Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) told state agencies to stop using diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in hiring, claiming doing so is illegal, The Texas Tribune reported Friday. The Tribune obtained a memo that Gardner Pate, Abbott’s chief of staff, wrote to state agencies on Monday saying that the initiatives violate federal and state employment...
President Biden will sit for an interview with Fox Soul ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, the network confirmed, after the White House initially said the network had canceled the interview altogether. “After the White House reached out to FOX Soul Thursday evening, there was some initial confusion,” a Fox Corp. spokesperson said in...
As Florida showed us recently, a free market-informed approach that compels financial firms to make good on their fiduciary duty without undermining competition is the best way to go.
Nestled in a neighborhood in East Nashville is a phone booth that no longer rings but offers a bit of respite to those grieving a lost loved one.
The family of Tyre Nichols has filed an urgent appeal to the United Nations, requesting action “regarding the torture and extrajudicial killing” of Nichols. “Today, we filed an Urgent Appeal before the United Nations asking it to condemn the tragic killing of Tyre Nichols, to demand transparency from the police department, and to demand that...
Federal investigators found one additional document with classified markings during a search of former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home on Friday. The Justice Department conducted a search of Pence’s home roughly three weeks after his attorney notified the National Archives that they had discovered about a dozen documents with classified markings there. The search...
A New Jersey council member has been shot and killed for the second time in just over a week in what officials are calling a “dreadful coincidence.” Authorities responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting in a parking lot of the electric utility company PSE&G just past 7 a.m. on Wednesday and found 51-year-old...
The administration’s failure to move swiftly to fulfill its pardon directive is terribly disappointing.
A 2022 ruling may serve as a legal basis to strike down EPA efforts to increase the number of electric vehicles on the road.
The Coast Guard has launched an investigation into the deaths of multiple U.S. citizens on cruises near Antarctica toward the end of last year. A release states that the Coast Guard Activities Europe, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and international flag administrations are looking into the death or injury of citizens on other countries’ ships...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired a law firm to aid in responding to the potential GOP House-led impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the department said Friday. The contract, signed with New-York based firm Debevoise & Plimpton, comes a week after a second article of impeachment was filed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)....
Outbreaks of norovirus generally peak between November and April of any given year, though early reporting from labs across the country shows an earlier uptick when compared to the previous norovirus season.
Can U.S. leaders once again reach across party lines and solve the pressing problems facing Americans? We believe the answer is an unequivocal “yes”. A good place to start would be with our public education system. As co-authors and research partners of a new report by a bipartisan group of 20 state legislators and leaders, we contend...
President Biden will not sit for the traditional pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox, which is airing the game on Sunday, the White House said Friday. The president typically gives an interview to air in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, and Biden has done so in each of his first two years in office, sitting...
Yahoo has announced plans to lay off more than 20 percent of its staff by the end of the year as it conducts a restructuring of its ad tech unit, multiple outlets reported. Axios was the first to report the layoffs. Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone told the outlet the layoffs are not a result of...
President Biden on Friday focused on implementing his agenda over the past two years during a meeting with governors from both sides of the aisle, calling for governors to focus on the work that has already been done as he faces a divided Congress. “One of the things we have to do this year is...
California Rep. Barbara Lee (D) is set to launch a bid for the Senate by the end of the month, joining a race that already includes two other House members, The Washington Post reported Friday. A person with knowledge of Lee’s plans told The Post that she is planning her announcement to go along with...
Even in the face of inaction and finger-pointing that most Americans have come to expect from our leaders in Washington, there are still agreements on baseline policies that can cut across party divisions on Capitol Hill, and whose economic benefits are clear-cut. Better still, the Biden administration can move unilaterally — as long as Congress...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Friday that “extreme MAGA” Republicans view Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme," calling on Democrats to work to protect the program. “The Extreme MAGA Republican crowd claims Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. More evidence they want to destroy it. Dems must stop them,” Jeffries tweeted, using...
The National Archives and Smithsonian apologized this week after several museums asked March for Life participants to cover or remove attire displaying anti-abortion messages. The actions by officials at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was particularly notable since it houses documents enshrining free speech as a fundamental right in the United States. “As...
Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller is making the case for the Pentagon's budget to be cut in half in his new memoir, "Soldier Secretary," arguing the U.S. military should be molded into a leaner and nimbler fighting force with prioritized areas of focus. At the end of his memoir, Miller writes the U.S. must...
If we want to enable more people to speak the truth, it is no longer enough to merely emphasize biological sex over gender identity.
CNN anchor Don Lemon serenaded the network's audience on Friday with a rendition of "Lift Every Voice," known widely as the Black national anthem. During a taped interview with actor and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph, who will be preforming the song before Sunday's Super Bowl, Lemon broke out in song. "I don’t know. I was...
Story at a glance Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with higher risk of late-onset depression in older adults, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers looked at data from 2005 to 2016 for nearly 9 million older adults on Medicare, more than 1.5 million of whom had their...
Illinois Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D) and Dick Durbin (D) on Thursday introduced legislation to designate the site of the Springfield race riot in Illinois as a national monument. The 1908 Springfield Race Riot National Monument Act would establish the site as a national monument to be managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Designating the...
