Smokey, a cartoon bear in a ranger hat, has told generations of Americans that "Only you can prevent forest fires." But that overlooks the biggest villain behind today's wildfires:...
A House panel investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has withdrawn a subpoena for former FBI Director Robert Mueller, citing his health. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) in early August announced he had issued subpoenas to 10 high-profile former government officials, including Mueller. However, after the committee was informed about...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said he plans to leave Congress at the end of his term instead of run for reelection in 2026 while calling for "generational change" in the Democratic Party. Nadler, 78, a fiery Manhattan liberal who has served in the House for more than three decades, told The New York Times in...
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani left the hospital Monday after undergoing treatment for injuries from a car crash in New Hampshire over the weekend, his son said. “I'm happy to report that he got out of the hospital today. He’s walking, thank God," the former mayor's son Andrew Giuliani said on the “Cats...
Thousands of people turned out in cities across the U.S. on Monday to protest President Trump and billionaires on Labor Day. May Day Strong, a coalition of dozens of labor and advocacy groups, organized more than 1,000 protests and other events in more than 900 cities. The nationwide push, backed by the AFL-CIO, is dubbed...
President Trump on Monday demanded drugmakers “justify” the success of their treatments for COVID-19 amid turmoil in his administration over vaccines and other health issues. “It is very important that the Drug Companies justify the success of their various Covid Drugs. Many people think they are a miracle that saved Millions of lives. Others disagree!”...
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President Trump declared Washington, D.C., a “crime free zone” and pushed for other Democratic-run cities to work with his administration to bring down the crime rate in their areas. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, Trump touted the “very popular” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and urged other Democrats to follow...
President Trump announced Monday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who served as his personal lawyer during high-profile legal battles over the 2020 election results, would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. "As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani,...
Economic stress and instability among parents, caregivers and educators can have a negative impact on children's success, highlighting the need for businesses and governments to invest in good jobs, care infrastructure, and labor laws that support workers and their families.
The Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial has opened trading for its new digital currency, dubbed $WLFI, according to the company's website. “Big day - @WorldLibertyFi just launched the $WLFI token. This isn’t some meme coin, it’s the governance backbone of a real ecosystem changing how money moves,” Donald Trump Jr., President Trump’s eldest...
The Trump administration has suspended approval for most types of visitor visas for Palestinian passport holders, according to a State Department cable reported by multiple media outlets. The internal memo, dated Aug. 18, instructed U.S. embassies and consulates to reject nonimmigrant visas to “all otherwise eligible Palestinian Authority passport holders” who are using that passport...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was hit by GPS jamming in what her spokesperson said was a suspected Russian operation. Von der Leyen landed safely in Bulgaria and was expected to resume her planned trip to frontline European countries. The pilot on the plane, after circling for the airport for an hour,...
The labor movement is facing unprecedented challenges from the Trump administration, including the stripping of collective bargaining rights from federal workers and the firing of Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board, which has exposed its vulnerability to anti-union executive orders, corporate hostility and right-wing populism.
