The White House on Thursday denied that President Biden was given questions in advance of a press conference with the South Korean president after a photo showed him holding a card with information about a reporter and the outline of a question about semiconductor manufacturing. A photo that went viral on Thursday showed a close...
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) is being lobbied by one of his children, who identifies as gay and nonbinary, not to sign legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state, among other anti-transgender bills moving through the state's Legislature. David Gianforte, who uses "he" and "they" pronouns, says they met with their...
Protesters painted the display case containing Edgar Degas’s famed “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, as video circulating online shows. It is the latest in a string of similar protests targeting art to bring attention to the climate crisis. In footage shared by The Washington...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday said it was "undemocratic" for the Montana statehouse to move to censure state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) over her remarks about gender-affirming care for minors. “When you see these types of things, silencing an elected representative, in an attempt to suppress their message is a denial of...
About 1 in 4 high school students identifies as LGBTQ, according to a report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday, using data from 2021. In 2021, 75.5 percent of high school students identified as heterosexual, the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) found. Among high school students, 12.2 percent...
A bipartisan duo of first-term lawmakers co-launched a new congressional caucus based on athletic sneakers. The Congressional Sneaker Caucus (CSC), launched by Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), will include a bipartisan group of lawmakers and congressional staffers who share their love for sneakers and their impact on American culture and fitness, according...
Former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain sounded off on why he thinks Vice President Harris has faced so much criticism in her first term as vice president, saying “sexism and racism are part of the problem.” “I think she was not as well known in national politics before she became vice president,” Klain said...
NBA legend Dwyane Wade says he and his family moved away from Florida because of the recent wave of anti-LGBTQ laws being passed there, saying his family “would not be accepted” in the state. During an interview on Showtime’s “Headliners,” Wade explained to host Rachel Nichols that the reason he doesn’t live in Florida anymore...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley bashed President Biden over his age, saying he isn’t likely to make it until 86 years old, which would be his age at the end of a second term. “I think we can all be very clear and say with a matter of fact that if you vote for Joe...
Author E. Jean Carroll, who has accused former President Trump of raping her in the 1990s, said she “couldn’t be more proud” to testify in the civil trial, despite social media attacks against her. Carroll told a jury on Thursday that social media users have called her a “liar, slut, ugly, old,” but she testified,...
A new survey of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients is highlighting the policy's significant positive economic impact on its beneficiaries. The survey was released by the U.S. Immigration Policy Center at the University of California, San Diego; United We Dream; the National Immigration Law Center; and the Center for American Progress (CAP). It...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday signed into law bills protecting access to gender-affirming and reproductive health care and banning the discredited practice of conversion therapy, solidifying Minnesota’s place as a progressive stronghold in the largely conservative Midwest. Minnesota is now a sanctuary state for both gender-affirming health care and abortion, meaning laws passed...
Leaders from venture capital firms are launching an alliance to support climate-friendly startups and encourage net-zero emissions in businesses across many industries. Members of the Venture Climate Alliance (VCA) are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero or negative by 2050 and sharing best practices and methods to reach that goal through venture capital...
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Musician Don McLean, the singer-songwriter of “American Pie,” said that he hopes to do a duet of his hit song with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after the Asian leader serenaded guests with a rendition of the song at a White House state dinner. McLean told The Hill in a statement that he was...
Jerry Springer, whose hit self-titled TV program became a cultural phenomenon, died at 79 on Thursday, after a brief illness. Springer’s "The Jerry Springer Show" was one of the most popular daytime TV shows through the '90s and 2000s, tackling controversial topics like incest and infidelity and featuring physical altercations and consistent profanity. It ran...
Former President Trump returned to his criticism of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died in 2018, poking fun at the longtime lawmaker’s funeral in a new book, saying “much like his wars, it never ended.” “I never warmed to him, never felt good about anybody having anything to do with John McCain and never...
The Biden administration is looking to shift the focus on migration from a border issue to a hemispheric one ahead of the end of pandemic-related border control measures. Administration officials have been preparing for the end of Title 42 for more than a year, fretting in public and private about how the policy's end will...
The Biden administration on Thursday threw its support behind a Senate vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) planned for this week, 100 years after the measure was first introduced. "In the United States of America, no one’s rights should be denied on account of their sex," the White House said in a statement of...
The National Education Association (NEA) on Wednesday announced its support for President Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign. Becky Pringle, president of the NEA, released a video on Twitter calling Biden “the most pro-public education president in modern history.” “I am honored to announce that the three million members of the NEA proudly recommend President Joe Biden...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol broke out in song at the end of Wednesday night's White House state dinner, singing "American Pie" in front of the event's guests. After hearing performances from Broadway stars Norm Lewis, Lea Salonga and Jessica Vosk, including a rendition of Don McClean's "American Pie," President Biden invited Yoon to...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday criticized the move by Disney, one of the most influential companies in the state, to sue the governor, arguing the suit has no merit and it is politically motivated. “I don't think the suit has merit, I think it's political," DeSantis told reporters at a news conference in...
if other Republican governors follow in Lee's footsteps and reject federal HIV funding, the White House will have to move quickly to prevent them from undoing decades of progress in the fight against this deadly disease.
In a governing system of checks and balances, Texas should not be able to manipulate our judicial system to fulfill its political project.
The Clark County coroner's office, has identified three sets of remains found at Lake Mead last year as one man who disappeared in 1998.
