House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said the federal indictment of former President Trump will “disrupt the nation,” arguing that it violates the principle of equal justice under the law. McCarthy said in an interview with Fox News on Friday that other public officials, like President Biden, also possessed documents they should not, but the other...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced on Friday it is suing the Biden administration over the Medicare price negotiation provisions that were included in the Inflation Reduction Act, becoming the second organization to challenge the measure after Merck filed its own lawsuit earlier this week. "Government price controls harm patients, limit access to medicine, and...
Fans of Washington’s legendary NFL franchise must be breathing a sigh of relief following the sale of the team by Daniel Snyder. But that sale shouldn’t let Snyder and the NFL off the hook for decades of alleged sexual harassment, abuse, and intimidation of the team’s female employees. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell must keep his promise,...
Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday unanimously recommended the agency grant full approval to a new kind of Alzheimer's drug that modestly slows cognitive decline in early-stage patients. The panel voted 6-0 that Leqembi shows benefits in treating people with early-stage Alzheimer's and mild cognitive impairment. The positive vote starts a...
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped down as a member of Parliament on Friday, according to media reports. The announcement came after Johnson was told he would be sanctioned for misleading Parliament about parties and gatherings at his office during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to The Associated Press. “I have received a letter from the...
For voters, being missed perpetuates a cycle of exclusion from civic engagement; if they aren’t in the voter database, they won’t get contacted about an upcoming election.
President Biden sought to offer a contrast in normality Friday, visiting a community college in North Carolina to tout U.S. manufacturing gains even as revelations about his predecessor's criminal indictment poured in. “A manufacturing innovation boom is happening all across America, not just in North Carolina,” Biden said at Nash Community College in Rocky Mount....
Chris Licht's experiment to see if the journalism standards of old could be reinserted into the newfangled journalism landscape of partisanship has failed.
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Judge Aileen Cannon, an appointee of former President Trump who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, may initially preside over his court appearance set for Tuesday, according to reporting from multiple outlets. Trump has been indicted by the Justice Department (DOJ) on potential charges related to whether he mishandled...
For millions of Americans, it seems no matter how enticing the job offer, these days there’s simply no place like home. The number of US workers willing to move for a job has been declining since the mid-1980s, but since the pandemic, those numbers have fallen off a cliff. A record low According to the...
A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pressing the Biden administration for updates on its review of the government's authority to seize the patents of high-priced drugs developed with public funds. In a letter to the Health and Human Services and Commerce departments, shared first with The Hill, the lawmakers called...
The White House said Friday that President Biden found out that his political rival, former President Trump, had been indicted through news reports. “The president, senior staff found out just like everybody else last night. No advance knowledge that this was coming. Found out from news reports just like everybody else across America,” principal deputy...
A Gallup poll released Friday found a majority of Americans rate “the overall state of moral values in this country today” as poor for the first time in the 22 years Gallup has been polling the question. The 54 percent of respondents answering “poor” includes 74 percent of Republicans, 51 percent of independents and 38 percent of...
President Biden will attend a political rally with union members later this month in Philadelphia, the White House announced Friday. Biden will travel to Philadelphia on June 17 for the event, which will be hosted by union members. The gathering will allow Biden to tout his support for and among union members as he ratchets...
President Biden on Friday announced that Deputy Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg will serve as interim head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as Biden struggles to get a permeant administrator in place. Biden’s last pick, Phil Washington, withdrew his nomination in March amid criticism that he doesn’t have the proper experience. The FAA has been...
Nate Paul, a Texas developer linked to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) impeachment, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday. Paul was booked at the Travis County Jail for an “undetermined” felony charge and is being held for federal agents, jail records show. The real estate developer was at the center of the allegations...
Politics should take a back seat to analytics when it comes to creating new usury laws — otherwise, we shouldn’t be surprised when consumers wonder where all the credit has gone.
A key U.S. government entity found allegations, backed by legal representation that is beyond reproach, of a cover-up with potentially profound implications to be “credible.”
BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details. Wildfires lead to widespread damage and billions of dollars in suppression costs yearly. Per the National Interagency Fire Center, over $4 billion was spent suppressing wildfires in 2021, roughly twice as much as the previous year. Aside from property damage and the inherent dangers associated with large-scale...
The pennies were found in a crawlspace way back in the basement of the home last year while the family was cleaning out the home that once belonged to John's father-in-law, Fritz.
More than half of America’s youngest adults, Generation Z, consider themselves aligned with the FIRE early-retirement movement. Yet, many in that generation have no money saved for retirement. Fifty-three percent of zoomers say they are part of the Financial Investment, Retire Early (FIRE) movement, which advocates intense savings and investment toward a goal of retiring...
President Biden on Friday will announce executive actions intended to aid military spouses as he and first lady Jill Biden meet with service members at Fort Liberty in North Carolina, which is home to the largest military spouse population among U.S. military installations. The executive actions aim to bolster economic opportunities and family care, as...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday announced the state will deploy “marine floating barriers” aimed at deterring migrants along the Rio Grande River. “This is a new water-based barrier, buoys … we can put mile after mile after mile of these buoys,” Abbott said during a press conference. “We're securing the border at the...
George Conway, a conservative attorney and prominent critic of former President Trump, on Thursday called the news that former President Trump was indicted in a probe into his handling of classified documents “absolutely historic.” “It's absolutely historic. I mean, this is probably the most significant politically, most significant historically, most historically important criminal case since...
