The mother of a six-year-old boy who shot one of his teachers in Virginia was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for child neglect, a year after the shooting. The sentencing was the second punishment for Deja Taylor, who was also sentenced to 21 months in federal prison last month for using marijuana while...
Story at a glance About one in five U.S. adults 65 and older were employed in 2023, almost twice the share that worked in 1987, according to a recently released Pew Research Center report. The report, released Thursday, also found that the older workforce has grown more racially and ethnically diverse, and that women comprise...
Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the Department of Defense will ensure that Santa Claus travels safely this holiday season. Ryder was responding to a question from reporter Jeff Schogol, about Santa’s “assets and personnel” involved in his escort on Dec. 24 and 25. “Unfortunately, that’s controlled, unclassified information but I can assure...
Twenty-five influential films have been added to the National Film Registry, the Library of Congress announced Friday, including “Terminator 2,” “12 Years a Slave,” "The Nightmare Before Christmas," and "Lady and the Tramp." “Films are an integral piece of America’s cultural heritage, reflecting stories of our nation for more than 125 years,” Librarian of Congress...
Israeli soldiers killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza after they were “mistakenly identified ... as a threat,” the country's military said Friday. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it was not clear if the hostages had escaped their captors or were abandoned. The shooting occurred in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of central Gaza City,...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on corporate America to recommit to diversity, equity and inclusion promises, including $50 billion in investments, made after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. In a corporate accountability letter, previewed by The Hill, the CBC asks corporations for an update on their racial equity investments and to work with the caucus to create legislative...
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo described the difficult experience of watching footage Thursday of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, likening the attack to Sept. 11 and the Holocaust. Cuomo said he had a “heavy day,” viewing 47 minutes of prepared footage at the Israeli consulate in New York City depicting the Hamas surprise attack on...
By carefully refraining in this manner from laying down First Amendment principles for social media companies that are so expansive that they inhibit any regulation whatsoever, the justices can protect both free speech and the democratic lawmaking process.
The Biden administration's plans for increased natural gas exports are causing a revolt within the Democratic Party. Despite the boom in renewables reducing domestic demand for fossil fuels, the administration is backing the gas industry's plans to sell fuel at higher prices abroad, believing they will lead to less production of climate-warming chemicals like carbon dioxide...
Coolidge does not get much attention from modern historiography.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday for information about its moderation of Palestinian content amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Dozens of human rights and civil society organizations have raised concerns about Meta’s “reported suppression, filtering, and mistranslation of Palestine-related content over the past two months,” Warren...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning health providers that there is an “urgent need” to increase vaccinations against influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). In an alert published Thursday, the agency cautioned that low vaccination rates, coupled with ongoing increases in national respiratory disease activity, could lead to more severe disease...
When vicious speech isn’t addressed and condemned, it can fester in the public mind until it leads to hate-motivated crimes.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has attacked proposed hydrogen tax credits from the Biden administration, calling them “horrible” and vowing to fight them. The hydrogen policy is expected to be released by the Treasury Department next week, Manchin said. The tax credits have been at the center of a complex debate over methods to fund and...
Hunter Biden said he paints for eight hours a day as a form of mediation, describing his love for art as a miracle he found when he was newly clean and sober. President Biden's son spoke to Moby on his podcast “Moby Pod” about his love for painting in the second part of a two-part...
General Motors (GM) disclosed plans to lay off 1,300 workers from two Michigan plants as it ends production of the iconic Chevrolet Camaro and electric Chevrolet Bolt. GM will lay off 945 workers from the Orion Subsystem facility in Lake Orion, Mich., according to a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter. The company is...
There is almost a 100 percent chance that 2023 will be the hottest year ever recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced. According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, there is a “greater than 99% chance that 2023 will rank as Earth’s warmest year on record.” The previous record-breaking year was in...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Friday it sees annual inflation slowing to the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target for price growth in 2024. In its latest forecast, the nonpartisan budget scorekeeper predicted annual inflation would continue its downward trend, falling from an average of 2.9 percent this year to 2.1 percent in 2024, citing “softer labor...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Friday requested an ethics investigation into a federal judge who has ruled in cases linked to Jan. 6 rioters and former President Trump — and who is currently overseeing Trump ally Rudy Giuliani’s defamation trial. Stefanik claimed that U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell engaged in “judicial misconduct” during a speech...
Former first lady Melania Trump made a rare public appearance Thursday to deliver remarks at the National Archives Naturalization Ceremony, where she said the pathway to citizenship in the U.S. is “arduous.” Trump said she felt a “tremendous sense of pride and belonging” after she took the United States Oath of Allegiance – an oath taken...
A federal judge warned Elon Musk that he will be forced to testify in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation if he does not voluntarily agree to answer questions from the agency about his 2022 purchase of the platform then known as Twitter. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler reportedly dismissed Musk’s argument that the...
President Biden and former President Obama teamed up for a video promoting the Affordable Care Act released Friday, the final day of open enrollment and as the signature law has faced renewed threats from former President Trump in his own campaign for the White House. Obama filmed the roughly 30-second video alongside Biden during a...
New year, new you? If you are dragging yourself through to the end of the year and looking forward to a break from the daily grind, it’s inevitable your thoughts will turn to whether things will be the same this time next year. The end of one year and the start of a new one...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley announced Friday that she'll take part in the CNN presidential debate slated for next month in Iowa, just days before the state’s GOP caucus kicks off the presidential nominating cycle. “The first four debates have been great for our campaign and for voters, and we look forward to the fifth...
Both Democrats and Republicans seem to agree about one thing: Democracy could be at risk depending on who wins the 2024 elections. Sixty-two percent of voters think democracy could be at risk depending on the outcome, according to a survey from The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Friday. Voters on...
