A report from a board tasked with overseeing the protection of civil liberties of Americans amid anti-terrorism efforts has caused a stir among the White House, Congress and even the board itself as it evaluates the prospect of renewing America’s warrantless spy program. The nearly 300-page report from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released Thursday...
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is stepping down from his Democratic leadership role as he mulls a primary challenge to President Biden. A spokesperson from Phillips’ office confirmed with The Hill that the congressman will be stepping down from his position as co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC). “My convictions relative to the...
As our nation grapples with the fast-paced evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), it is crucial to strike the right balance between preventing AI's potential risks and fostering innovation. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Hawley’s (R-Mo.) bipartisan AI framework, despite its laudable intentions—such as protecting children and promoting transparency—threatens to stifle AI innovation by regulating AI development...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday accused Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) of seeking clicks and press attention with his dramatic moves leading up to the government shutdown. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tapper pushed Gaetz on his motivation to deny a stopgap measure and on some of his demands that are...
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin played in his first regular season game since suffering a cardiac arrest episode during a regular season game last season. Hamlin took part in the Bills’ special teams unit in their Week 4 contest against AFC East divisional rival the Miami Dolphins Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The 25-year-old...
Californians are bracing for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) impending signoff on a seminal slate of rules that would require large companies to disclose both their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk. “Any company located in California is well aware that it's a first mover on climate, it's a first mover on the minimum wage,”...
Bringing caregivers into the conversation about older adult preparation is the goal of a new partnership between FEMA and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers.
In the public sector’s corollary to “too big to fail,” the federal government has become “too big to close.”
Student loan payments officially resume Sunday after borrowers were let off the hook for more than three years by a pause initiated during the economic turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite continued pushback from advocates and concerns about a government shutdown, the Biden administration is reactivating all student loan accounts, and more than 28 million...
My findings suggest that BLM protests prompted police departments to scale back their interactions with the public and adopt body cameras, leading to an increase in crime and a decrease in police killings.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a GOP candidate for president in 2024, on Sunday went after former President Trump for not showing up to the GOP debates, suggesting Trump was “adopting Joe Biden’s basement strategy.” “With all due respect to Donald Trump, we're not going to beat the Democrats by adopting Joe Biden's basement strategy,” DeSantis...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate, said on Sunday that he would not serve as President Trump’s vice president if the former president asked him to be his running mate. “No, I'm running for president,” DeSantis said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” when asked whether he would accept a...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday brushed off Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)'s threats to oust him from the Speakership, calling it something "personal" with the Florida lawmaker. "That's nothing new, he's tried to do that from the moment I ran for office," McCarthy said in an interview on CBS News "Face The Nation." "I'll...
It is now up to the Labor Department to seize this tremendous opportunity by supporting ESOPs and washing away regulatory uncertainty.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday she “absolutely” would vote for a motion to vacate, which would oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post. At the same time, the progressive lawmaker left the door open to negotiations if McCarthy came to Democrats for help. “Well, my vote at the beginning of this term...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a Sunday interview, arguing the latter was a self-promoter and that the media was wasting time giving him attention. She also said Gaetz had no real following or support in the House. “You’re wasting your time on that guy because...
2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the Trump campaign sent a bird cage and bird food to her hotel room, a day after former President Trump called her “birdbrain.” In a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Haley posted a photo of a bird cage with...
Kennedy’s proposal would change the tax code to disincentivize the corporate takeover of the residential real estate market while guaranteeing government-backed mortgage interest rates of 3 percent for millions of buyers.
Two assailants detonated a bomb outside a government building in Turkey on Sunday, just hours before Parliament was set to reopen after a three-month summer hiatus, Turkish Internal Affairs Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a statement Sunday. In what Turkish officials are describing as a terrorist attack, the two assailants arrived in a “light commercial...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have allowed workers on strike to become eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. In his note to the California State Senate, informing them of his decision, Newsom cited the state’s high UI debt and said the state is not collecting enough in taxes...
Chris Christie’s jab at First Lady Jill Biden during Wednesday night’s debate has sparked bipartisan condemnation and spotlighted the GOP’s messaging problem with women. Christie, the former Republican New Jersey governor, was bashing teachers unions when he made a snide side comment, saying they are not advocating for children and that President Biden is “sleeping...
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday. “I voted at 8:30pm on a Saturday night, that’s my job,” Fetterman said in a statement “But the American people should never...
The Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday night after the House had previously passed the measure. While a small group of nine Republican senators voted against the bill, an overwhelming majority of their colleagues, a total of 88 senators, voted for it. “Our bipartisan work in the...
Former President Trump’s GOP rivals are signaling more willingness to attack him as the Iowa caucuses approach and the front-runner’s lead shows few signs of shaking. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was among those who let loose on the former president during Wednesday night’s debate — a notable shift from a candidate who had generally been cautious about alienating...
