Prosecutors are dropping charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust,” according to his legal team. Attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Sprio said in a statement they are “pleased” with the decision to drop the charges and are calling for a full probe...
SPOTTED: “White House Plumbers” star Justin Theroux checking out the real deal, with a visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The 51-year-old actor — who plays G. Gordon Liddy in the HBO limited series about the masterminds behind Watergate — was eyed Thursday outside the West Wing entrance to the White House along with media consulting...
The Biden administration on Thursday announced it has identified over 100 million acres of old-growth and mature forests that could qualify for federal protections. The acreage identified includes 80 million acres of mature forest and 32 million acres of old-growth forest, according to the Interior and Agriculture Departments. Within those, about 24.4 million acres of...
Vice President Harris slammed congressional Republicans on Thursday for lacking “the courage to stand up” to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and pass reasonable gun reform in the wake of several recent mass shootings. “I just think it is pitiful that the people in the United States Congress do not have the courage to stand...
We’ve seen 70 years of breakthroughs in science, academia and technology, but public policy has kept the profound racial wealth gap largely unmoved since 1950.
House Republicans this week unveiled a sprawling 320-page proposal to raise the debt limit and are sprinting toward a vote next week. The sweeping bill lays out a proposal to raise the debt ceiling, which puts a limit on how much the debt the government can owe on to pay the country’s bills, by $1.5...
If you breathe air, drink water, get paid overtime, or purchase energy-efficient appliances, your life has been touched by an obscure federal agency that I had the privilege of leading. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is responsible for reviewing federal regulations before they are published to make sure the administration has accurately...
Amazon Inc. announced on Thursday a counterfeit-tracking initiative in an effort to help retail and online stores crack down on marketplace counterfeits and organized crime on their platform. In a news release, Amazon said that its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX) will allow participating stores to share information about confirmed counterfeiters who attempted to use their services...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) announced the reintroduction of their signature Green New Deal resolution Thursday, along with a “Green New Deal for Health” co-sponsored by Markey and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). Speaking on Capitol Hill Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez said the successful passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 proved ambitious...
The majority of health insurers in the country do not anticipate ending free preventive services while a lawsuit challenging ObamaCare's requirement plays out in court, according to a joint letter industry groups sent to Democratic lawmakers. A federal judge in Texas imposed a nationwide injunction last month on a popular ObamaCare requirement that health insurance...
As Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter gears up for her Renaissance World Tour, the singer has announced she will donate $2 million of the tour’s proceeds to students and entrepreneurs through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The tour, which kicks off in May and runs through September, will disperse $100,000 to 10 colleges and universities along its route through...
Vice President Harris says she plans on whipping up another role in her future: cookbook author. “One day I’m going to write a cookbook,” Harris said during a Thursday appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” “I am a very good cook,” the VP said while discussing a Sunday night family dinner tradition she shares with...
A group of over 30 advocacy organizations is banding together for a campaign to stump for structural reforms to the Supreme Court, including court expansion, following revelations of alleged misconduct by Justice Clarence Thomas. The groups, including organizations like Color of Change, Greenpeace USA, NARAL Pro-Choice America and March for Our Lives Action Fund, announced...
The White House on Thursday blasted a debt limit proposal unveiled by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the day prior as “ransom demands” that would take a “two-by-four” on the American manufacturing sector. “‘Let me kill over 100,000 manufacturing jobs — mostly in red states — or I’ll force America to default on bills we racked...
A search for three American sailors who went missing off the Mexican coast has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard announced on Wednesday. “An exhaustive search was conducted by our international search and rescue partner, Mexico, with the U.S. Coast Guard and Canada providing additional search assets," said Cmdr. Gregory Higgins, command center chief for...
Folks across Florida awoke Thursday morning to an emergency alert on their phones — a sound usually reserved for an Amber Alert or severe weather warning.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Thursday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about the court's ethical standards amid a controversy surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas. Durbin vowed to hold a hearing on May 2 on ethical rules at the high court after a ProPublica investigation revealed that Thomas took various...
President Biden on Wednesday named a historic nominee as deputy secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), though she may face opposition from Senate Republicans, who are holding up military-related nominees over policy fights. Tanya Bradsher would become the highest-ranking woman in the VA's history if confirmed, as previous female leaders in the position...
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Trump who has aggressively pushed baseless 2020 election denial theories, has been ordered to pay $5 million to a software developer who debunked Lindell’s data about the election. Lindell, who promised to pay the $5 million award to anyone who could debunk his data that...
Michelle Obama says the world tends to "glamorize marriage," while the reality is that matrimony “is hard.” “We’ve been married for 30 years,” Obama said of former President Obama during a Thursday interview with Gayle King on “CBS Mornings.” “If I fell out with him for 10 [years,] and we had a great 20 years, I’d take...
Postal banking as an essential public service is an old idea whose time has come again.
Taking a trip? Here's what you should know about flying with marijuana.
A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed the congressional deposition of Mark Pomerantz, a former senior prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation of former President Trump. House Republicans are seeking to question Pomerantz as part of their probe into the Manhattan district attorney's prosecution of Trump. The House Judiciary Committee had scheduled his...
Former President Trump is touting the support that he has picked up from Florida lawmakers in Congress, showing strength in the home state of possible 2024 GOP rival and Sunshine State Gov. Ron DeSantis. “A great group of supportive Florida Congressmen and Congresswomen, all who have Endorsed me, will be coming to Mar-a-Lago tonight,” Trump...
Anyone who follows the American discourse on U.S.-China relations knows that “decoupling” is now the metaphor of choice for characterizing the disintegrative process that is seemingly underway between the United States and China. This is a major problem. But let me be clear: I’m not referring to the process — but to the use and...
