Progressive lawmakers are calling on President Biden to take additional steps on federal marijuana law before his term comes to an end in January. In a letter sent to Biden and Vice President Harris, Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (Ore.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Oregon)...
U.S. law requires the U.S. to suspend its participation in any UN organ or agency if Israel is illegally expelled, suspended, denied its credentials, or in any other manner denied its right to participate, and to reduce its annual assessed contribution by 8.34 percent for each month in which United States participation is suspended.
President Biden will deliver remarks from the White House on Tuesday following the news that a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hezbollah over fighting in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he would recommend the agreement to his full Cabinet for approval. If advanced, the ceasefire will begin on Wednesday....
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb said Monday that President-elect Trump and his allies don't have a "legitimate way" of going after special counsel Jack Smith's team. The comments came hours after Smith announced that he is seeking dismissal of Trump's election subversion and classified documents cases based on the long-standing view that a sitting president...
People with HIV will soon be permitted to receive transplanted kidneys and livers from donors who are also infected with the virus under a new rule approved by the Biden administration. The final rule, announced Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), removes the requirement that such transplants be conducted as part...
Vice President Harris received more votes for president than some Democratic alternatives would have, despite her loss, according to a new poll from SAY24 and YouGov. The polling found 46 percent of registered voters saying the vice president received their vote, while 48 percent said the same of President-elect Trump. In comparison, the poll found...
Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) announced his run for Rep. Mike Waltz’s (R-Fla.) congressional seat this week following President-elect Trump’s endorsement. “I’m proud to announce that I’m going to be running for for the 6th Congressional District of the state of Florida,” Fine told Fox News on Tuesday. “Whether it’s fighting inflation to make...
Despite the facile comments that the president is “entitled” to have the Cabinet secretaries and of his own choosing, the Constitution rejects that notion of unbridled presidential discretion in staffing the executive branch.
Since the 1970s, working men, particularly those without college degrees, have experienced lower employment rates, increased social isolation and growing health risks. Today, we are starting to see early signs that this problem may be abating. But lately, men have started going back to work. During most recessions, the male employment rate falls and...
Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s "border czar," will visit the Texas southern border on Tuesday to discuss plans for mass deportation alongside the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott (R), with less than two months until inauguration. “Well, we're not waiting until January 20th. We're already planning what we're going to do to lock down the state of...
The Biden administration has preliminarily said it would give a $6.6 billion loan to electric vehicle maker Rivian for a plant in Georgia. The administration said the loan would support the construction of a facility where Rivian will make up to 400,000 “mass-market” electric SUVs and crossovers. Specifically, it will support construction of Rivian’s R2...
Nearly 35 million new users have flocked to Instagram's Threads this month as the Meta platform seeks to capture users leaving X and keep an edge over emerging platform Bluesky. The growth rate for Threads ramped up in mid-November, with 20 million of this month's new users signing up over the past 10 days, Meta...
