Robert Corradino has never lived anywhere but Oswego, New York. As the only commercial port city on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario, everything bears the lake’s name —...
Democrats eyeing majorities in the House and Senate are plotting how they will police Supreme Court justices they say are influenced by right-wing, dark money groups.
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kennedy takes on ‘conflicts of interest’ in medical journals Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to prohibit government scientists from publishing work in medical journals and instead publish work in new “in-house” publications....
Minutes from the May meeting of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-setting committee show stagflationary risk to the economy as a result of new White House trade policies and higher projections for unemployment through the next couple of years. Fed bankers weighed in with their outlook for the economy in the middle of Trump’s tariff blitz,...
State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani (D) has surged into a clear second place in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, though he still trails former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), a new poll found. The Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey showed Cuomo leading in the first round of the ranked-choice vote system that...
🖊️ Plus: Trump on pardoning spree {beacon} NEW POLLING DATA and 2024 election analyses underscore the difficulties the Democratic Party faces as it seeks a new identity during President Trump’s second term in office. The numbers are stark: • A new survey from The Economist/YouGov finds Democrats trailing Republicans by 10 points in...
President Trump on Wednesday took a slew of clemency actions, including pardoning former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) and commuting the sentence of a former Chicago gang leader. Trump granted a full pardon to Grimm, a White House official confirmed. The former congressman represented Staten Island parts of Brooklyn from 2011 to 2015. He served seven...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday requiring app stores, such as those run by Apple and Google, to verify user ages amid a push to ramp up protections for children online. The Lone Star State is the second to pass a law putting the responsibility of age verification on app stores, following Utah’s...
Pope Leo XIV reiterated his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages and for leaders on both sides of the war to “fully” respect international humanitarian law. “From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Dane County judge for her actions in 2021, when she attempted to arrest a hospitalized defendant herself after he didn't show up for trial. The state Supreme Court ordered the seven-day suspension of Ellen Berz after a judicial conduct review panel said she acted "impulsively" and failed to perform...
A new bipartisan bill aims to crack down on looting during natural disasters by making theft a felony in areas under federal disaster declaration. The Law On Offender Transgressions during Emergencies and Recovery (LOOTER) Act — drafted by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) — would make petty larceny during a natural disaster punishable by up to...
Trump's big bad bill aims to award tax breaks to the rich and cut Medicaid, but is opposed by Democrats and even some Republicans, and could lead to chaos and suffering for millions of struggling American families.
Vice President Vance called on the crypto industry Wednesday to continue expanding its involvement in politics, after spending more than $200 million to boost crypto-friendly candidates in the 2024 election. Speaking at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, Vance acknowledged the industry’s efforts in the previous election, underscoring its role in the Ohio Senate race...
Harvard University reached a settlement on Wednesday with the descendants of enslaved people who had their photos taken by a university professor back in the 1800s. Tamara Lanier, the great-great-great granddaughter of one of the individuals in the photographs, had pressed for the school to give up the pictures in what became a 15-year...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) allocation in the House-approved spending package will not support the needed upgrades to air traffic operations. “They put $12.5 billion into the 'big, beautiful bill' that's going to go towards this infrastructure project. That won't be enough,” Duffy told reporters. “I know the Senate...
Conservatives and Republicans tend to rely on common sense, while Democrats and liberals rely on expert opinion, and both approaches are valid in their own way.
