The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s editorial board has endorsed St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell in the Democratic primary against Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), the high-profile progressive who is a member of the House "Squad." The editorial criticized Bush, arguing she and the other progressives in that group had been more effective at winning headlines...
House Democrats have launched a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation to codify the right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide, in a long-shot attempt to put Republicans on the spot about reproductive rights. Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), lead sponsor of the Access to Family Building Act, said Thursday the discharge petition on...
Black leaders are presenting voters with an alternative to Project 2025, the controversial plan prepared by conservative groups to guide the next Republican administration. Project FREEDOM — orchestrated by Until Freedom, Live Free, MPower Action, Woke Vote and KAIROS Democracy Project (KDP) — will canvass, engage in calls and run pro-democracy digital campaigns to help...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) apologized to Diet Mountain Dew at a press conference Thursday after criticizing Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) for “weird” comments involving the drink. “Folks, I’ve been a person that when sometimes I’ve gone over the line, I’ve wanted to make sure that I set the...
The judge who oversaw former President Trump’s civil fraud trial on Thursday declined to recuse himself from the case over allegations he improperly discussed it with an outside party. Judge Arthur Engoron said that he is “supremely confident” in his ability to remain impartial and refuted claims by the former president and his lawyers that...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday called on the U.S. to take a leadership role on artificial intelligence (AI) in order to ensure a democratic future for the rapidly developing technology. “The rapid progress being made on artificial intelligence means that we face a strategic choice about what kind of world we are going to...
Southwest Airlines is planning to introduce assigned seating and premium upgrades next year, as part of a "cabin monetization project" to improve its financial performance and offer more options for customers.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday moved forward with a proposal to require the makers of political ads to disclosure any use of artificial intelligence. The rule means advertisers on broadcast television, radio and cable will be required to reveal the use of AI technology for voice and image generation, amid concerns that the...
Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cancer cases in major corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — even for Americans who don’t work on farms, according to findings published Thursday in Frontiers in Cancer...
The GOP attorneys general of Montana and Kansas filed a formal complaint on Thursday against Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, accusing him of violating the Hatch Act with anti-Republican statements. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach are accusing Cardona of using government resources for political activities and requesting the U.S. Office...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in the wake of her silent protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the House chamber Wednesday, saying she was merely representing voters in her district. “Rashida Tlaib is an elected member of Congress,” Jeffries said during a press briefing Thursday in...
