Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has agreed to Senate conservatives' request that he delay sending two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas until next week. The House had been slated to send the articles to the Senate on Wednesday. "To ensure the Senate has adequate time to perform its constitutional duty, the House...
A police reform activist accused the New York Police Department (NYPD) of leaking details of her rape in a new lawsuit filed Monday. Dana Rachlin accused members of the NYPD of engaging in “multiple acts of retaliation” against her after she criticized the promotion of some officers in the department. According to the lawsuit, confidential...
The problem with social and emotional learning, beyond its total opposition to the true social and emotional wellness that we all want for our children, is its imposition upon children whose parents do not agree with its premises or aims.
Florida’s Democratic Party said Tuesday that it raised $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2024, according to a release first seen by The Hill. The state party said it received 5,271 contributions in the first quarter, prior to the Florida Supreme Court rulings on abortion last week. The party said it “generated tens of...
Lori Lightfoot, the former mayor of Chicago, has been hired to investigate Dolton (Ill.) Mayor Tiffany Henyard, who faces allegations that she misused public funds. Lightfoot accepted the position Monday at a Dolton Village board of trustees meeting, where she said she was honored to be tapped to conduct a “thorough and timely independent investigation”...
Dozens of people were arrested during a demonstration inside the Dirksen Senate Office building on Tuesday after they urged Congress to send more humanitarian aid to Gaza and halt U.S. arms sales to Israel. The protest, organized by Christians for a Free Palestine, involved at least 60 activists who blocked the entrances and lines to...
A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Tuesday found faculty diversity in higher education is lagging behind student diversity. The report, titled “Higher Education: Employment Discrimination Case Referrals between Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Could Be Improved,” discovered that while diversity has risen over the years, it still is not...
President Biden blamed the Arizona Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to uphold an abortion law that is older than half a century on an “extreme” GOP agenda. “Millions of Arizonans will soon live under an even more extreme and dangerous abortion ban, which fails to protect women even when their health is at risk or in...
Vice President Harris is revealing which Netflix shows she and her husband are binging – when they're not debating what's next on their TV watch list. "You know what I've been watching is 'The Morning Show,'" Harris said on an episode of the "I've Had It" podcast, released Tuesday. "It's so good. I've been watching that,"...
Think of humility as a base or center point: the hub of a wheel from which other virtues radiate.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a floor speech Tuesday that the American public will “see right through” former President Trump’s abortion stance, just a day after the former president said abortion law should be left to the states. “Republicans and Donald Trump can try to hide their anti-abortion records all they want,...
The U.S. foreign-born population has grown by 15 percent in 12 years, per a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. The foreign-born population in the country was around 40 million in 2010, making up 12.9 percent of the total population. The number jumped to 46.2 million in 12 years, with now making...
President Biden on Tuesday held a rally with care workers, where he highlighted his administration’s efforts to expand access to child care and teased an upcoming effort to increase staffing standards in nursing homes. “You’re the heroes to so many individuals. You really are. And you represent so many people who do it and do...
From the time he was sentenced, Brian Dorsey’s story was a powerful antidote to despair. It calls on all of us not to give up hope, even for those who commit horrible crimes.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told reporters Tuesday that he does not think Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has committed a high crime or misdemeanor, the standard set by the Constitution for impeaching and removing a federal official from office. Romney made clear that he would not vote to remove Mayorkas from office if the articles...
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) announced Tuesday that he will introduce a bill to ensure the federal government pays for the entirety of the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, holding President Biden to his promise to cover costs. In a press conference with the Maryland congressional delegation, Gov. Wes Moore (D) and...
The parents of convicted Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley were each sentenced Tuesday to 10-15 years in prison for their role in the deaths of four high school students in 2021. James and Jennifer Crumbley are the first parents in the U.S. to be charged and sentenced with having criminal responsibility for the 2021 mass...
Before the "Abandon Biden" groups punish Biden, they should think long and hard about who will really suffer if that happens.
A person threw an explosive device that damaged the porch of The Satanic Temple in Salem, Mass. when nobody was inside, according to local law enforcement. The explosive device was thrown at around 4:14 a.m. local time on Monday and was detected by staff at approximately 4:00 p.m., police said in a press release. ...
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Tuesday that he wants “assurances” before approving the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel amid its war with Hamas. “I’m waiting for assurances,” Meeks said during a "CNN News Central" interview. “When I go back to Washington, D.C., I wanna make...
A New York appeals court on Tuesday rejected former President Trump’s last-ditch effort to delay his hush money criminal trial while he argues against a gag order the judge overseeing the case imposed. Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order precludes Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and the judge’s family, but it doesn’t stop him...
Two conservative operatives who attempted to stop Black voters in New York from voting by mail in the 2020 election have been ordered to pay up to $1.25 million in restitution. Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were found liable in 2023 for targeting Black voters with false and threatening messages intended to discourage voting. U.S. District Judge...
Scientists are watching migratory birds, cattle and marine mammals across the Americas amid an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) that has infected at least one person. Last week, a dairy worker in Texas contracted H5N1, a bird flu variant, from infected cattle — the second such case ever in the U.S. and the...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there is no evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza amid the war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Austin, speaking during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill, denied that Israel is committing a genocide after protesters interrupted the committee and called for the U.S....
Europe’s Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that the Swiss government violated a duty to address the effects of climate change on its citizens, a decision that could have major impacts for other European nations. The court sided with a group of more than 2,000 Swiss women, most of them 70 or older. The KlimaSeniorinnen,...
