During the CNN town hall last week between Florida lawmakers and the survivors of a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued a promise: he would support legislation that would raise the minimum age for buying a rifle. “I absolutely believe that in this country, if […]
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), issued a 21-page report Thursday on Russian attempts to inflame the domestic energy debate via fake social media accounts. The report details many of the memes, posts, and topics covered by fake Russian accounts, and found that some 4 percent of […]
Speaking before Russia’s March 18 election — which he’s widely expected to win — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday unveiled a number of new nuclear weapons, a nuclear warhead that could fit onto a cruise missile, including underwater nuclear drones, supersonic weapons, and laser weapons. In a speech that could be straight out of a […]
Conservative groups have launched a new attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), this time for reportedly assisting YouTube in tracking hateful content in videos posted to its site. A “source with knowledge” told The Daily Caller that the SPLC is one of YouTube’s “Trusted Flaggers” for tracking extremist content, including hate speech and […]
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law Wednesday legislation that will automatically pre-register all 16 and 17 year olds to vote when they receive a California driver’s license or state identification card. The law is “the largest voter registration expansion that we’re aware of in our nation’s history,” according to Terry Schanz, the chief […]
The Trump administration has consistently argued its policies target criminal, undocumented immigrants but it is becoming increasingly obvious this untrue — the most recent examples are the president’s numerous attacks on humanitarian immigration. These regressive policies aren’t without consequence, and jeopardize the health and well-being of immigrants and U.S. citizens. A new report published Thursday […]
On Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) called for banning “massacre machine gun magazines.” “We really need to act in a number of ways,” Maloney said. “We need to pass an assault weapons ban. We need to ban the massacre machine gun magazines, and we need comprehensive background checks.” What Maloney seems to be unaware […]
While Ryan Seacrest was under investigation for sexual misconduct — years of harassment and abuse, according to his accuser, though the public didn’t know the details yet — he hosted E!’s Golden Globes red carpet pre-show. Three weeks later, while the investigation was still underway, he hosted the network’s red carpet pre-show at the Grammy Awards. […]
During an interview on Thursday’s edition of Fox & Friends, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) suggested that former FBI director Jim Comey’s harsh treatment of Hillary Clinton in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election is evidence that he was actually in the bag for her. “It’s hard to keep track, but a lot of […]
All Officer Justin Martin wanted to do was help. Early in the morning on November 2, 2016, the 24-year-old was on patrol in the suburban town of Urbandale, Iowa. He was still fairly new to the town’s police department but, according to colleagues, he loved the local community and serving on the force. But as […]
A new study finds that wind power and solar photovoltaics could by themselves meet 80 percent of all U.S. electricity demand. “Five years ago, many people doubted that these resources could account for more than 20 or 30 percent,” co-author Steven Davis of the University of California at Irvine (UCI) explained in a news release. So, […]
Faith-based shareholder activists claimed victory Wednesday after two major coal-burning electric utilities in the Midwest agreed to publish assessments of the long-term business impacts on their companies of limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius. The two companies, Wisconsin-based WEC Energy Group and Michigan-based CMS Energy Corp., were facing shareholder resolutions calling on them […]
President Donald Trump surprised lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on Wednesday, when he appeared to endorse the idea of expanded background checks as part of a “beautiful” comprehensive bill that would also feature age restrictions on buying certain weapons and removing guns from the hands of the mentally ill. In the bipartisan meeting, […]
Two weeks ago, a shooter entered a Parkland, Florida high school and killed 17 individuals. The shooter was identified as Nikolas Cruz, a young white man who “showed every red flag.” Not only did Cruz reportedly get expelled for bringing a knife to school, he had also joined a white supremacist group in Florida. Furthermore, the […]
On Thursday morning’s edition of Fox & Friends, host Brian Kilmeade criticized survivors of the February 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting who took part in a CNN gun violence town hall a week later as “emotional” and “illogical.” During an interview with NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, Kilmeade told her, “No one had it worse than […]
An increasingly messy war of words between anti-choice organizations in Texas has made headlines this week, drawing attention to wider chasms dividing the movement. A written directive published last Thursday by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB) singled out Texas Right to Life, advising parishes and other Catholics to avoid any volunteer work with […]
Sam Bagenstos has the kind of credentials that could have made him a very rich man. Harvard Law School. A high-level appointment in the Obama Justice Department. A clerkship for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. An endowed chair at one of America’s elite law schools. Instead, he’s spent the bulk of his career litigating civil rights cases. […]
Walmart is the latest company to raise the age requirement to buy a gun at their stores to 21. The decision was made on the same day outdoor and sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced a similar move, and about two weeks after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School […]
Walmart is the latest company to raise the age requirement to buy a gun at their stores to 21. The decision was made on the same day outdoor and sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced a similar move, and about two weeks after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School […]
White House Communications Director Hope Hicks will be leaving her post in the coming weeks, according to a New York Times report Wednesday afternoon. Her resignation comes just one day after she testified in front of the House Intelligence Committee for eight hours on Tuesday. During the hearing, she reportedly acknowledged to the panel that […]
President Trump on Wednesday claimed that the National Rifle Association, the most powerful gun lobby group in the country, has “less power” over him than they have over members of Congress. His comments came during a bipartisan meeting with legislators to address school safety in the wake of this month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]
As lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss possible legislative action on gun control in the wake of the country’s latest high-profile mass shooting, President Donald Trump focused on the dangers of the “mentally ill.” “They have so many checks and balances that you can be mentally ill and it takes you six months before you can […]
In the past year, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has detained dozens of Vietnamese refugees who fled the war and have since made the United States their home, an advocacy group has alleged in a class action habeas petition and complaint made public Wednesday. The government is holding many of these immigrants […]
President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported solar materials is already taking its toll on U.S. jobs. After putting plans on hold last month to expand its factories in the United States, SunPower Corp., one of the nation’s largest solar panel manufacturers, now intends to lay off about 10 percent of its U.S. workforce. […]
Three days after the closing ceremony for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee announced on Wednesday that its chief executive Scott Blackmun would step down from his post effective immediately. Though the USOC cited Blackmun’s health as the reason for his departure — USOC’s board chairman told the Washington Post Blackmun […]
