Legendary driver Cale Yarborough, one of the most famous names in NASCAR racing history, died Sunday at the age of 84. Yarborough was a four-time winner of the Daytona 500 who won three straight NASCAR championships between 1976 and 1978. He was the first to accomplish that feat, and the South Carolinian's achievement wasn't matched...
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), who served in the House for three decades, has died at the age of 88, her family announced Sunday. “I am heartbroken to share the news that my mother, Eddie Bernice Johnson, has passed away. She was a remarkable and loving mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and great grandmother, as well...
A California bill that prohibits the carrying of firearms in most public places is slated to become law on Jan. 1, after a U.S. Appeals Court on Saturday put a temporary hold on a district court’s decision blocking the law from taking effect. The appeals court decision comes 10 days after U.S. District Judge Cormac...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not letting up on his vow to destroy the militant group Hamas as he warns the war will continue for months. Netanyahu said at a press conference Saturday there will be “many more months” of war ahead as Israel approaches its three-month mark of fighting Hamas in Gaza, The Associated...
Taylor Swift and Beyoncé set the music world on fire in 2023 with massive, globe-spanning tours, and their influence seeped into the world of politics as lawmakers and other political figures named-checked them. Here are a few of the most noteworthy moments in which the worlds of politics and pop culture converged over the last...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said on Sunday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was sowing “seeds of chaos” by sending buses to Chicago without prior warning and called for greater coordination between state and local officials. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Johnson confirmed the city of Chicago had seen the arrival of...
The foundation laid by Johns Hopkins has, over the last 20 years, spurred a wave of interest — and progress — into the benefits of psychedelic medicines.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called Maine’s secretary of state a “radical” person in a Sunday interview, days after she declared former President Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot in the 2024 presidential election. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Graham echoed Trump’s criticism of Maine Secretary of State Shenna...
America’s rivers are integral to our country’s natural heritage and economy — and they’re drying up at an alarming rate.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday appeared to backtrack on earlier criticism of former President Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 and suggested, instead, that his presidential immunity defense was “a legitimate claim” as he moves forward with various court battles. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Graham was pressed on whether he...
The reach of generative artificial intelligence (AI) skyrocketed this year as tech companies raced to get ahead of each other while regulators and lawmakers looked to add guardrails. As AI became more common and accessible — especially OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT chatbot — — it shaped society by posing new opportunities and risks for sectors ranging...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) is sounding the alarm on the dangers of social media in a new interview, pointing out that it could lead to more mental health issues especially among young people. Cox said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that youth mental health is "the issue of our time" in an interview that...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) warned Sunday that former President Trump will try to "overturn" the election again if he loses the 2024 race. Raskin declined to say whether Maine's decision to kick Trump off the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment will make him a "martyr" on CNN's "State of the Union." Maine joined with...
It has proposed a simple, easily enforceable rule that could change the game: All recommender systems based on intimately profiling people should be turned off by default.
Three former Trump administration officials who vocally criticized the former president in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in a joint interview on Sunday warned he represents a danger to democracy if he is reelected to a second term. Former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) suggested Sunday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from a future ruling on whether former President Trump can be disqualified from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment. Raskin said he thinks "anybody looking at this in any kind of dispassionate, reasonable way would say if your wife...
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Maine's decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot is politically motivated. Sununu said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was motivated to kick Trump off the ballot due to her own career goals. Sununu, a frequent critic of...
Although America is far from perfect, our government has among the world’s strongest processes for officials to express internal policy dissent without fear of retribution. Our country also has a long tradition of such officials resigning when they strongly disagree with certain policies. Instead of following either of these legitimate and well-established paths, however, a...
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Sunday that GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley's failure to mention slavery in her answer on the cause of the Civil War was a "mistake." Sununu, who has endorsed Haley in the GOP primary, told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" that while Haley's initial answer at...
It was a tumultuous year in education: New technologies, chaos erupting on campuses, the ditching of affirmative action, student loan whiplash and the rise of school choice. And they're not issues that are going to remain in the past, as higher education struggles with directives on diversity and protests related to Israel's war in Gaza;...
California lawmakers in the new year will weigh whether to streamline the process of obtaining permits to grow and sell cannabis in the state, in an effort to bolster small businesses. Their consideration comes at a critical juncture, as California's prevailing system of softer “provisional licenses” for cannabis cultivation and retail will expire in favor of stricter annual licenses in...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) suggested in a Sunday interview he would not back state-imposed restrictions on children’s social media use, saying that responsibility, instead, should lie with the parents. “I think the responsibility belongs with parents, not the government,” Polis said when asked in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether he...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said being on social media worsened his mental health as he battled with clinical depression last year. Fetterman said in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that social media was the "accelerant" that made his depression worse. He said he "made the mistake" of checking social media...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said in an interview that aired Sunday that he believed opening up to the public about his mental health struggles earlier this year would negatively impact his career. In an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press," Fetterman opened up about his battle with clinical depression earlier this year...
If all goes well, 2024 will mark America’s return to the moon and prove that human beings are still capable of accomplishing great things.
