Former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz says “many bits and pieces of evidence” could be used to bring criminal charges against former President Trump for his business and tax dealings. The former special assistant district attorney (DA) for New York County said prosecutors could pull together enough evidence to prove that Trump willfully OK'd the manipulation...
Wispy finger-like clouds slowly pushed onshore Saturday evening near Lincoln City. This weather event is known as "virga."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) unveiled Monday a statewide plan to ban TikTok from state government-issued devices and networks, following a December order to crack down on the use of the popular social media app. “The security risks associated with the use of TikTok on devices used to conduct the important business of our state...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is facing renewed pressure from advocacy groups to prioritize antitrust bills targeting tech giants this Congress. More than 20 organizations led by Demand Progress, an advocacy group aimed at advancing competition in the tech sector, sent a letter to Schumer on Monday pressing him to prioritize two key antitrust...
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was able to begin a free online program for those who qualify.
The federal government will likely end up putting its foot down in a state-to-state squabble over cuts in Colorado River consumption, Arizona’s water chief told The Hill. “We will continue to try to get an agreement,” said Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources. “The path we're on seems like the federal...
The New York Times editorial board is calling on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to reform the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition whereby a senator can block a federal judicial nominee appointed to a court in his or her home state as a matter of senatorial courtesy. The Times wrote in an editorial Monday...
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said she will skip President Biden's State of the Union on Tuesday, saying she does not want to "show up to and listen to him continue to lie." In an interview with Breitbart News over the weekend, Miller said she would boycott Biden's State of the Union address, adding that his...
Story at a glance Devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, claiming the lives of more than 2,600 people and causing widespread destruction. The first 7.8 magnitude earthquake was the most powerful to strike the region in decades, and was followed by a 7.5 magnitude quake. Hospitals, roads, and homes are among...
More than 2,000 people died and thousands more were injured following a massive earthquake that hit Gaziantep, a town in south-eastern Turkey near the Syrian border early Monday morning. Additional aftershocks, including one almost as strong as the initial quake, made this an especially disastrous event. Registering as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the Gaziantep event is...
Federal authorities arrested two individuals for conspiring to attack Baltimore power grids, officials said in a press conference on Monday. Officials said that Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel "took steps" to shoot at numerous Baltimore electrical substations, aiming to "completely destroy this whole city." Officials said that the two of them were taken into custody...
Former House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.) is often credited with observing that “all politics is local.” Relatedly, “all politics is personal.” The art of governing is people interacting with people to get things done — whether it’s members of Congress interacting with their constituents on local problems or with their House colleagues on national...
A Chicago-based publishing house will offer free e-books focused on Black history after the College Board revised its Advanced Placement African American Studies course earlier this month. And Haymarket Books has Florida, specifically, in its sights. The College Board’s revisions came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) refused to allow the class in Florida high schools. In the revised course,...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said she sees the possibility of “significantly” easing inflation in the U.S. economy, even as the government deals with the ramifications of reaching its borrowing limit and as economists worry about a potential recession. “You don’t have a recession when you have 500,000 jobs and the lowest unemployment rate...
Parents trust Democrats over Republicans when it comes to K-12 education, according to a new poll commissioned by the National Parents Union (NPU). The poll, released ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address, found that 46 percent of surveyed parents trust Democrats to lead primary education policy, while 38 favor Republicans and 16...
The U.S. government is doing it again: prioritizing climate regulations and bean-counting carbon emissions by agencies with no climate regulatory authority over the well-being of the country. The new initiative — under the guise of an onerous carbon emissions disclosure regulation for military and NASA vendors — would do nothing to improve the environment while...
More Americans say they’re concerned about the nation’s budget deficit, new polling shows, as the ongoing battle over the debt limit continues to dominate attention on Capitol Hill. Survey results released by the Pew Research Center on Monday showed 57 percent of respondents see reducing the budget deficit as a top priority for the president...
Twenty-two LGBTQ advocacy organizations are urging Congress to confirm the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), condemning attacks on her identity that have forced her nomination to languish for more than a year. In a letter sent Monday to Senate leadership, groups including the LGBTQ Victory Fund and the National LGBTQ...
White House national security officials on Monday said the Biden administration is working to recover the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said recovering the balloon will take time but be beneficial “so that we can then exploit what we recover and learn even...
Around 4 in 10 Americans in a new poll feel the state of the U.S. union is strong ahead of President Biden’s annual address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. A Monmouth University poll found just 39 percent of Americans think the union is strong, down from 46 percent who said the same...
Last year, California voters supported Proposition 31, a ballot referendum banning the sale of flavored tobacco products in California. Despite this ban, which now makes it illegal to sell flavored tobacco products in California, recent on-the-ground reports show that flavored tobacco products are abundant on many store shelves. This can be attributed to two primary...
Dell Technologies is the latest technology company to announce job cuts, saying Monday that it will be cutting about 5 percent of its workforce, or about 6,600 jobs. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Dell will cut 5 percent of its global workforce to respond to a "challenging global economic environment." Co-Chief Operating...
President Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address Tuesday as the third year of his presidency gets underway. Networks have extensive coverage before, during and after the speech planned to discuss what Biden will talk about and reactions to the speech, giving the public numerous ways to watch the address and the...
President Biden on Monday said he’s “deeply saddened” by the destruction and loss of life in Turkey and Syria, where a massive earthquake has killed more than 2,300 people. “Jill and I were deeply saddened by the news of the devastating earthquakes that have thus far claimed thousands of lives in Turkiye and Syria… Today,...
Vice President Harris on Monday announced a nearly billion-dollar investment in Central America as part of the Biden administration's efforts to address root causes of migration in the region. The investments will be made as part of a public-private partnership by a range of U.S.-based companies, from Columbia Sportswear Company to financial institutions like Microwd,...
