a blog post, Microsoft Teams vice president Nicole Herskowitz wrote that its new service, Teams Premium will use the latest technologies in an effort to “make meetings more intelligent, personalized, and protected — whether it’s...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is supportive of congressional hearings on DirecTV's recent decision to drop conservative cable channel Newsmax. "You know I had discussions with a couple members now because it's very concerning to me," McCarthy said during a press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. "Now, Newsmax isn't the first one, OAN as...
A councilwoman representing Sayreville, New Jersey, was fatally shot Wednesday night, authorities said.
A popular eczema cream sold on Facebook is being recalled after two children were found to have elevated blood lead levels.
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Three civil rights groups have vowed to take “swift legal action” against a slate of proposed restrictions on gender-affirming health care for transgender youths and adults in Oklahoma should any of them become law. Lawmakers have introduced at least 15 bills threatening to severely limit access to treatments including puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries...
Dolly Parton is into goodies, and according to a social media post, she has a sweet tooth for cake, cookies and cornbread.
Hundreds more flights were cancelled out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday, as Texans continue to feel the impacts of this week’s ice storm. Of the about 740 flights cancelled as of Thursday afternoon, over 260 were meant to depart from the Dallas airport, according to the flight tracker FlightAware. Another 250 flights destined for...
A new survey has found that 78 percent of Americans want federal farm funding to prioritize food for people over feed for livestock. The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and the farm advocacy group Farm Action published the bipartisan survey of 1000 people on Thursday. It represented the first time those groups asked explicitly...
This February, teachers, students, historians, and many others will extol the virtues of African American inventors during Black History Month. The remarkable inventions such as the first portable air conditioner, the gas mask, the automatic elevator door, traffic signs — were all invented by Black people. The impact of these inventions—not only on everyday life, but...
The White House on Thursday bashed House Republicans for voting to kick Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) off of the Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments about Israel, calling it a "political stunt." "What we believe is Congresswoman Omar is a highly respected member of Congress. She has apologized for her comments she made in...
Members of the ‘Squad’ of progressive House lawmakers on Thursday railed against House Republicans for voting to remove one of their own, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, arguing the move was motivated by GOP bias against women of color in Congress. Republicans on the House floor ahead of the vote...
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) on Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month, reintroduced the Black History is American History Act, which would require Black history to be part of the American History and Civics Academies' competitive grants. The grants are administered by the Department of Education and used to help improve student achievement in...
New Mexico could become the first state in the nation to have an official state aroma.
A group of congressional lawmakers on Thursday called on President Biden to reinstate the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to a Cabinet-level position in order to better address the overdose epidemic in the U.S. In their letter, the Congress members commended Biden for prioritizing the opioid epidemic in his State...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) lashed out at GOP leaders on Thursday over their decision to boot Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, accusing the Republicans of adopting a double standard by ignoring antisemitism in their own ranks. Jeffries pointed to comments from several House Republicans that compared President Biden to...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Thursday that there’s no daylight between himself on President Biden on the question of standing firm against negotiating with House Republicans on raising the debt limit until they manage pass a package of cuts or fiscal reforms. Schumer said Biden and White House staff assured him the...
College enrollment declines eased in the fall after steep drops over the pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. In 2022, fall undergraduate enrollment only contracted by 0.6 percent compared to 2021. Part of the stabilizing declines can be attributed to a 4.3 percent increase in freshman...
House Republicans voted on Thursday to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, notching a win for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has long vowed to oust the Minnesota Democrat from the panel. The chamber approved the resolution in a party-line 218-211 vote. Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) voted present. The resolution — sponsored...
House Democrats are calling for an investigation into major online tax filing companies over their disclosure of personal data of taxpayers to Facebook. The group of lawmakers led by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) publicly pushed the IRS to investigate companies like H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer after a report by The Markup in November revealed...
