D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said Monday that the National Guard will be assisting local police at the March for Israel scheduled for Tuesday. At a press conference Monday, Bowser said that the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will be assisted by the National Guard at some traffic points during the March for Israel, which...
President Biden on Monday called for Israel to take “less intrusive” action in Gaza in its war against Hamas, warning in particular against strikes that hit hospitals. "Well, as we know, I have not been reluctant expressing my concerns with what's going on,” Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. “My hope and expectation is...
Productions workers at Ford-based plants in Kentucky have voted against the United Auto Workers’s (UAW) tentative agreement with the Big Three automakers. In a Facebook post Sunday, UAW Local 862 shared that production workers who are chapter members voted down on the tentative agreement by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent. In contrast,...
The Supreme Court indicated Monday it would adopt its first code of conduct after it faced scrutiny after a series of reports revealed a host of undisclosed trips and gifts some justices received while serving on the high bench. The code indicates its "rules and principles are not new" and the document was in response...
The Washington Post recently reported Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) as saying, “We should not fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway.” It’s hard to believe that not all that long ago the prospect of a government shutdown was so embarrassing Congress usually got its act together before...
Members of the SAG-AFTRA union will be able to give their consent and be compensated for generative artificial intelligence (AI) used to replicate their likeness, according to a summary of the union’s tentative agreement with studios released Monday. The tentative deal with the AMPTP, or the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, establishes...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she hasn't spoken with her fellow former Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), since he was ousted as the GOP leader last month. In an interview published Sunday, journalist Brian Tyler Cohen asked Pelosi if she has been in touch with her successor as Speaker since he was removed in early...
The only way forward is ultimately a two-state solution. In the aftermath of the current fighting, however, moving to two states will be a stretch for both sides for the foreseeable future.
Current and former employees at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said the banking regulator fostered a toxic work environment rife with sexual harassment and misogyny that drove women to leave the agency, according to the Wall Street Journal. Employees described a sexualized, boys club culture at the agency, in which some female staff felt they...
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R) attacked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for going “missing” from his job in a new attack ad on Monday. In an ad posted Monday, Jones accused Raffensperger of spending 70 percent of his time away from his job since 2020, including missing “important budget hearings, election integrity hearings, and literally...
A mile-long portion of a major Los Angeles traffic artery is closed “until further notice" after a raging fire prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to declare a state of emergency this weekend. While the exact source of the blaze is still unknown, the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) began responding to a reported rubbish...
Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, along with some of the other GOP candidates, will take part in a forum in Iowa next month, just weeks before the Hawkeye State holds its first-in-the-nation GOP caucuses. The candidate forum, titled "Faith and Family with the Feenstras," will be hosted by Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra...
It would be ideal if all of society worked in concert for the good of everyone, but reality is much more complicated.
The eldest sister of former President Trump, Maryanne Trump Barry, has died at 86, according to multiple reports. Multiple news outlets reported Monday that Barry died at her Upper East Side home in Manhattan, according to people familiar with the matter. ABC News, citing sources, said that she was discovered in her apartment at about 4 a.m. on...
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United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain is expected to make an appearance on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the role of unions in fighting back against "corporate greed" following the UAW's record deal last month to end the longest auto strike in 25 years. Fain will be among several speakers at a hearing...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is maintaining that he has done nothing wrong after a New York Times report revealed the FBI was looking into whether he pressed officials to approve the opening of a Manhattan building for the Turkish government. The FBI seized the electronic devices of Adams last week as part of a...
White House and Biden campaign aides on Monday slammed former President Trump over his comments from the weekend in which he compared his political enemies to “vermin” who pose a threat to the United States. “We do not comment on the 2024 presidential election. The nation just observed Veterans Day, recognizing the sacred memory of...
Israel on Monday said soldiers fought near a major hospital in Gaza City and killed 21 Hamas militants in the firefight as clashes around medical facilities intensify. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas fighters had embedded themselves among civilians in the al-Quds hospital and fired from the entrance of the facility at Israeli soldiers....
Stressed out American parents who suspect that child-rearing used to be easier may be right. The average mother among one Congolese foraging people has at least 10 people to help hold her baby — and sometimes as many as 20, a new paper has found. That high level of support means that mothers among the Mbendjele BaYaka...
Pink wants to “Get the Party Started” against Florida book bans — the singer says at her upcoming concerts she’ll be giving away thousands of books that are prohibited in the Sunshine State’s public schools. The 44-year-old performer and the free expression organization PEN America, along with poet Amanda Gorman, announced the effort on social...
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who is mounting a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, will return to the Capitol this week to vote in favor of Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plan to avert a government shutdown, he confirmed to The Hill on Monday. Phillips's intention to support the proposal is a significant development for Johnson,...
NEW YORK, NY and IRVING, TX (November 13, 2023) -- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced the appointment of Clifford McKinney as Vice President, Head of Sales at The Hill, the country’s definitive source for non-partisan political news and information. He will be responsible for managing the advertising sales team building the go-to-market...
The White House announced on Monday it is establishing an initiative focused on women’s health research, which will be led by first lady Jill Biden. To launch the new initiative, which will also be led by the White House Gender Policy Council, President Biden will direct multiple agencies to deliver recommendations to advance women’s health research...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ripped Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel for dodging questions on Sunday about former President Trump's "vermin" comments, which Cheney described as "Nazi propaganda." "When @GOPChairwoman refuses to condemn the GOP's leading candidate for using the same Nazi propaganda that mobilized 1930s-40s Germany to evil, it's fair to assume...
