For months, Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has been sitting on critical statewide regulations that enable pharmacists to doll out the overdose reversal drug, naloxone, without a doctor’s prescription. The need for naloxone is obvious: opioid-related overdose deaths totaled 376 in 2016, killing one Mainer a day, on average. Despite experts’ recommendation to streamline naloxone […]
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) wants to use Tuesday night’s State of the Union address to detain immigrants, tweeting Tuesday afternoon that he reached out to the U.S. Capitol Police and Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking that they “consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in […]
Female undergraduate students with disabilities suffer from sexual violence involving physical force or incapacitation at almost double the rate of female undergrads without disabilities, but few colleges are addressing the needs of survivors with disabilities. A new report by the National Council on Disability (NDC) found that “students with disabilities are not ‘on the radar’ of colleges […]
A number of Democratic legislators will be bringing activists as their guests to Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, including “Dreamers,” local politicians, and women speaking out as part of the #MeToo movement. Tuesday’s speech will be President Trump’s first State of the Union. It comes one week after the government shuttered when the […]
For months, Russian higher-ups had been shaken by the prospect of being named by the U.S. as a close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin. As stipulated by the unwieldy 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), the Trump administration had some 180 days to detail those voices who held sway with the Kremlin […]
Right before Hurricane Harvey hit, President Donald Trump rolled back rules that would have made communities more resilient to floods. A new report released Tuesday by Democracy Forward shows that this rule change was a priority for his longtime friend and New York City real estate magnate who was given a role in shaping infrastructure […]
On Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appeared before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee for the first time since his confirmation hearing last January. Pruitt has done a lot over the past year, from slashing environmental regulations to rearranging the way agency science advisory boards operate. His deregulatory actions have earned him […]
During a Fox News interview on Tuesday morning, Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, made excuses for why the party isn’t planning to give back money donated by Steve Wynn, the former RNC finance chair who recently resigned amid accusations he assaulted and harassed dozens of women. Asked by host Sandra Smith if […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will end food and water aid to Puerto Rico despite the island’s ongoing struggles, NPR reported on Tuesday. Officials have argued that the immediate humanitarian crisis following Hurricane Maria has ended. More than 130 days after the Category 4 hurricane slammed into Puerto Rico, FEMA will “officially shut off” its mission to […]
CIA Director Mike Pompeo told the BBC that North Korea will be able to launch nuclear strikes against the United States within a few months. “With respect to our understanding of the program, I think that we, collectively, the United States and our intelligence partners around the world, have developed a clear understanding of [North […]
Several Democratic lawmakers will bring immigrants to Tuesday night’s State of the Union address as a way to symbolically criticize President Donald Trump on the various ways his harsh immigration policies would target people with longstanding ties to their communities. Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) will be attending with 23-year-old Jung Bin Cho, a Deferred Action […]
During an interview with CNN’s New Day on Tuesday, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway dodged when asked about a memo being circulated by congressional Republicans, which they claim shows corruption at the highest levels of the Justice Department. The memo itself, which allegedly details surveillance abuses and which Republicans have called “shocking” and “worse than Watergate,” […]
A panel of Wisconsin legislators are expected to approve a measure Thursday that would give a “helping hand” to the state’s foster children, granting them free college tuition to attend an in-state university or technical college. The bipartisan bill hasn’t faced any opposition so far, and more than a third of the Wisconsin legislature’s 132 […]
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a secret memo on the Justice Department probe into possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — while refusing to let the top-ranking Democrat release a competing report. FBI Director Christopher Wray reportedly met with Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), who prepared the memo, and […]
The Senate voted 51 to 46 in favor of a 20-week abortion ban Monday, falling a few votes short of advancing a law that would have had serious repercussions for reproductive rights around the country. Three Democrats joined 48 Republicans in voting in favor of the bill: Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Joe Manchin […]
A federal judge ordered the release of Ravi Ragbir, an immigrant rights activist who was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during what was supposed to be a routine check-in earlier in January. Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled Monday that Ragbir’s due process rights had been violated by ICE’s “abrupt” and […]
The U.S. federal government said Monday it will resume refugee admissions from 11 countries previously identified as “high risk,” based on national security claims. But in so doing, the government will impose “additional” security enhancements and recommendations that “are designed to keep nefarious and fraudulent actors from exploiting the refugee program to enter the United States,” […]
An armed man who killed four people over the weekend in Pennsylvania was reportedly driven by jealousy and anger at a former partner, his wife said. The incident is only the latest example of firearms fueling deadly domestic violence. Officials stated on Monday that Timothy Smith, 28, was on life support after opening fire on […]
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is pretending they are returning money from Steve Wynn, the former Republican National Committee Finance chairman who was accused last week of serial sexual assault and harassment. The RGA announcement has generated tweets like this from major media organizations. NEW: Republican Governors Association returning $100,000 in donations from casino magnate […]
On Monday afternoon, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) joined the show of America’s foremost conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, to tout a conspiracy theory about purported “deep state” efforts to undermine President Trump. Gaetz expressed confidence that a classified House Intelligence Committee memo, produced by Republican staff, about the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign will ultimately […]
President Donald Trump proudly proclaims that he — and he alone — is responsible for the record low unemployment figures among black Americans. As much as the president would like to take credit for any seemingly positive trends in America, that statement is yet another whopper of a presidential lie. It is true that black […]
