The Senate passed landmark legislation Monday night intended to regulate the Wild West of college sports compensation and transfers, teeing up a vote in the House after the November midterm elections.
The Senate Intelligence Committee will hear testimony Wednesday from officials who are assessing the potential threats to election security by foreign actors this November. In a March 9 call with reporters, a senior FBI official described the risks as “more diverse and expansive than ever.” The official pointed to China’s increased use of spurious social media...
More than 50 percent of Black girls and women of reproductive age live in states with little to no abortion access, according to a new report. The analysis from National Partnership for Women & Families and In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda found that nearly 7 million Black women ages 15-49...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is facing backlash over his musical performance at a bar in Kyiv, with some arguing it was inappropriate given Ukraine's ongoing war against Russia. Blinken, during a surprise visit Tuesday, performed a cover of “Rockin’ in the Free World,” by Neil Young with a band at the Barman Dictat, a...
Former President Trump is set to address the National Rifle Association (NRA) this weekend in Dallas. This will be the ninth time the presumptive GOP nominee will address the gun rights group’s members, according to the NRA. He is scheduled to speak on Saturday at 2 p.m. at its Leadership Forum. Trump’s appearance at the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unleashed fury over being left out of the debate conversation after former President Trump agreed to go up against President Biden on stage. The independent candidate suggested that denying him access to the debates is a knock against democracy in a country that values free speech and the exchange of political ideas. He...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday he will oppose bipartisan legislation coming out the Senate Rules Committee that would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create deceptive content about federal candidates to influence elections. McConnell, a longtime opponent of campaign finance restrictions, warned that the bills coming out of the Rules Committee...
Former President Trump responded to the backlash against South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R)'s anecdote about killing her dog several years ago, saying in a new interview it was a "tough story" but that "we all have bad weeks." "I think [Noem's] terrific. A couple of rough stories, there's no question about it," Trump said...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) reportedly went after fellow members of her party who have attended former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York. “Do we have something to do around here other than watch a stupid porn trial? I mean, this is ridiculous,” the Alaska Republican said Tuesday, according to HuffPost, when the outlet...
U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023, according to early data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018. But the overall number of deaths is still extremely high. More than 107,000 people died from drug overdoses last year, a decrease of 3...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced the U.S. was sending another $2 billion to Ukraine as Washington seeks to bolster Ukrainian troops on the frontline against a major Russian offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken said at a press conference in Kyiv that the new package would include money through the foreign...
A seventh Native American tribe in South Dakota has banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from its reservation after she commented earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in central South Dakota voted Tuesday to ban Noem from its reservation, citing her cartel comments, the tribe confirmed on...
