Alec Baldwin is among the “Rust” producers facing a lawsuit from three of its crew members, following the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western film. The three crew members — Ross Addiego, Reese Price and Doran Curtin — filed a civil lawsuit on Friday against Baldwin, Rust Movie Productions, LLC...
Student loan borrowers are left in limbo on the exact date for when they will have to begin repayments after a three-year pause from the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases contesting President Biden’s student loan relief program that could give up to $20,000 of relief to millions...
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation that bars medical professionals from providing gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. The state’s Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act, effective immediately, prohibits individuals in Mississippi from knowingly engaging in conduct that “aids or abets” the provision of gender-affirming medical care to a...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a “close call” between two jets on Monday night at a Boston airport, after a private charter jet nearly crashed into a JetBlue plane. The FAA told The Hill that the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without clearance at Boston’s Logan International Airport at the same...
A new Florida bill would expand the state’s ban on classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. The legislation, filed Tuesday by state Rep. Adam Anderson (R), would expand on the Parental Rights in Education law, which has been denounced by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, in prohibiting instruction...
Strict regulations on drug safety and testing make it difficult to develop new treatments for rare, obscure and deadly diseases, according to experts. As the Orphan Drug Act turns 40, advocates want Congress and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be more flexible when supporting the development of treatments and cures for rare diseases. ...
Chinese officials said that they have been “open and transparent” on questions related to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Biden administration has pressed Beijing on the matter. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded to a question about recent comments made by U.S. Ambassador to China...
Climate change is both making hurricanes more dangerous and, over time, increasing the chances of them hitting the same site twice, according to research published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. Researchers from Princeton’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering analyzed Atlantic tropical cyclones dating back to the mid-20th century to project toward the...
Spring is often a time for renewal and optimism. Yet for many in rural America, the lingering effects of the pandemic and the highly inflated cost of everyday goods, continue to spread worry and fear. That’s why it’s more important than ever before to have experienced leaders on the forefront, advocating for children and families...
President Biden on Tuesday nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to be his next secretary of Labor, potentially making her the first Asian American member of his Cabinet. Su would replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, who left the administration to lead the National Hockey League Players’ Association. He was the first Cabinet secretary in the...
President Biden on Tuesday afternoon will speak in Virginia Beach, Va., on the subject of health care costs. The president is expected to use the event as an opportunity to contrast his administration’s goals for health care policy with those that may come from the Republican-led House. Although Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has, like Biden,...
President Biden will travel to Selma, Ala., this weekend to mark the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday amid the Civil Rights movement, the White House announced Tuesday. The White House provided no additional details about Biden’s activities while in Selma. The presdent will be there to mark 58 years since the Bloody Sunday, a violent...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday pushed back after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized him for focusing on what the GOP leader called “woke initiatives” over the recent train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. “Even amidst a catalog of crises on his watch, from this and other recent train derailments...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says he issued an ultimatum when he got married at Walt Disney World Resort in 2009: no Mickey Mouse wedding photos. The potential 2024 presidential candidate opened up about his “fairy tale” wedding to journalist Casey Black DeSantis in his new book released on Tuesday, “The Courage To Be Free.”...
One of the groups challenging the Biden administration's student debt relief took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Tuesday saying President Biden is handing universities a "blank check." The advertisement is headlined with, "Why is the Biden Administration Giving American Universities a Blank Check?" and features an illustration on a check...
Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg is facing his hardest test in the Biden administration yet with the response to the East Palestine train derailment. Buttigieg has already had a tough 2023 dealing with airline meltdowns and problems with the FAA. Now he's the political figure under the most intense criticism over the train derailment. Republicans have...
A new poll found that more Americans believe COVID-19 originated from a virology lab in China than from it transmitting naturally from animals to humans. In the poll conducted by Morning Consult, 44 percent of U.S. adults said that they believed COVID-19 came from a lab in Wuhan, China, compared to just 26 percent who...
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Officials in Beijing have called out their U.S. counterparts for imposing bans on the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok within their government due to security concerns. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning said that the latest TikTok ban shows how the U.S. has been abusing its “state...
The Williamsburg Police Department is thanking a toddler for assisting in an arrest on Friday.
The Supreme Court is hearing back-to-back oral arguments regarding Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan. The program, which is currently on hold, would forgive up to $20,000 for borrowers who also received Pell Grants. In Biden v. Nebraska, six Republican attorney generals are arguing that the program is a presidential overreach. The Biden administration relied...
If you are white and believe that affirmative action is unfair, know that if it's eliminated, it’s quite likely that it will be your kids who suffer.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that he “welcomes” a recently announced review of his use of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) jets in order to “get past the politics.” The Transportation Department’s inspector general announced on Monday that it would be auditing Buttigieg’s use of the government aircraft and whether he “complied with Federal regulations, policies,...
Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says he will vote for a Republican-sponsored resolution to block a D.C. crime law that would eliminate most mandatory minimum sentences, allow jury trials for misdemeanor offenses and reduce maximum sentences for crimes ranging from robberies to carjackings. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the bill but was overridden by a...
When Bob Dylan sang “everybody must get stoned” in his iconic song “Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35,” he meant it as a protest. Sadly, in Washington, D.C., these days, it seems that everybody is actually just getting stoned. My office sits about six blocks from the Capitol, and on my block, there...
