Lawmakers have until June 1 to raise the nation's debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote in a letter to congressional leaders on Monday. Yellen told lawmakers she expects the U.S. to no longer be able to pay all of its outstanding obligations by as early as June 1, ramping up pressure on Congress and...
The demise of First Republic Bank raises questions about the strength of the U.S. banking system and the broader economy that relies on it. Monday’s shutdown marks the nation’s second-largest bank failure — First Republic Bank had nearly $230 billion in assets last month — eclipsing the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. Three of the four...
Former President Trump will participate in a CNN town hall event in New Hampshire next week, the network announced on Monday. Trump, who last fall became the first Republican to officially seek the party's nomination for president, has not participated in a town-hall style interview in more than two years, last sitting with NBC's Savanah...
Close to a third of LGBTQ youth say laws and policies that target LGBTQ people have had a substantial and negative impact on their mental health over the past year, according to an annual report published Monday by The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide prevention group. Nearly one in three LGBTQ young people...
The brains of dying people may spark to sudden life in their final moments. Two apparently brain-dead people taken off of life-support showed sudden spikes in neural activity, according to a study published on Monday. The findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provide scientific support for accounts of “near-death experiences” —...
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Auditors in Oregon said the state needs to make legal and regulatory changes to its marijuana industry to better compete with other states in the event of a national legalization of the drug. Oregon, which was one of the first states in the U.S. to legalize medical marijuana in 1998 and recreational marijuana in 2014,...
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Geoffrey Hinton, a leading pioneer of artificial intelligence, has resigned from his role at Google after more than a decade, The New York Times reported. Hinton said he left in part because he wanted to warn about the dangers of AI. He has joined a growing list of critics who fear that AI could create...
Beverly Hills' 90210 may be the most famous ZIP code in the country – thanks to the 1990s TV show – but it's actually not the priciest.
Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is calling the Supreme Court “illegitimate” and Chief Justice John Roberts a “villain,” citing a number of controversies surrounding the nation’s highest court. “The court is a very divisive entity now, institution right now. And the Supreme Court, to me, is illegitimate,” Franken said on “The Al Franken Podcast” in...
Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a woman with life-threatening pregnancy complications are under investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services for violating federal law. The agency on Monday said it launched the first investigations into violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) for hospitals that...
President Biden stressed that taxpayers are not on the hook for the failure of First Republic Bank, which was seized by regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase early on Monday morning. “Let me be very clear, all depositors are being protected, shareholders are losing their investments, and critically, taxpayers are not the ones who are...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is giving a daily briefing Monday afternoon, as President Biden hosts a bilateral meeting with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The U.S. has been moving to strengthen ties with the Philippines and increase its presence in the region amid heightened U.S.-China tensions. The press briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET....
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a new plan Sunday to give away Apple AirTags with the hope of catching car thieves.
New satellite images show a large blimp apparently developed by the Chinese military at a military base in northwest China, according to CNN, taken months before a spy balloon from the country flew over the U.S. The satellite images, obtained by CNN, were taken in November 2022 by BlackSky, an American satellite imaging company. They...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday called for Israel to scrutinize Chinese investments in the country, issuing a stark warning to Jerusalem that Beijing acts as “thieves.” McCarthy, in a historic address to Israel’s parliament, raised the sensitive issue of Israel’s relations with China, which the U.S. has long warned raises security concerns in the...
More than 3,000 guns, including over 180 assault rifles and more than 1,650 hand guns, were handed over in one day in New York over the weekend, with the state hosting gun buyback events in exchange for gift cards. The collection of more than 3,000 guns on Sunday included 185 assault rifles, 1,656 handguns, and...
Bits of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt – a 5,000-mile-wide seaweed bloom – have started to wash up in Florida, but we're likely months away from peak activity, researchers said Sunday.
The Department of Defense’s oversight chief in March acknowledged something critical in the quest to stamp out suicide among current service members and veterans: that the armed forces are woefully ineffective at screening service members for traumatic brain injuries and for following up with those that suffer from them. It’s an important finding because brain...
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The Supreme Court on Monday announced it will hear a case that could significantly scale back federal agencies’ authority, with major implications for the future of environmental and other regulations. The justices next term will consider whether to overturn a decades-old precedent that grants agencies deference when Congress left ambiguity in a statute. Named for...
Israeli parliament speaker Amir Ohana on Monday played “Hotel California” on electric guitar for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during his visit to the country ahead of an expected speech to the Knesset. McCarthy and a bipartisan delegation of House lawmakers visited the legislature and had a work meeting with Ohana, according to a Knesset release....
A contentious political debate between CNN host Chris Wallace and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) got personal over the weekend. During a discussion on major investment firms and the businesspeople who run them, Sanders offered a familiar admonition of Wall Street's business practices, saying it was wrong that "the billionaire class" has "enormous power." "And the...
