President Biden on Wednesday met with United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to discuss contract negotiations with automakers, while the union is currently withholding its endorsement of Biden’s reelection bid. The UAW leadership had asked for an opportunity to brief White House senior staff on their analysis and positions related to the negotiations with...
The Republican-led Alabama House of Representatives approved a new congressional map for the state on Wednesday, despite pushback from Democratic lawmakers who argued it fell short of complying with a court order upheld by the Supreme Court last month. The new map, approved by a 74-27 vote, would increase the percentage of Black voters in...
Senior Defense officials failed to change minds with a Wednesday briefing to senators on the Pentagon’s abortion policy, with Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville describing the meeting as "not very good." Tuberville is holding up approval of senior military officials in protest of a Pentagon policy that reimburses travel costs for service members who must go...
After announcing that he will not run for another term, Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) has been highlighted for his esteemed body of work and advocacy in areas such as education, tax relief for low-income families, and environmental protection. We’ve known that over his five-plus decades in public life, Sen. Cardin has achieved incredible accomplishments, but...
More than four in 10 Americans believe the Supreme Court has become too conservative, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The poll, published Wednesday, found that 43 percent of respondents believe that the Supreme Court is too conservative, while 13 percent of those surveyed think that the court is too liberal and 33 percent...
A federal judged agreed to loosen Rep. George Santos' (R-N.Y.) travel restrictions as the freshman lawmaker awaits trial on more than a dozen criminal charges. Santos was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and lying to the U.S. House of Representatives in May. If convicted, he faces up...
Story at a glance What Americans view as important in their lives is changing, with U.S. adults valuing hobbies, money and community more than they did 20 years ago, according to a new Gallup poll. The share of American adults reporting that community activities are “extremely” or “very” important to them has jumped by...
Opioids mixed with cocaine or psychostimulants with abuse potential have driven overdose deaths in recent years, according to new findings from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Opioids include natural and semisynthetic opioids such as opium, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone and oxycodone, as well as synthetic opioids such as methadone, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogs....
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is warning citizens not to release exotic fish into local waters after an 11-year-old boy caught a fish related to the piranha in a neighborhood pond.
With a record 10.5 million small business applications filed in the past two years, Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) said Wednesday that the Small Business Administration (SBA) needs to rethink how it defines a small business. Landsman, who serves as ranking member of the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, spoke Wednesday...
Plus: The tough choice facing ranchers amid drought {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story California battles blazes as scalding heat persists Multiple brutal blazes are consuming California’s heat-stricken hillsides, as a deceptively uneventful early summer gives way to wildfires. © AP Photo/Eric Thayer As of Wednesday morning, the California Department of Forestry and Fire...
A man who rushed police at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, armed with a firearm was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday. Christopher Alberts was found guilty of nine charges related to his participation in the insurrection in April, including assaulting police officers and carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds. According...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) leaned in on some of the more salacious issues concerning Hunter Biden in her questioning of IRS whistleblowers who investigated Biden at a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday — and brought sexually explicit posters to make her point. “Before we begin, I would like to let the committee and everyone...
He’s the stern-looking special counsel leading the Department of Justice’s investigations into former President Trump, and now Jack Smith’s stony-faced image is being slapped on a line of bobbleheads. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum announced Wednesday that it was launching a presale for its new Smith bobbleheads. An artistic rendering of the $30...
A top U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official has resigned from his office after reporting from the Associated Press on his previous work for the pharmaceutical industry. Louis Milione, the former principal deputy administrator for the DEA, previously worked for four years as a consultant to large pharmaceutical companies including Perdue Pharma, according to the AP’s...
Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he would resign from his post after an independent investigation found “serious flaws” in some of the research he oversaw decades earlier. The panel of experts, which formed in January to look into allegations of research misconduct, found that Tessier-Lavigne did not personally engage in any fraud...
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said she thinks it would be a mistake for former President Trump to skip the first Republican presidential debate next month. “I think he should be on the stage. I want everybody on the stage that qualifies, obviously,” McDaniel told Fox News’s Steve Doocy in an interview Wednesday morning. Trump,...
Almost half of voters in a poll released Wednesday said that they would consider casting their ballot for a third-party presidential candidate in the 2024 election. The Quinnipiac University poll found that 47 percent said they would consider voting for a third-party candidate, while another 47 percent said they would not. Independents were much more...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) announced Wednesday that she's endorsing Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig (D) in the New Hampshire governor's race. "Joyce has delivered again and again for Manchester — her record of success speaks for itself. I know firsthand the strength and values she brings to the table, and I’m so excited to endorse...
Hawaii is under a state of emergency after Tropical Storm Calvin hit the Big Island overnight. Gov. Josh Green (D) had declared the emergency Tuesday in anticipation of the storm. He granted administrative leave for all nonessential government employees on the Big Island and warned residents to prepare for mudslides and wind damage. “I spoke...
A judge Wednesday rejected former President Trump’s bid to move his hush money criminal case to federal court, ruling that the allegations are not connected to Trump’s role as president. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a Clinton appointee, granted the request of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office to keep the case in New...
A bipartisan pair of senators unveiled a bill Wednesday to ban stock ownership by lawmakers and administration officials, in what they are calling the “most substantial bipartisan effort to ban stock trading.” The bill, introduced by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Josh Hawley, (R-M.O. would establish firmer stock trading bans and disclosure requirements for lawmakers,...
A fourth bus full of migrants arrived in Los Angeles from Texas on Tuesday, Mayor Karen Bass's office announced. "One bus with migrants on board from Texas arrived around 6:30 PM PT today at Union Station," the statement said. "The City has continued to work with City Departments, the County, and a coalition of nonprofit...
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said she was “shocked” over the backlash country music singer Jason Aldean received over the music video for his new single “Try that in a Small Town.” "I am shocked by what I'm seeing in this country, with people attempting to cancel the song and cancel Jason and his...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Wednesday unveiled a $4.5 million pilot program that will provide free immigration assistance to undocumented farmworkers involved in state labor investigations. The program, which will be administered jointly by the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency and the Department of Social Services, will include case review services, legal advice and...
